Foglights on with parking lights - Page 4

pi3yeargrad · 10-12-2006, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by pyromedic

Could someone write this out step by step. I'm not too sure how this wiring is supposed to be and I don't want to mess this up. Other than a 30amp relay, what else do I need to buy?

lol...I thought the instructions were pretty complete but if noone else does it I will try and work something out for u guys when I get the chance... Ive been real busy lately though...plus its bikefest around here

gotta be cruisin the harley

phugoid · 10-15-2006, 03:01 PM

dont forget... if u cut the red wire out of sequence, there will be a TITANic explosion!..........

pyromedic · 10-15-2006, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by pi3yeargrad

lol...I thought the instructions were pretty complete but if noone else does it I will try and work something out for u guys when I get the chance... Ive been real busy lately though...plus its bikefest around here

gotta be cruisin the harley

Yea, I guess I'm a little slow at understanding this wire cutting stuff. I'm just affraid to start cutting in to a newer truck and screwing something up. If it's too much of a pain in the A$$ to do it, don't worry about it. I'll try to figure it out.

baseballfanz · 10-15-2006, 05:53 PM

Beside the relay you need enough wires to run it from the foglights to the relay, and one wire inside to the switch. If you're not to sure you could always do the jumper mod, that take 5 minutes to do.

pi3yeargrad · 10-19-2006, 06:40 PM

Here a pic with all the lights turned on in my truck...lol...pretty kewl...sucks though that my halo housings had some defective LEDs so Im waiting on my replacements AND I sold my 9006 HIDs last week so Im out low beam HIDs for now... I got the H1 HIDs but they wont work in the stock housings so the guy I sold the 9006 HIDs gave me his silverstars as well... Man they suck compared to the HIDs...

SO in the pic I got regular halogen Highs, Silverstar lows, PIAA 520 Driving lights, and HID fog lights...

pi3yeargrad · 10-25-2006, 07:51 PM

Better PIC of all my lights on...

I need HIDs for the Highs and the PIAAs...could u imagine...lol

pi3yeargrad · 10-29-2006, 10:50 PM

FINALLY found the wiring diagram, etc...

I grabbed power for the park light at:

"PARKING LIGHTS ( + ) RED/BLUE (+) @ DIMMER SWITCH ON DASH "

quickest place...so yes like I said before I was able to do everything inside under the dash at the same location as the light stalk and only had to run ONE wire out the cab to ONE of the fog lights (+) wire...

five011 · 10-31-2006, 08:55 PM

i have a 2006 4x4 Titan SE I don't have factoy fog lights but noticed the wiring is there, do i need to replace the current switch.

pi3yeargrad · 10-31-2006, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by five011

i have a 2006 4x4 Titan SE I don't have factoy fog lights but noticed the wiring is there, do i need to replace the current switch.

I believe so... needa get the stalk with the fog light switch... UNLESS u wanna go aftermarket then just buy any old switch... and run ur own wire

Justintoxicated · 01-07-2007, 11:50 PM

Thanks Pi3YearGrad for you help, and walking me through some important steps. I did do the mod a little different. It was a PITA but not super diffuclt after I figured out how I wanted to do it.

Needed:

short M6 bolt (tp mount the relay)
14 or 12 ga power wire
22 ga wire (to fit through factory harness)
30 amp relay
Sticky Wire Clamps (to route your wires)
Solder & Iron & Shrunkwrap
Electrical tape
Inline Fuse (I used the sealed / weather resistant) spade type
Philips / Flathead Screwdriver and sockets
Misc Crimp connectors (for attaching to relay, grounds etc) I used the insulated blade kind from Lowes for the relay)

1) Remove lower Dash (2 screws and pop the clips out by kind of pulling upward) (this will make the mod easier)

2) Remove plastic around steering wheel (3 screws and some clips)

3) Remove Bulb Stalk (white clip on top and bottom and it unplugs like a nintendo game)

4) remove black casing from bulb stack (it is attached in 3 places by tabs, be careful it's expensive)

5) Cut wires as show on first page and follow the diagram.

6) Next I pushed some 22ga wire through the firewall grommit where I ran my 0ga wire for sterio. you can use the factory harness, its probably a PITA though.

7) Pulled wire to where I wanted to mount the relay (Behind the battery on the side of the truck, theres unused threaded holes there I believe M6's)

8) Ran the other end of the wire behind the dash and center console and up and under the metal bar on the right hand side behind the lower dash. (you will see this once removed) then left some extra length and soldered it to the blue wire in the stock (as sceen on first page).

9) Next I grounded the green wire using an existing ground bolt (crimped then soldered a connector). I used the ground bolt on the left side under the lower part of the dash we removed. There is also a ground bolt on the right hand side but this one seemed easier to access.

10) Next I ran a wire from the battery (using a soldered inline spade fuse from autozone) to the relay. I chose 20 amps, which is overkill, I will probably replace it with a 15 amp later.

