I have a ralliart wagon and just installed some yellow fogs and i want to be able to turn them on without turning the headlights on first... does anyone know how to do this? oh, its a 04 ralliart sportback

thanks

 

i was wondering the same thing today lol

 

i've been wondering this for months.... something about doing something w/ the fuse box and relays and such... nothing im too great with

 

i'll be sure to keep up with this thread cuz i am curious myself lol

 

i mean i know i can just un plug the headlights for my photoshoots but if anyone knows how to disable the automatic turnoff of the foglights when the main projectors are off that would really help!

 

I'm sure there's a thread about it here in the how-to section. I did this a long time ago. The simple way is to run a wire to the ground pin of the relay control circuit that turns on the fogs, and run it to a switch that you can turn on and off, then ground the switch. It's worked fine in my car for a few years now, though if I had it to do over again, I would have it turn off with the ignition, I've forgotten to turn off the fogs a couple times.

 

From what I know Myz's method is the only way that I know that works. One guy made a pcm box with a chip that tricked the car's ecu to allow the switch to turn on and off the fogs. I was (from what I know) the only guy who bought it but there was a problem, somehow feedback from the horn got through the system and everytime i honked or locked/unlocked the car the fogs would randomly turn on/off... I'm not sure if it was due to something in my car but it eventually fried the chip and I never touched it again. I believe the guy emailed me the code for the chip but I don't remember the wiring diagram either. The easiest way is a direct wire to the relay tied to the ignition.

 

can you do a write up so that a retard can figure it out with pictures that would be awesome!!! thanks!

 

im workin on a better solution for this. i said this in the other thred on the fog light hack.

just trying to find a day to mess with it. and we should be good to go.

 

well i did a guide how to turn the fogs without high light just with park lights
its in general area
they turn on with lights and turn off when u turn off the car

 

just an idea... but if you can find the wire that sends the 12v to the fog switch from the headlight switch, can you not cut it, and run a wire fron the fog swith to a 12v ignition source, that way the the switch will see the power when the car is on.... just a thought, or is it a ground signal the switch needs? in which case find the gound signal wire at the fog swith and just ground it...??

i know very little about the wiring for these cars, but i'm just throwin some input... the old domestic i used to drive was soooo easy to figure out compared to this car. lol

i ran a search and got this....thougt it could explain it a lil better than i did.

 

thats a solution...

 

anyone have a chance to test this theory yet????

 

its seeming like a lot of work an im not that dedicated to looking for a way unless someone comes up with a step by step way

 

i got some time tommorow to look into it finaly ill let you guys know what i come up with. if i get it to work ill make a how to.