fog lights only

[NycGMONyc]

Hey has anyone bypassed the headlights to only run the fog light and if so can u post a write up,TIA

[Ilya]

I would love to do this to. I had it on my Maxima. Corner lamps + fog lights only.

[NycGMONyc]

So has anyone done this before?

[ocwill1]

I too would like to know, maybe run fog lights as DRL's....

[NycGMONyc]

anyone?

[azeiler]

I saw a pic where the fog lights were on with the driving lights in another forum.

http://www.freshalloy.com/forums/showth ... p?t=191418

[azeiler]

For some reason, the link is not posting correctly. It's at fresh alloy.com and the post title is "Stock M on Air~ for now".

[mexillis]

I'm pretty sure all you'd have to do is tap into what ever light switch you want them to turn on with. IE if you want them to turn on with the parking lights, tap into them by running another set of wires from the fog lights to the parking lights. You can consider it as sharing the power & switch. That's how i hooked up my LED eyebrows.

[UpStar]

For some reason, the link is not posting correctly. It's at fresh alloy.com and the post title is "Stock M on Air~ for now".

yeah! since the new upgraded version of the software here at Nico the search function has been junk along with other things but yes... the fog/corner setup would be a nice look.

[NycGMONyc]

so has anyone done it or going to do it post pics

[azeiler]

I recently bought some mirror covers with blinkers. When I have them installed, I'll ask if they can make the fogs also light up with the running lights. And if I remember to bring my camera, I'll take pictures.

[NycGMONyc]

I recently bought some mirror covers with blinkers. When I have them installed, I'll ask if they can make the fogs also light up with the running lights. And if I remember to bring my camera, I'll take pictures.

Cool I hope they are able to work it out, I would love to see some pics. also where did you get the mrrors and how much did you pay?

[azeiler]

Got them from someone here or fresh alloy forum for $275. They come from JDM Mirrors.

[Ilya]

You can get them on EBay (just the covers).

I'm pretty sure all you'd have to do is tap into what ever light switch you want them to turn on with. IE if you want them to turn on with the parking lights, tap into them by running another set of wires from the fog lights to the parking lights. You can consider it as sharing the power & switch. That's how i hooked up my LED eyebrows.

So, in principle, if we just cut the 12v power that goes to the fog lights right now and splice it into the 12v wire for the DRL (little light bulb in the headlight) we'll be good to go? I can do this, but I'm just worried the draw will be too great.

Do I completely cut the current 12v wire or do I just connect the DRL 12v wire to the fog light 12v wire?

The DRL's stay on during high-beam too...I believe...

[Ilya]

IlyaKol,

I currently have over 30v flowing from the parking lights on each side. At first I was worried about the excess amount of power and if a fuse would be blown, but I didn't experience any problems, there wasn't even any over-heating in the wiring.

I'm not well educated on the electrical design of the fog lights so I can't comment to much on them, but I believe that cutting the power wire coming INTO the fog lights and then using spare wire to bring that power wire into the parking lights should work. You will have to cut some protective wiring enclosure on the parking lights to access enough of the power wire, but other than that you won't have any other surprises.

And, as a side-note, Canadian Infiniti M's have their headlights wired differently than United States sold Infiniti M's, which might explain the picture mentioned above (with the DRL's and fogs running).

That's how I did it on the Maxima. In the Maxima world though, we cut a wire close to the relay and then run a wire from the bumper lights to that wire (which I'm guessing is the Fog relay).

Sounds like the same thing would be done here.

I guess I'll give it a whirl one of these days. If I do it before someone else, I'll post it up.

[ocwill1]

take a look a the first post on this thread from clubtitan.org.. I did this on my Titan and it worked like a champ.. You just need to run a wire from foglight fuse to parking light fuse, purposely blow the foglight fuse for safety... the pictures show it pretty good......

http://www.clubtitan.org/forums/showthread.php?t=6537

I would actually prefer to have them on all the time, without heads and park to use as DRL's....


willie

[Ilya]

Can you post the pics in here? You have to be a member to view them. Also looks like the OEM switch will then not matter. That's not good. On my Maxima, I was able to turn them off with the switch (say if I was sitting in a dark parking lot stalking someone jk).

Here is the jist of the Maxima DIY:

1) Locate 12v wire of the fog light relay
2) Cut wire, leaving enough room on the relay side to splice a wire onto it
3) Splice in a 3ft wire or so into that now cut relay 12v wire
4) Run this new wire to the bumper light and connect it to the red/blue wire (I'm assuming this one was also 12v, it's been years since I did this mod).
5) Tape up, put together, etc.

This allowed the fogs to be on with the corner lights, but also still allowed the driver the ability to turn off the fogs completely with the steering wheel switch.

