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sateg93
05-02-2008, 04:41 PM
I was installing some JDM-style fog lights and i wired the lights to corner lights because i dont have a switch. I checked to see if everything worked and they came on. I went for a drive and I didn't turn them on (It's daytime). I pulled into the garage and I wanted to see how bright they were. I turned the headlights on, but the corner lights and the fogs don't work. What do i do????
JDMDreamZ
05-02-2008, 04:44 PM
how did you wire them?!?! did you just cut and splice?!?! maybe shorted out?!?! so they did work at first and you drove the car came back and not working right?!!?
sateg93
05-02-2008, 04:54 PM
I cut and spliced. the corners work when the emergencies lights are on and the turn signal works, but when the headlights are on the corners don't work.
spadam
05-02-2008, 05:16 PM
Hopefully you just blew a fuse. Your corner light wiring isn't meant to handle that kind of amperage, and you're lucky if you didn't start an electrical fire.

The fogs need to be wired directly to the battery via a relay. The low voltage side of that relay can then be wired in to your corner lamps if you choose to use them as the signal to turn your fogs on.
sateg93
05-02-2008, 05:42 PM
where is the fuse for the corner lights.
JDMDreamZ
05-02-2008, 07:43 PM
that fuse should be located on driver side under dash!!
sateg93
05-02-2008, 10:43 PM
I had a blown fuse. up the amps and everything is cool.
spadam
05-03-2008, 04:47 AM
up the amps and everything is cool.

You need to wire the lights in the right way. A fuse is supposed to be the weak link in the circuit, the idea being that it burns through before anything else does. Just putting a higher amperage fuse inthere is asking for trouble....
j_unit22785
05-03-2008, 05:27 PM
yup blown fuse does it all the time, but yea do what spadam said, wire the lights correct, cut and splice fors for a lil bit but can result in more of damage if not careful!
JDM95VIC
05-03-2008, 05:33 PM
You need to wire the lights in the right way. A fuse is supposed to be the weak link in the circuit, the idea being that it burns through before anything else does. Just putting a higher amperage fuse inthere is asking for trouble....

^^^Yes do it the right way.
lastresort576
05-03-2008, 09:18 PM
wire off your fuse block!



on the pic the labeled #2 should be 'live' when you turn on the parking lights. but do a quick test to make sure. this is to just turn the relay on which then will direct current from your battery to your fog lights.
j_unit22785
05-03-2008, 10:23 PM
yeah listen to him ^^^^ smart man!!