I see what's going on. The blue relays are the factory relays. I pulled mine and set them aside. I bought the Radio Shack relays and used those instead.REZN wrote:why are mines so wierd lookin? what do i do?
I see what's going on. The blue relays are the factory relays. I pulled mine and set them aside. I bought the Radio Shack relays and used those instead.REZN wrote:why are mines so wierd lookin? what do i do?
The way I outlined it will not drain your battery. I specifically tapped the A/C relay because it only has power when the ignition is on.slickroger wrote:mine isnt setup like that because it kept killing my battery ill try to do it again today or as soon as i can get to it with more pics for you.
Ground the switchslownslurious wrote:Regarding just keeping the fogs on with the high beams, do you need to supply a constant ground to the foglight switch or the foglight relay?
The only time the daytime running lamps are off (and the regular headlamp switch is off) is when you start the vehicle with the parking brake engaged. So, the only way to trick the system into keeping the daytime running lamps off during normal vehicle operation, would be to ground the parking brake wire at the daytime running lamps control unit.JonathanPrem wrote:Off topic question. Is there a way to take off day time running lights off.
Correct.Towncivilian wrote:Just to make sure: after doing this mod, the fog light switch still controls the on/off state of the fog lamps, but it's simply independent of all other headlight controls, correct?
Try to go up in gauge, not down. I would suggest trying a 14 or 12 if they don't have 16. It's thicker and it may be a little more difficult to hook up, but it's cheap insurance. However, if it's not a current-carrying wire then it shouldn't really matter.Towncivilian wrote:Does the gauge of the wire matter? Radio Shack doesn't have any 16GA general hookup wire, only speaker wire. Will 18GA wire suffice?
Well, the relay method in the tutorial is really the easiest way to do the bypass without having to remove the fuse box and cut into the harness. If you're willing to actually go through the trouble of splicing the wires under the fuse box then your best bet would be to just run a dedicated 12V fused line back to the battery.Mischi wrote:I was looking at the schematic and was wondering if I could just move the wire from pin 1 of the fog lamp relay and connect it with the wire going to pin 1 of the A/C relay. I wouldn't have to make any jumpers or get new relays. Thoughts?
In the schematic the wire going to pin 1 has a color code of R/L, what color is that?
Yes, I wasn't even thinking about that.Mischi wrote:If I run a dedicated to the battery won't the fog lights stay on when the car is off?
Towncivilian wrote:Does anybody have a guide on doing this mod with the blue factory relays of a 2001 Pathfinder? How do I open them up, and what pin(s) do I remove and solder to?
Since I've already done the soldering for the rat shack relays I'll just buy some spade connectors and make some wiring and see if it works out. Thanks.fueler wrote:Towncivilian wrote:Does anybody have a guide on doing this mod with the blue factory relays of a 2001 Pathfinder? How do I open them up, and what pin(s) do I remove and solder to?
http://www.4x4parts.com/ubbthreads/show ... ber=112527
relays are easy to open up, just two plastic tabs.
i used the radio shack relay... its cheap ($5) compared to the blue nissan relay ($30) even tho its the same thing, but you wont feel so bad if you mess up for some reason....