anyone out there know how to wire the foglights to run independently with the DRL? thought that would be a cool look without having to turn on the headlights or even without the DRLs on.

Also,anyone install HID kit into the foglights? any issues at all? was thinking of putting in a 3000k (yellow) kit on but didnt want to break a foglight lens. thanks

rog

 

i would like to know the same thing on the running fog lights without the headlights on ! and no problems with installing hids in the fog lights

 

BTW - fog lights without headlights is illegal in the USA. Unfortunately it's a dumb law because in fog the fog lights stay under the fog to light the road and in the USA you have to light up the fog with the headlights. I have no evidence to substatiate that the "rules of the road" were written by anybody that can drive.
HID in the fogs is a good idea at 3000K but the lens and reflector only serve to light up the adjacent lanes, they do very little on top of your low beams.

 

I was tackling this next weekend or so when I have time.

I was going to run a relay to the parking light for the fogs.

I will let you guys know the outcome and steps!

 

thanks Blazing!
when i had my 98 maxima,it was simple. i think it was a matter of tapping a wire from the fuse wire for the foglight to the fuse wire of the corner lights. this was the fuse box under the hood. but that was many years ago off the maxima forums.

 

anyone figure it out yet? I see the 3g guys did it. Might follow their diy.

 

If you aren't concerned with being able to turn the fogs off with the lights on, you could just connect the relay inductor from the parking lights to the fog light relay inductor. However, if you want to be able to turn them off, there will need to be a simple circuit which includes the signal from the low beams and parking lights. I haven't figured it out yet, but have been thinking about it. I will update if I come up with something.

Where does it say that fogs are illegal without headlights? I see cars all the time with them. Mustangs and SUVs especially. All states have different laws too. I highly doubt ALL of the USA has that same law, but I surely could be wrong.

 

Never mind, I spoke too soon.

TEX TRANSPORTATION CODE ANN. § 547.328 : Texas Statutes - Section 547.328: FOG LAMPS PERMITTED

(a) A motor vehicle may be equipped with not more than two fog lamps.

(b) A fog lamp shall be:
(1) mounted on the front of the vehicle at a height from 12 to 30 inches; and
(2) aimed so that no part of the high-intensity portion of the beam from a lamp mounted to the left of center on a vehicle projects a beam of light at a distance of 25 feet that is higher than four inches below the level of the center of the lamp.

(c) Lighted fog lamps may be used with lower headlamp beams as specified by Section 547.333.


Supposedly driving with just parking lights is illegal too.

 

i noticed that if the e-brake is engaged the DRL will turn off.... so maybe u can just press in the e-brake a little and the DRL will be turn off

 

Thanks & No I'm not concerned with being able to turn them off with the lights on. I really just want them on with the lights off LOL if that makes any sense. I may try what you are suggesting. Might get a more detailed instruction from you though. Will have to wait to get my car back, as its in the body shop. My cousin backed into it

 

I found an easier way from looking at the wiring diagram. I don't have it handy, but there is a wire coming from the bottom of the fog light relay that goes into the control block. All the control block is doing to turn the fogs on is grounding this wire. So, if you put a switch to ground on this wire, your lights should come on whenever you flip the switch. This will be regardless of parking lights, DRLs, or anything.

 

Thats great news! Thanks. I will def try this when I get the car back. Is the wiring diagram in the RL garage? or is it something you can email me?

 

Its in the garage under the service manual. The fog lights are in the "exterior lighting U.S. model" section I believe. It's like page 46 or 47, not sure though.

 

Also, I'm not sure what the control block will think if this wire gets disconnected or gets grounded when it thinks it's not. Probably nothing, but you never know. Good luck! Do give us an update when you can.

 

Thanks again. Is the wire you are talking about the blue/wht wire? or are you talking about the light blue wire?

 

The wire I'm looking at is in figure 46 and connects f2 and h4. I think it is light blue if I am reading this diagram correctly.

The white wire to e7 is from fig 45 and is always hot. When f2 is grounded the current through that inductor creates the magnetic field that pulls the light switch closed. At least that what I'm seeing. I would start with the car off and ground the wire. It should turn the fog lights on. If not, I wouldn't go any further.

 

i have mine wired to work off an independent switch as well as work with the stock switch I had it done by a shop but if anyone is tech savy and wants to take a look at my setup lmk......

