Fog lights without headlights.....
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Fog lights without headlights.....
Anybody re-do their's so they can run the fog lights without the headlights being on? Dunno if it can be done being the **** has too be in the on position and pulled out to turn on the fogs. Just wondering. Thanks guyz!
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I was wondering the same thing. I have an 02 F-350 that will not allow the fogs to come on w/out the headlights. I have a friend who has an 02 F-250 that he bought new and it will let him run his w/out the headlights from the factory.
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Originally Posted by HawaiianPSD
Anybody re-do their's so they can run the fog lights without the headlights being on? Dunno if it can be done being the **** has too be in the on position and pulled out to turn on the fogs. Just wondering. Thanks guyz!
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Originally Posted by Jacobv
I have a friend who has an 02 F-250 that he bought new and it will let him run his w/out the headlights from the factory.
Hey JOE-M, what year truck you got?
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Originally Posted by HawaiianPSD
I wonder what the difference is? Wonder if we can just swap the 02 headlight **** assembly into my 01?
Hey JOE-M, what year truck you got?
Hey JOE-M, what year truck you got?
The electric side is easy, just jumper the park light power (brown) wire to the switched side of the fogs (white/black trace)
The you need to disassemble the switch by gronding off the little plastic rivits that hold it together and cut the plastic ramp that the switch rides on enough that the switch will pull out in the fog position. Reassemble the switch (you have to glue it back together) and you're done.
The connectors are different between the 01 and 02's they will not interchange.
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Originally Posted by HawaiianPSD
I wonder what the difference is? Wonder if we can just swap the 02 headlight **** assembly into my 01?
Hey JOE-M, what year truck you got?
Hey JOE-M, what year truck you got?
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The way I did it allows me to run the fogs with the park light, head lights, and high beams, but it will not run the fogs all by themselves.
When the fogs are on with no other lamps they're called DRL's. Daytime running lamps. Wiring them up for that is a whole different animal.
When the fogs are on with no other lamps they're called DRL's. Daytime running lamps. Wiring them up for that is a whole different animal.
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Originally Posted by johnny8
cookie... will your procedure work for my 02..?
If the switch pulls out in the park lamp position the same as it does in the headlight position, then it should be as simple as running a jumper wire from brown to red/yellow trace in the main light switch harness.
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that's what i was afraid of... mine does not... i think i will just hook up a toggle switch as an optional power supply to the fogs ... that way if i'm towing at night and i want to use them with the high beams then i can just leave them of on the dash but turn them on with the toggle... which wire coming from the switch sends the power to the fog lights..? this will be the one i hook the toggle to...
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I have an 8/02 SD and my switch has the option to pull out the **** in any position but the fog lights only come on with the low beams. I DON"T want them on with the high beams but want them on with the parking lights. What do I need to do to achieve this?
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Originally Posted by HawaiianPSD
Anybody re-do their's so they can run the fog lights without the headlights being on? Dunno if it can be done being the **** has too be in the on position and pulled out to turn on the fogs. Just wondering. Thanks guyz!
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Originally Posted by johnny8
that's what i was afraid of... mine does not... i think i will just hook up a toggle switch as an optional power supply to the fogs ... that way if i'm towing at night and i want to use them with the high beams then i can just leave them of on the dash but turn them on with the toggle... which wire coming from the switch sends the power to the fog lights..? this will be the one i hook the toggle to...