11) I found that BOTH the parking light wire and the Foglight wires are accessable under the front mud flap on the drivers side. The Foglight power wire on my truck was white with a red stripe. Soldered to this wire and connect to the relay I mounted near the battery as per the diagram.

12)The Stock wiring harness for the lights is enclosed in splitloom right near the wire for the foglights. Pull out the red wire with a blue stripe (power for the parking lights) and solder the to the parking light wire then run to the relay as per diagram. (I did not use a fuse here since it is only power the relay, but another fuse would be extra protection).

Picture of Rewired switch with wires coming out of it

Picture of where I grounded the Green Wire from the switch

Picture of where I guided the wires coming out of the switch.

There you have it.... Fogs are now powered directly off the battery and/or off the factory harness power.

Now I can turn the foglights on without the lowbeams, and keep them on if I need to flash the highbeams. They have their own power source.

yellowboy · 01-08-2007, 03:27 AM

Or you could just buy a F 150 which already works that way !!

Justintoxicated · 01-08-2007, 03:41 AM

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Originally Posted by yellowboy

Or you could just buy a F 150 which already works that way !!

ewww, I don't believe an F150 allows you to run Fogs, Lowbeams, and Highbeams all at the same time... with this mod I can.

But I can also run just the foglights (something needed when your running a bunch of HID's), yea F150 can do that, so can my Dad's dodge 3500...

spta97 · 01-15-2007, 06:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Justintoxicated

Thanks Pi3YearGrad for you help, and walking me through some important steps. I did do the mod a little different. It was a PITA but not super diffuclt after I figured out how I wanted to do it.

Needed:

short M6 bolt (tp mount the relay)
14 or 12 ga power wire
22 ga wire (to fit through factory harness)
30 amp relay
Sticky Wire Clamps (to route your wires)
Solder & Iron & Shrunkwrap
Electrical tape
Inline Fuse (I used the sealed / weather resistant) spade type
Philips / Flathead Screwdriver and sockets
Misc Crimp connectors (for attaching to relay, grounds etc) I used the insulated blade kind from Lowes for the relay)

1) Remove lower Dash (2 screws and pop the clips out by kind of pulling upward) (this will make the mod easier)

2) Remove plastic around steering wheel (3 screws and some clips)

3) Remove Bulb Stalk (white clip on top and bottom and it unplugs like a nintendo game)

4) remove black casing from bulb stack (it is attached in 3 places by tabs, be careful it's expensive)

5) Cut wires as show on first page and follow the diagram.

6) Next I pushed some 22ga wire through the firewall grommit where I ran my 0ga wire for sterio. you can use the factory harness, its probably a PITA though.

7) Pulled wire to where I wanted to mount the relay (Behind the battery on the side of the truck, theres unused threaded holes there I believe M6's)

8) Ran the other end of the wire behind the dash and center console and up and under the metal bar on the right hand side behind the lower dash. (you will see this once removed) then left some extra length and soldered it to the blue wire in the stock (as sceen on first page).

9) Next I grounded the green wire using an existing ground bolt (crimped then soldered a connector). I used the ground bolt on the left side under the lower part of the dash we removed. There is also a ground bolt on the right hand side but this one seemed easier to access.

10) Next I ran a wire from the battery (using a soldered inline spade fuse from autozone) to the relay. I chose 20 amps, which is overkill, I will probably replace it with a 15 amp later.

11) I found that BOTH the parking light wire and the Foglight wires are accessable under the front mud flap on the drivers side. The Foglight power wire on my truck was white with a red stripe. Soldered to this wire and connect to the relay I mounted near the battery as per the diagram.

12)The Stock wiring harness for the lights is enclosed in splitloom right near the wire for the foglights. Pull out the red wire with a blue stripe (power for the parking lights) and solder the to the parking light wire then run to the relay as per diagram. (I did not use a fuse here since it is only power the relay, but another fuse would be extra protection).

Picture of Rewired switch with wires coming out of it

Picture of where I grounded the Green Wire from the switch

Picture of where I guided the wires coming out of the switch.

There you have it.... Fogs are now powered directly off the battery and/or off the factory harness power.

Now I can turn the foglights on without the lowbeams, and keep them on if I need to flash the highbeams. They have their own power source.

Thanks for the detailed write up. I have a question though, would it not be easier to wire up a separate power to the battery to a relay and use the stalk switch to turn them on / off? This way you avoid the whole parking light thing and do not have to worry about them flashing with a remote start.

I'm thinking just to unplug the factory harness and rewire them to the factory swtich on the stalk.

jbhall_00 · 01-15-2007, 07:15 PM

Thank you... I have been waiting on instructions how to do this...Great mod....did it on the ranger that my titan replaced. On the ranger however removing one of the coil leads from a relay just so that it doesnt activate when the high beams are on is all that needs to be done. I dont knwo why nissan made this so hard for us.

**HudsonValleyTitan** · 01-15-2007, 08:50 PM

Still sounds like a lot of work for nothing. Our fogs are ornimental at best. Why bother?