 

I imagine that adding this switch in parallel with the control block would achieve the result poppintec has. That way either your switch or the control block is grounding. Good to know that someone has made it work.

 

and for those who are wondering I have 3k hid in the high beam no DRL

 

I wouldnt mind taking a look at what the shop wired up if you dont mind taking a picture? Otherwise I'll just try it on my own when i get the car back. like 007spy said, good to see it works

 

so i found out how to do this. not hard will get the diy soon. did it on my old tl and wanted to do it on the rl so that is coming up soon.

 

^ cant wait for this, i been wanting to do this for sooooo long now.

 

Same here. I am interested to see what you've come up with because I want mine to be automated, i.e. no manual switch, and I don't want to lose any of the fog light switch functionality. I have a design for such a system; I just need to procure the parts and test it out.

 

I tried to tackle this through the switch depinning the connector but I want to keep foglights on while high beams are activated. I believe a 09-upgood accord has a manual foglight switch that would fit next to the mirror controls

 

hey carbon thats what i was going to use, when i installed my fogs on my tl i didnt use the wiring harness. so i was planning on using it here, it fits perfectly. and since the harness is h11 works perfect to our fog lights. only thing is the switch on your headlights switch will be a dummy.(wont work, no use). or i did this other thing on my tl were i tapped in the relay and ran it through the switch to use them as drls on the tl as well as fogs. worked great but dont want to mess the rls unit. so im debating now..

 

yea good luck getting to that relay under the hood. the wiring is a nice tight hot mess. Ive been through way too much wiring in the car and i can tell you acura made this car not to be messed with.

the switch uses a 5v signal, But from the switch to the relay it gets boosted to 12v somewhere along the lines. but still does not override the foglights with high beams.

I really like this feature i do alot of country driving ive already hit 2 deers since i have lived in the country so it would be nice to have all the light that i can get out of the RL

 

Looking forward to seeing what you guys wire up with the accord harness.

 

The key to avoiding deer is to have the least amount of light possible. Growing up in the hill country, I learned to never use my high beams. When you come up on a deer the first thing they are going to do is hear you. This will make them raise their head and look directly at you. If you have high beams or HIDs w/o a cutoff blasting them in the eyes, the go into "dear in the headlights" mode. As you approach them and they cannot see, they hear your car getting louder, as if you are coming towards them. This will cause a panic, and they will bolt to get out of your way. 99% of the time they are already in the ditch, out of the way. When they bolt and are blinded they usually take one of two choices, across the road or away from the road. Either way, they are blinded and don't know what they are doing besides trying to survive. When they choose to cross the road, that is when you run the risk of hitting them.

One thing I love about the RL HIDs is the cutoff. When I pass a deer, their head goes up, and I can see their entire body. However, their head is almost always above the cut off. This means that they can see you and judge whether you are coming at them or going by them. Don't get me wrong their judgment sucks no matter what, but your best bet of them staying in the ditch is to NOT blind them. You will do much less damage by not blinding them than you will by seeing them first. Once they are running, you can be completely stopped, and they will still hit your car.

Believe me or not, but I grew up on these roads:


I've hit at least 4 deer while I was driving, and have passed hundreds.


With the two deer you hit, were your high beams ever on?

 

Nope both times were with civics and I had TSX retrofit so I didn't have high beams. And I didn't get a chance to see them before they ran out in front of me

 

Yeah. There definitely is an extreme amount of uncertainty about what they will do. They are very stupid animals. I passed a coyote the other day. It looked up at me and darted straight for the fence away from the road. MUCH more intelligent than deer. Probably why the coyote is higher up the food chain.

 

I grew up around the sticks in Maryland. And we have so many deer its legal to hunt them all over the state. I used to hit deer all the time when I never rode with the high beams on and they used to hit me too. Now I just ride with highbeams on and they just freeze and dont run out anymore. Havent hit a deer in about 8 years (knock on wood). It can really go either way probably.

 

I'd also love to see the fog DIY!!

 

i would say do not take the chance Messing with the RL electrical system. everything is tied together with other systems. but if you have too have a shop with exper. put a switch in. if i was you i would just drive the RL it is a great car!

 

can you send me some pictures, trying to wire up the same thing