How do I make my fog lights able to stay on with brights?
07-20-2005, 06:29 PM
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How do I make my fog lights able to stay on with brights? As the title says. I had a friend who was able to do this with his old 98 camaro and I was wondering how to wire/ re-wire to be able to do this to my T/A. TIA for any help guys 
07-20-2005, 07:25 PM
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It's pretty easy to do on a Firebird. The circuit is designed so that the fog light relay trigger coil grounds through the highbeam circuit. When the highbeams are on there is 12V+ on both sides of the relay coil so that it doesn't engage (the fog lights go off). Find the fog light relay under the hood in junction box #1 along the inside of the left fender. The relay will have four wires - brown, yellow, purple and light green. Cut the light green wire and run the relay side to ground. Tape up the other side to prevent shorting. Now the relay has ground regardless of whether the highbeams are on so they will work normally but also stay on when using the highbeams.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
07-21-2005, 07:17 AM
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It's basically the same on the Camaro except that the fog light switch is wired differently. The ON indicator light in the switch on the Camaro is also wired to ground through the headlight circuit so it goes out when the high beams are on. Using the same instructions as above for the Firebird will allow the fog lights to stay on with the high beams but the ON indicator won't show that they are still on when you use the high beams.
To fix this you will have to pull out the fog light switch. You will find five wires on the switch connector - brown, light green, gray, yellow, and black. Cut the light green wire and connect the switch side to a ground in the dash somewhere. Tape up the other side to prevent shorts. Now the indicator light will work even when the high beams are on.
To fix this you will have to pull out the fog light switch. You will find five wires on the switch connector - brown, light green, gray, yellow, and black. Cut the light green wire and connect the switch side to a ground in the dash somewhere. Tape up the other side to prevent shorts. Now the indicator light will work even when the high beams are on.
07-21-2005, 10:53 PM
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Originally Posted by WhiteBird00
It's pretty easy to do on a Firebird. The circuit is designed so that the fog light relay trigger coil grounds through the highbeam circuit. When the highbeams are on there is 12V+ on both sides of the relay coil so that it doesn't engage (the fog lights go off). Find the fog light relay under the hood in junction box #1 along the inside of the left fender. The relay will have four wires - brown, yellow, purple and light green. Cut the light green wire and run the relay side to ground. Tape up the other side to prevent shorting. Now the relay has ground regardless of whether the highbeams are on so they will work normally but also stay on when using the highbeams.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
07-30-2005, 03:14 AM
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what about explicit instructions for a 00 SS? I'm terrified to hurt my baby ( named either Susie or Sessy... cant decide on a name, any suggestions? ) so i dont want to second guess what im supposed to do. just did the hi-low mod tonight, so they can both work at same time now 
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08-10-2005, 07:02 AM
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Yes, that will work - you're basically replacing the relay with a wire and eliminating all control of the lights with the switch. It also doesn't solve the indicator on the switch not working when the high beams are on (in fact, the lights will be on even if the switch is off).
Your choice, but I always try to make mods that change the factory function as little as possible. Putting the cut wires back together is not difficult should you want to restore the factory configuration later.
Your choice, but I always try to make mods that change the factory function as little as possible. Putting the cut wires back together is not difficult should you want to restore the factory configuration later.
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Originally Posted by WhiteBird00
It's pretty easy to do on a Firebird. The circuit is designed so that the fog light relay trigger coil grounds through the highbeam circuit. When the highbeams are on there is 12V+ on both sides of the relay coil so that it doesn't engage (the fog lights go off). Find the fog light relay under the hood in junction box #1 along the inside of the left fender. The relay will have four wires - brown, yellow, purple and light green. Cut the light green wire and run the relay side to ground. Tape up the other side to prevent shorting. Now the relay has ground regardless of whether the highbeams are on so they will work normally but also stay on when using the highbeams.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
I won't mention that this is illegal in most states (I don't know about Canada) because they don't allow more than four lights illuminated.
once i cut the wire im assuming that the length of wire coming off the relay has to be grounded and the length coming from the firewall has to be taped.
01-25-2006, 06:51 AM
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When you look under the junction box and find the four wires for the fog light relay, you will be cutting the light green wire. One end of the cut wire will still be connected to the relay in the junction box and the other end will go into the wiring harness to the car. The end that is still connected to the relay is the one you want to connect to ground. You will probably have to add some wire to it in order to reach a good spot to ground it. The other end (that goes into the harness) will still be live when the highbeams are on so you have to tape it up to prevent shorts.
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what about explicit instructions for a 00 SS? I'm terrified to hurt my baby ( named either Susie or Sessy... cant decide on a name, any suggestions? ) so i dont want to second guess what im supposed to do. just did the hi-low mod tonight, so they can both work at same time now
