syntrix

Good stuff!

The green/white is a fairly heavy gauge wire.

Couldn't you tap into maybe the ignition fuse wiring, or something else where you can use a simple wiretap?

I haven't tested the relay yet but the brown to the fog relay is the trigger wire, right?

Magnesium

Yes, the brown is the "trigger" power to the relay. When connected to power it energizes the coil and closes the contacts to route power to the bulbs. When the fog switch is on of course...

syntrix

Hmmmm, just as I thought.


Oh lookie, what's that DSC relay? The first thing I do when I start my car is hold the dsc button down for a few seconds. Wonder if that's a quick fix, or if there will be issues with limp mode if that relay is just simply GONE

Omicron

Quick question/clarification from you please Magnesium...

You are essentially jumpering the fog light relay trigger (brown) wire to another power source, correct? If so, this means the brown wire that originally led to the fog wire relay is just capped off, correct? In other words, the end of the brown wire leading away from the fuse box is capped, right?

Thanks...

Omicron

Well, I did it today, with a twist of my own... cut that little brown wire, capped off the end leading away from the fuse box, then used a wire tap to hook the fuse-box end of the brown wire into the "ACC" relay. Took me about 15 minutes.

Now my fog lights will come on with the turn stalk switch whenever the ignition is in the run position. So I can use them independantly of the headlights, and even use them as daytime running lights if I want to, without fear of running down the battery when the car is off. Nice!!!

Many THANKS Magnesium for figuring this out and posting such excellent directions! It's people like you - and directions like these - that REALLY make this board stand out!

rtryrkt

Which wire did you tap in to in the ACC? Thanks for this variation. This is exactly what I was hoping for when I first posted this question. Doing it your way give all the options of how the fog lights are on. You're brilliant!
rtryrkt

Omicron

Brilliant? WOW, that's a nice thing to say... nice enough, in fact, that you motivated me to not only go check but also to take a pic of my mod and try to figure out how to post it here. :D

I used a "red" wiretap to tap into the thin white with red stripe wire leading away from the "ACC" relay, which is in the 5th position in the same row as the fog relay, or 2 positions to the right of the fog relay if you look at the fuse box from the right. I picked this wire by removing the relay, then testing with a DMM to find a wire that was "hot" with the ignition key on only.

Hope this helps!

rtryrkt

Omicron:
As I said, brilliant. Just did the job and it's easy. For clarification, I tapped in to the small white w/ red stripe wire, not the bigger one. I also disconnected the battery to be sure... When reconnecting, the DSC light flashes. The procedure for fixing this is on page 5-22 of the manual, so no one should freak out (like I almost did).

Thanks to you and Magnesium for this great mod.

rtryrkt

Omicron

Happy to be able to contribute to the knowledge base around here.

Irish_in_a_RX8

iTrader: (1)

Here are the disconnects that I used. You can use any style that you like. These are blade style with good insulation. They are also hard to pull apart. I did the disconnect so that I can hook it back up the original way. You can put a connector on the other end of the cut brown wire and when you feel like it, unplug this and plug it back up. No more cutting!

Attach a 4-5" wire to extend the brown wire over to the Tail relay.


Magnesium, I am not the most knowledgable when it comes to simple electronics, where can I purchase these "connectors" - pretend I am a 2 year old :-)

eccles

Try your FLAPS.

(Friendly Local Auto Parts Store )

bobclevenger

Yes, what rtryrkt said! I did it this way too. Works and is easy to do. My avatar now shows the results of this mod.

Mitch Strickler

I did the mod successfully (or, to be honest, my mechanically talented brother did). The directions and pictures were excellent. Thanks.

BoomerBurt

I want to run the fogs as DRL's and be able to have them on with the running lights but without the low-beams (so they actually function in fog) as well. Has anyone come up with a rewiring method that does not involve a separate switch. All I can think of is to disconnect the leads at the lights and reconnect them to a separate switch which would have to be added at the dash. If anyone has another suggestion I am interested. If not, I will proceed with the separate switch.

rtryrkt

I think I understand what you want and this mod is exactly it. You have all the options. You can have the fog lights on with headlights, with parking lights, or only by itself. Do the mod described by Omicron. The pictures are excellent and directions very complete with the additions of other posts after it.

Good luck
rtryrkt