Fog Light Switch Question

[TheRock0720]

I am trying to wire my aftermarket fog lights to a stock fog switch I found in a wrecked DSM, instead of using another switch that came with the aftermarket fog lights.

My aftermarket fog lights have 3 wires going to the current switch- one for battery, one for ground, and one going to the fog lights.

Now the stock fog light switch has a harness with it and there are 4 wires coming off out of it. I looked at the wiring diagrams and its hard to understand which is which.

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Can anyone help to tell me how I can hook the aftermarket fogs to the stock switch?

-therock0720

 

[Tyeler18]

The 4th wire (I believe) needs a 12v power as well. From the factory that would be the headlights turning on that would power that wire. I'm not 100% on that though, but as far as I remember that's how it is. So if you wire it to a constant 12v you can turn them on at any time.

 

[TheRock0720]

The 4th wire (I believe) needs a 12v power as well. From the factory that would be the headlights turning on that would power that wire. I'm not 100% on that though, but as far as I remember that's how it is. So if you wire it to a constant 12v you can turn them on at any time.

What about the other wires..? Do you happen to know which is which?

And which one are you referring to that your talking about?

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[TheRock0720]

bump.. it's been a while, but I'm sure someone can help me out with telling me what wire is what on the stock fog light switch.....

 

[1990AWD]

Just posting this so it'll show up when I get and I'll see if I can help.

 

[spyderdrifter]

I am trying to wire my aftermarket fog lights to a stock fog switch I found in a wrecked DSM, instead of using another switch that came with the aftermarket fog lights.

My aftermarket fog lights have 3 wires going to the current switch- one for battery, one for ground, and one going to the fog lights.

Now the stock fog light switch has a harness with it and there are 4 wires coming off out of it. I looked at the wiring diagrams and its hard to understand which is which.

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Can anyone help to tell me how I can hook the aftermarket fogs to the stock switch?

-therock0720

The black w/yellow strip is obviously your ground wire.
The green w/white strip is the power to the switches lights.
The solid green and the blue are for the fog lights them selves, I couldn't tell you right off which is for what though. But the 2 I mentioned I know for sure. Good luck.

 

[1990AWD]

If someone can tell me how to take a snapshot of my computer screen or something that I can get a pic of the FSM onto here, I could give you that, but from looking through the wiring diagram I would say just wire it like the factory ones are. Just take the power to the light itself as the power for the fog lights and then ground it. I have no idea why your aftermarket lights need two battery sources. No other way I see of doing it simply and still have it that they turn off when you turn off the brights, etc.

 

[Aproductions]

I believe one goes to the fusebox as well.

 

[TheRock0720]

If someone can tell me how to take a snapshot of my computer screen or something that I can get a pic of the FSM onto here, I could give you that, but from looking through the wiring diagram I would say just wire it like the factory ones are. Just take the power to the light itself as the power for the fog lights and then ground it. I have no idea why your aftermarket lights need two battery sources. No other way I see of doing it simply and still have it that they turn off when you turn off the brights, etc.

On your keyboard, there is a key called Prt Scr or Print Screen. It's next to scroll lock, just above the Backspace/Return key. Hit that and then paste the image in Paint and then save. Then upload the photo to tinypic.com and post the URL here OR just upload the photo directly to this post.

My car didn't come with factory fogs so there's no wiring for it. I am going to be wiring up fogs to the factory switch that I got off of another eclipse. Just on the wires on the fog lights switch, I'm not sure what wire is what and where it should go.

Hope that clarifies it?? haha

 

[1990AWD]

Green/white comes from the taillight fuse.
Black/yellow carries power to most of the dash and accessories.
Green/blue comes from the fog light relay.
Green/black goes through the column switch (dimmer - passing) and then ground.

 

[zcoh2gdsm]

If someone can tell me how to take a snapshot of my computer screen or something that I can get a pic of the FSM onto here, I could give you that, but from looking through the wiring diagram I would say just wire it like the factory ones are. Just take the power to the light itself as the power for the fog lights and then ground it. I have no idea why your aftermarket lights need two battery sources. No other way I see of doing it simply and still have it that they turn off when you turn off the brights, etc.

on pc its the PRNT SCR button next to f12, on a mac cmd + shift + 4 then highlight what you want to capture with your mouse.

 

[TheRock0720]

Green/white comes from the taillight fuse.
Black/yellow carries power to most of the dash and accessories.
Green/blue comes from the fog light relay.
Green/black goes through the column switch (dimmer - passing) and then ground.

Awesome!! Thank you very much! Where did you get this info? Just so next time I can look there for future things.

 

[1990AWD]

I have all the FSMs. Bought them from FP. Clicky click. Just looked again, and it appears the DSM option is gone. I guess you'd just have to email them if you really want some.

This is the best I can do. I'm computer handicapped.

 

[GSLENK]

If you dont wanna play guessing games.... a volt-meter, or even a 9v battery and a 12v test light/light bulb will do the trick. I used a fog light switch in my 1g for an auxilary switch. I used an ohmmeter to figure it out. took all of one minutes.

Good luck. If you dont want to re-run wires, those diagrams will help.

 

[TheRock0720]

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Just found that looking through the "book" haha.

Looks like to me:
1- Positive
3- Negative
4- Output to fuse/relay/fog
5- Output to fuse/relay/fog

Correct me if you think I'm wrong.