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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 08:01 PM
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Well I'm talking about the bulbs that izedaman bought.
Old Feb 12, 2009 | 11:03 PM
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The bulbs were free, or thrown in with the deal, Im pretty sure its just a fluke it went out after one day the white set that came with it are working just fine. it could happen to $80 bulbs and could happen to your $130 hid's.. since they were free I cant complain at all.
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:09 AM
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ok i got mine in today. started to wire em up (because switched out the bulbs to the blue ones) and everything looks pretty simple....only question is i'm guessing the white is ground wire (where do i ground it) and how do i hook up the red(power wire) to the switch and what not? have yet to see the DIY for that part for these
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:13 AM
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when i did mine i grounded the 1 set of ground wires to the battery, than for the switch inside i grounded it to any lose bolt. Mine came basically all prewired. For the power, i hooked it up to the battery, than on the inside i hooked up the switch power to my LEDs on the inside, but for you you can splice it into any power wire, or just a replace-a-fuse... which is the harder way
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:53 AM
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in this pic, the white i know is ground, but where to i 'wire' or connect the one with the red wire on it?


(pardon the blurry pic) and this one i know the white hook up goes somewhere behind it (Correct?) but where does th other piece hook up to or connect to? (not the switch)
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:57 AM
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i cant help u i need better piks, but i think those white things need to be plugged together?
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 12:59 AM
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inside your wheel well on the driver side is the harness for the fog lights, that's where the white switch in your first pic goes to, and the other cable goes to the ground bolt, also on the driver side wheel well (behind fender liner)
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 01:20 AM
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In the second pic the white plugs, plug into a slot inside your dash. Heres the link. Its different foglights but the harness is pretty much the same.
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=27616
Old Feb 19, 2009 | 01:22 AM
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awesome thanks guys! i appreciate it
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 04:57 AM
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While you guys are still in the mood for answering questions and since I still can't seem to get my fogs to work.

Did I wire this right? Red to black and white to white?
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:00 AM
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I think the white wire should be connected to the red wire. Your using the bulbs it came with right?
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:05 AM
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Yes...
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 05:11 AM
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try connecting it straight to a 12v source.
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Connect the fogs to the wire harness and then test it by connecting it to a 12v source. If they still don't light up then you have a problem with the harness or bulbs. If they light up then you have a problem the switch/harness in your car.
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 12:08 PM
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black to white
red to white

the black on the fog light is the ground and the white from the harness is the ground

the white wire from the fog light is the bulb so you want to connect that to the power source from the wire harness (red)
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by jimmzTC05
black to white
red to white

the black on the fog light is the ground and the white from the harness is the ground

the white wire from the fog light is the bulb so you want to connect that to the power source from the wire harness (red)
ya i found that a bit odd since i'm used to ground wires always being black
Old Feb 20, 2009 | 02:50 PM
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^x2, i used to work for my father as an electrician long ago and i always remembered the ground being green or bare wire

pic of the fogs with hyper yellow bulbs

Old Feb 21, 2009 | 07:06 AM
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Ok here's a head scratcher for you guys. Got the wires right. Lights are on. Turned them off. And then try to turn them back on again but no go. Checked: fuse, ground, wire harness, bulbs, relay, pushing the switch on and off. Didn't know how to check harness in car and then gave up.

And some pictures just so it doesn't get boring.

Got all excited it finally came on and then dead.

Got bored and grounded the wire harness to the top of the frame. Actually works pretty well and I don't have to lay on my back anymore to remove/install the harness.

Playing with the lights and changing one of them with a Nokya one I ordered.
Old Feb 21, 2009 | 08:26 AM
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my fogs are still going strong after the torrential cali downpours!
Old Feb 21, 2009 | 04:42 PM
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but you got both fender liner, right?



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