speed-junkie82

Is there a thread or how to explaining how to be able to turn the fog lights on without turning the headlights on for an '01 camaro SS?

mconway68w

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Day or night?

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

Just turn the headlight switch to the parking light position. You can then turn on the fogs that way.

V68Sweep

This.

Otherwise if you are referring to running no headlights at night (why?), before you turn the vehicle on, release the parking brake all the way, then pull it up 1 notch-this will not engage the brake but will keep the headlights from coming on (now you can drive with no lights at all if you want), then just switch the headlight switch to the parking light position mentioned above.

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

I just jumpered the light sensor on the dash. Didn't want the brake light being on all the time.

nmbr5ml

Not saying your car doesn't work that way, but if it does, the wiring has been modified.

The fog lights in an unmodified car will only come on when the headlights are also on (either by using the switch or the automatic sensor that detects low-light and puts them on.)

I have, however, seen numerous cars that are modified to allow the fogs to run with the headlights off.

SparkyJJO

iTrader: (11)

It was not modified.

Well, at first anyway But it worked that way before I started changing things.

I did do a mod later to allow the fogs to stay on when the high beams were on (and also the low and high beams on together mod) but the fogs would turn on with just the parking lights on before I did any of that. Those two mods still did not change the requirement for at least the parking lights to be on for the fogs to turn on.

MTN_Z

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My fogs come on with just the parking lights as well. Mine isn't modified. Unless you disable the automatic headlights, you can't do just fogs during the night.

nmbr5ml

Now I'm curious if this is something that varied by model year. No matter what I do, my fogs will not come on unless the headlights are on.

They work fine with the headlights on, whether I switch them on in the daytime, or they came on automatically.

MTN_Z

iTrader: (7)

That's strange. All the LS1 cars I have been around between 98-02 could use them with parking lights and I have been around quite a few. I think whatever is going on is specific to your car. I haven't personally messed with any of the lighting switches though so I'm not sure how it would be made to work with only the headlights.