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Old 02-05-2010, 12:24 AM
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well i've looked on here to see how i could run fog lights without my headlights up(with stock switch) couldn't find anything i'm new to the t/a's, but if i don't get a post I'll prob just start running down wires to see how i can do this lol just wanted to follow some instructions before i spent a lot of time searching for something simple
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bump for this morning i ran down the wires in my haynes manual i think i got it figured out i just gotta wait for this crappy weather to go away it's holding me back from my projects
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you turn your parking lights on and turn the foglights on. Every t/a or firebird can do it from the factory, atleast mine did
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yeah...you turn the light selector **** to parking lights and turn the fog light toggle to on, presto!
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the way i do with mine is i'll drop the e brake all the way down before i insert the ket then i'll bring it up one click and start the car then turn the DRL's on with my fog's. but i'm not sure how bad this is for my e brake
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All I have to do is turn to park lights and leave my fog switch on all the time so they always come on. If you turn all the way to the headlights then back to park the doors stay up but only fog and parks will be on
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mine come on with running lights but headlights are up. I'm rewiring this so i can run foglights with the bat wings up lol also i'm rewiring so when i hit my lock and unlock on keyless they don't pop up either
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If you turn the switch JUST once to your fogs, and your headlights popup, I bet you have bad headlight motors. That happens. It's odd, but it does.
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If it fogs don't come on when you put on the Parking Lamps it's because the motors/gears need replacing.

Do your lights grind? If so, then replace the gears, and you shouldn't have this problem, but then again, you can also rewire them or ground them (if I recall correctly).
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ah my bad i thought he was talkin about for his camaro in his sig, i read it too fast lol maybe now i'll stop skimming people's posts
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Replace your headlight gears before you start messing with the wiring in your car...
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Originally Posted by gopherit98
mine come on with running lights but headlights are up. I'm rewiring this so i can run foglights with the bat wings up lol also i'm rewiring so when i hit my lock and unlock on keyless they don't pop up either
If your headlights are opening with your keyless entry you have a problem. As suggested probably the gears for the headlights. If properly working you should be able to just turn your light switch to the parking light setting and have your fog lights on without the headlight opening.
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Or could have an issue with an aftermarket alarm
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i've already replaced gears
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so when i hit unlock on my keyless my headlights should open and flash then close vice versa with setting alarm?
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If your TA is a Canadian model they pop up automatically. You have to bypass the photo-sensor in your dash
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okay here we go i took headlight out becuase i notice it was working correctly but linkage was different than the others. I unplug that motor and assembly it works correctly
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got everything working correctly now glad i asked before i started hacking wires!!



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