Fogs with highbeams

[rhino5]

I'm rolling around the idea of putting 3000k HID fogs in, but I'd like them to be lit with the highbeams.

I did a search and found this:
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11992&highlight=foglight

I have an 08 LB S-model with stock fogs.

Is there a relay I can jump so that when I turn my fogs on...they're on...and when I turn them off...they're off rather than them being on with low when the switch is on and the fog lights off when the highbeams are engaged?

My reasoning would be I work 3rd shift and drive at night mostly, so I'd like more visibility, but I'd also like the HID's to be on from the time I switch my foglights on until I turn them off or turn off the car to prolong the life of the bulbs and also gain a little extra night vision while having the highs engaged.

Let me know of any ideas.

Thanks in advance.

[rhino5]

legal or not...I would put a vast sum of money on the number of times I've seen an SUV or a Jeep switch from Highbeam to Lowbeam and there were 4 lights before and after the switch....

[Tamago]

simply change where the foglight relay gets it's signal :)

[DerFlosser]

simply change where the foglight relay gets it's signal :)

Such as?

[Sodium Duck]

Why do you all have such difficulty seeing at night?

[Tamago]

Such as?

someone post a pic of the EWD and i'll draw it for you all

[rhino5]

Why do you all have such difficulty seeing at night?

I work 3rd shift. This is my nightly commute:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=troy+pa&daddr=NY-17+W+to:42.154114,-76.908588&hl=en&geocode=%3BFWyQggIdUyxs-w%3B&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=13&via=1&sll=42.156659,-76.852627&sspn=0.113384,0.264187&ie=UTF8&ll=41.983994,-76.8116&spn=0.454769,1.056747&z=11

My current standing record is seeing 14 deer between Troy and Southport on rt. 14 (1 way). Just because I have comprehensive insurance, doesn't mean I want to use it.

[Jerkratt]

ill take pictures tomorrow if u have day time running lights u take out the relay... and then take the foglight wire and insert into the relay harness to match colors but ill take pics to show where it goes.. once u do this u can turn ur fogs on and off as u please... just dont forget to turn them off when u get outta ur car

[1NZYaris1]

I'm rolling around the idea of putting 3000k HID fogs in, but I'd like them to be lit with the highbeams.

I did a search and found this:
http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11992&highlight=foglight

I have an 08 LB S-model with stock fogs.

Is there a relay I can jump so that when I turn my fogs on...they're on...and when I turn them off...they're off rather than them being on with low when the switch is on and the fog lights off when the highbeams are engaged?

My reasoning would be I work 3rd shift and drive at night mostly, so I'd like more visibility, but I'd also like the HID's to be on from the time I switch my foglights on until I turn them off or turn off the car to prolong the life of the bulbs and also gain a little extra night vision while having the highs engaged.

Let me know of any ideas.

Thanks in advance.

Do you have a dash switch or a switch on your steering colum. :rolleyes:
mine are wired too stay on with high beam .

[CTScott]

To make the fogs work with hi or lo beam with the OEM headlight stalk with the fog light switch, snip the orange wire going to pin 4 on the stalk connector, tape or wirenut them so they won't touch anything, and then ground pin 4 at the connector. Once you do that, the fogs will come on regardless of headlight mode.

25362

[auxmike]

To make the fogs work with hi or lo beam with the OEM headlight stalk with the fog light switch, snip the orange wire going to pin 4 on the stalk connector, tape or wirenut them so they won't touch anything, and then ground pin 4 at the connector. Once you do that, the fogs will come on regardless of headlight mode.

25362


Good lookin' out, CT!:thumbup:

[Jerkratt]

yup thanks thats what i was going to take a picture of

[Split]

ive never understood why foglights need to b e off for highbeams to engage in automobiles.. seems to me when your highbeams are on, its extra important to have your fog-lights on as well so you can still see the ground directly infront of you.

[Tamago]

ive never understood why foglights need to b e off for highbeams to engage in automobiles.. seems to me when your highbeams are on, its extra important to have your fog-lights on as well so you can still see the ground directly infront of you.

because fog lights are for FOG, and everyone knows you don't run your HIbeams in FOG lol

[Split]

okay when i'm on a country road at night time, and i want maximum visibility, and there is NO fog.. why cant i use both if i want? Turning off the fog-lights when you use your highbeams makes no sense. un-educated drivers will most likely put their highbeams on anyway, and end up disabliting their foglights.

[cali yaris]

my fogs stay on all the time, must be wire like CTScott's advice.

[Tamago]

okay when i'm on a country road at night time, and i want maximum visibility, and there is NO fog.. why cant i use both if i want? Turning off the fog-lights when you use your highbeams makes no sense. un-educated drivers will most likely put their highbeams on anyway, and end up disabliting their foglights.

exactly. every manufacturer in the WORLD does this.. you might as well complain because we're taught that cell phones should be turned off while flying :iono:

[1NZYaris1]

In New Zealand , they call them driveing lights if they
stay on with high beam . and fog loights if they turn off :biggrin:

[cali yaris]

^ GOOD KIWI SENSIBILITY THERE

[rhino5]

To make the fogs work with hi or lo beam with the OEM headlight stalk with the fog light switch, snip the orange wire going to pin 4 on the stalk connector, tape or wirenut them so they won't touch anything, and then ground pin 4 at the connector. Once you do that, the fogs will come on regardless of headlight mode.

25362

Thank you. Exactly what I was looking for.

[Split]

exactly. every manufacturer in the WORLD does this.. you might as well complain because we're taught that cell phones should be turned off while flying :iono:

lol i got owned. during the day i actually remote-desktop to my computer at home and browse the net from there so that the web filter at work wont pick it up. its so damn slow times that i type sometimes a whole sentence before it appears on the screen, and i am left kind of guessing if i typed the right word on or not. ie) i'll make mistakes while typing, hit backspace a few times, type some more.. the whole time assuming my keystrokes will add up the sentence i hoped for. i'm not THAT un-educated.. although i am quite disablited.