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Old Jun 16, 2009 | 01:40 PM
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so i got me some LED fog lights...more so driving/marker lights...but they were super cheap and look great! i want to know how you guys go about installing these to the stock fog light plugs behind the bumper...im going to the dealer today after work and ordering the fog light switch cause they didnt come with one...let me know if there is something else i should order while im there...i was wondering if they could hook me with the end pieces (on the stock ones) so that i can plug it nicely into the stock spots...

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Old Jun 19, 2009 | 08:42 PM
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ok...does anyone know the part # for the plugs that go on the back of the stock foglight harness? all i need is that and the switch...and cant imagine the switch being hard to explain :p
Old Jun 25, 2009 | 03:37 PM
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found the switch...from the dealer...its 60!!! going to see if i can find it cheaper anywhere else...can anyone suggest an alternative switch that will work with the stock plug coming from underneath the dashboard...
Old Jun 25, 2009 | 10:56 PM
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How hard is it to find the plugs for the foglights??? And I'm hoping you didn't get the LED's that I bought because they didn't last more than like 2 or 3 months.
Mine were 15 bucks from advance auto parts.
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i got mine off ebay...for about the same amount of money...what happened to them?
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Originally Posted by cincinfocal
found the switch...from the dealer...its 60!!! going to see if i can find it cheaper anywhere else...can anyone suggest an alternative switch that will work with the stock plug coming from underneath the dashboard...
Your best bet is to use the expensive 4 wire oem switch but you could use any 3 wire toggle switch instead. I got a led rocker switch at Walmart for $5 that I mounted into the switch blank. Wiring it is a different matter. The 2 green wires tie together somehow in the oem switch and are connected to the dimmer circuit. If you just use the one that supplies +12v with the headlites on (as I did) the circuit is messed up. When I turn my dimmer down all the way, the fogs come on (even with headlites off) and blow a fuse. If I leave the dimmer switch on or close to bright, it works fine.

I would find an accessory or ignition switched +12v source nearby and use that on one side of the switch, the white wire from the oem fog harness (to oem relay) on the other side and either use the fog harness ground wire (blue?) or run your own. There is an existing ground point behind the DS kick panel that would work well. It takes very little current to close the relay so you shouldn't have to worry about overloading the +12v switched circuit you use.

I plan to rewire mine as desrcribed above, asap.
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Originally Posted by strtrcril87
How hard is it to find the plugs for the foglights??? And I'm hoping you didn't get the LED's that I bought because they didn't last more than like 2 or 3 months.
Mine were 15 bucks from advance auto parts.

Those might look good mounted in the side bumper vents...
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got the switch from sparks..thanks for the part number...they are mounted and glowin...has to wash it and take some pics...holla back!
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