Hi/Lo headlight beam mod ?
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Camaro owners, fogs with high beams!
I might have an easy mod. I have been asking around about this for some time and no one seems to have a way to do it. I've had my car apart this weekend figuring out what each wire does and I have altered the wiring slightly. Now my fogs come on with park lamps, low beams, and now high beams. The function is totally the same... the switch lights, it is still backlit, and turns the fogs on and off as before. I also did a very easy mod I picked up here this weekend that puts all 4 headlights on with the high beams.
So now I can run 4 headlights and the fogs at once!
I'll post the instructions to the other mod at the bottom of this post. Thanks to petaltothemetal for the 4 light mod!
Disclaimer: I just did this tonight, I can't vouch anything about long term use on your vehicle. Do it at your own risk.
Going into the back of the fog switch there is a green wire, cut it. Insulate the car side as it will no longer will be needed and does go hot when the high beams are on. Add a little wire to the switch side of the green wire and ground under one of the radio mount bolts. Put the switch and radio trim back together. You're done inside the car. Go under the hood, pull up the relay box with the fan and fog relays in it. Going into the bottom of the fog relay is the same green wire, cut it. Extend the relay side about 8" with black wire and ground it. I used the ground screw right next to the relay box, on the strut tower. Insulate the car side of the cut wire as it goes hot with the high beams. Put everything back together and you are done.
SORRY POST SO LONG!
Dave
Easy 4 light high beam free mod:
4 screws under the drivers side dash allows access under the steering column. Look down the left side of the steering column and there is a white switch with a brown plug and 2 black tabs. Squeeze black tabs and pull the connector off. Make a connection between the large tan wire and the large yellow wire and put everything back together...
This was originally posted by Shawn Sonnentag way back when.
Leo (aka: pedaltothemetal)
Edit to the above instuctions: I used an inline fuse housing, flat fuse housing type, to connect the tan and yellow wires as instructed. They are available at Wal-Mart (or about anywhere), with a 30 amp fuse. That's what I used, just for safety.
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Camaro owners, fogs with high beams!
I might have an easy mod. I have been asking around about this for some time and no one seems to have a way to do it. I've had my car apart this weekend figuring out what each wire does and I have altered the wiring slightly. Now my fogs come on with park lamps, low beams, and now high beams. The function is totally the same... the switch lights, it is still backlit, and turns the fogs on and off as before. I also did a very easy mod I picked up here this weekend that puts all 4 headlights on with the high beams.
So now I can run 4 headlights and the fogs at once!
I'll post the instructions to the other mod at the bottom of this post. Thanks to petaltothemetal for the 4 light mod!
Disclaimer: I just did this tonight, I can't vouch anything about long term use on your vehicle. Do it at your own risk.
Going into the back of the fog switch there is a green wire, cut it. Insulate the car side as it will no longer will be needed and does go hot when the high beams are on. Add a little wire to the switch side of the green wire and ground under one of the radio mount bolts. Put the switch and radio trim back together. You're done inside the car. Go under the hood, pull up the relay box with the fan and fog relays in it. Going into the bottom of the fog relay is the same green wire, cut it. Extend the relay side about 8" with black wire and ground it. I used the ground screw right next to the relay box, on the strut tower. Insulate the car side of the cut wire as it goes hot with the high beams. Put everything back together and you are done.
SORRY POST SO LONG!
Dave
Easy 4 light high beam free mod:
4 screws under the drivers side dash allows access under the steering column. Look down the left side of the steering column and there is a white switch with a brown plug and 2 black tabs. Squeeze black tabs and pull the connector off. Make a connection between the large tan wire and the large yellow wire and put everything back together...
This was originally posted by Shawn Sonnentag way back when.
Leo (aka: pedaltothemetal)
Edit to the above instuctions: I used an inline fuse housing, flat fuse housing type, to connect the tan and yellow wires as instructed. They are available at Wal-Mart (or about anywhere), with a 30 amp fuse. That's what I used, just for safety.
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