[ocwill1]

The fog lights will be on only when lights are on, whether it is head or parking.. Here are the pics





willie

[Ilya]

Can you post the actual picture please? That's the thumbnail heh.

Will the fog lights be able to be turned OFF when the other lights are on (say corner) via the switch on the steering column?

[mgokool]

Re: fog lights only
by IlyaKol » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:22 pm

Here is the jist of the Maxima DIY:

1) Locate 12v wire of the fog light relay
2) Cut wire, leaving enough room on the relay side to splice a wire onto it
3) Splice in a 3ft wire or so into that now cut relay 12v wire
4) Run this new wire to the bumper light and connect it to the red/blue wire (I'm assuming this one was also 12v, it's been years since I did this mod).
5) Tape up, put together, etc.

**** PROBLEM WITH THIS WRITEUP IS****:
On the 06+ M, the fog relay which is located in the distribution box behind the battery is a (-)ground trigger...I found the relay, and upon testing the terminals I noticed that it has (+)power running through it constantly...when you turn on the fog light switch, (-)ground is applied which clicks the relay to send (+)power to the last remaining terminal on the relay which supplies power to the fog lights!

And thats where I got stumped...

[Ilya]

Re: fog lights only
by IlyaKol » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:22 pm

Here is the jist of the Maxima DIY:

1) Locate 12v wire of the fog light relay
2) Cut wire, leaving enough room on the relay side to splice a wire onto it
3) Splice in a 3ft wire or so into that now cut relay 12v wire
4) Run this new wire to the bumper light and connect it to the red/blue wire (I'm assuming this one was also 12v, it's been years since I did this mod).
5) Tape up, put together, etc.

**** PROBLEM WITH THIS WRITEUP IS****:
On the 06+ M, the fog relay which is located in the distribution box behind the battery is a (-)ground trigger...I found the relay, and upon testing the terminals I noticed that it has (+)power running through it constantly...when you turn on the fog light switch, (-)ground is applied which clicks the relay to send (+)power to the last remaining terminal on the relay which supplies power to the fog lights!

And thats where I got stumped...

Can't we just wire it up so it always has ground then? Or would that mean we wouldnt' be able to turn off the fog lights when the car is on (whether your switch be set on OFF, AUTO, CORNERS, or LIGHTS)?

[mgokool]

if you ground it the they would always be on...I couldnt find a parking light relay to see if it has the same setup....if it did, in essence would just have to run the ground over to the ground trigger and we'd be set...

However a friend of mine said theres a way to do it from under the column by adding a seperate relay...he'll be doing it on sat morning...i'll try and get pics and some directions....he works for an install shop and knows what he's doing...

[Ilya]

if you ground it the they would always be on...I couldnt find a parking light relay to see if it has the same setup....if it did, in essence would just have to run the ground over to the ground trigger and we'd be set...

However a friend of mine said theres a way to do it from under the column by adding a seperate relay...he'll be doing it on sat morning...i'll try and get pics and some directions....he works for an install shop and knows what he's doing...

Let us know man. I'd love to be able to have 'independent fogs' (as we called it in the Maxima world). Try to see if he can make it so they stay on with the high beam. I have HID's in my fogs and I hate that the ballast has to turn off/on when I flash my highs, etc. It's going to kill the life of my HID kit.

[mgokool]

same here...from what he was telling me, they would stay on with the highs too...so i'll def. keep you posted on this...

[Ilya]

Suhweet. Thanks!

[NycGMONyc]

I hope you are able to get pic and a good wirte up so the rest of us are able to do this mods... I was about to try to do it myself this weekend but I'll wait for your write up and pics.

[mexillis]

I have HID's in my fogs and I hate that the ballast has to turn off/on when I flash my highs, etc. It's going to kill the life of my HID kit.

what set up do you have? i also have HID fogs and the ballast automatically turns on when i turn on my fogs.

[Ilya]

I have HID's in my fogs and I hate that the ballast has to turn off/on when I flash my highs, etc. It's going to kill the life of my HID kit.

what set up do you have? i also have HID fogs and the ballast automatically turns on when i turn on my fogs.

Same thing. I'm just saying when you turn your highs on the fogs go off. You do this enough times, and it'll wear the ballast/bulb out faster.

[mexillis]

ohh ok, i never use my highs but I did know it does that, i just increased the level height of my lows and now i can see good enough to where the highs are never needed. I dont know if all M's are like this but when i first bought my car it seemed like the lows were aiming straight down or something and i couldnt see as much as my old car that had halogens, so i looked up how to adjust them and raised it a few inchs. Nobody flashes me thinking i have my highs on so Im good.

[xxNite]

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Infiniti/Nissan
FOG LIGHT CONTROLLER MODULE, ITEM#MX20, $49.99
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Key Features: 
 
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