Oh boy I used to be able to just turn on my fog lights when I had my Mach 1 mustang, and I thought it was a mean look in the early night before I needed my headlights. Might be a little technical for my blood but might have to give it a try.

 

Haha....yea I wired my 95 GT mustang to do the same and my 01 Cobra done it stock. The best part about this mod is that you dont even have to turn on your parking lights. Youtube has a clip of one of our Azine members rolling down the highway with just his fogs....def a nice video clip.

If you need any help with this DIY or anything else, feel free to shoot me a pm.

 

Finally did this mod. Was supposed to post up pictures earlier but got buzy.

Special thanks to Donnie....could not have done this without you man


DRL's only


DRL's + FOG HID(6k)


DRL's + FOG HID...close up


Low beams (6k) + Fog (6k)

Let me know what yall think....

 

Damn...car looks suuuuuper clean! Can I ask what you replaced the drl bulb with and do you have the drl error code? Glad I could help!

 

What is the white wire on the switch end for? does anyone know?

 

Yeah I do have the DRL error code not because of this mod but due to the DrLs I bought. There LED bulbs from ijdmtoy ...came with the harnesses and everything. If you use the stock harness there won't be a DRL indicator but you only get 50% output from the LED bulbs. To get the total 100% output ....the harness included in the package needs to be used as well, but the DRL indicator is present.

 

Post a picture of the wire if you can

 

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ok i found it on google and i tried to paste the picture in but it didnt work so i just put the link to the picture here

The red wire with the grey plug is another ground on my harness. the white wire on my harness doesnt have a plug, its just got a metal u on it.... idk if that helps. does it go to a fuse or something? or is it a remote wire?

 

Cool. I bought a set of led drls from vleds.com w/out a harness and they did not throw the drl light but they flickered and little and burned out in less than a month. Hehe...so I just unplugged my drl fuse.


I seen your sig says that you have an 05 TL. This is for 07-08 TL's. Try the like below. Roger555 wrote up a killer DIY for 04-06 TL owners to do the same.

G-029: DIY Independent Fog Lights WITH Stock Switch

 

Good Job Donnie, I have tried to do this for a while with no success, even the Acura tech's couldn't do it

 

Thanks Mike! I can only imagine how much Acura would charge to do this...haha.

 

tagged. thanks

 

I have a H8 HID kit. Can't you do this install without removing the bumper? For example turning the wheel all the way to the right and left and accessing the fogs?

 

If you were only replacing the foglight bulbs, then you would not have to remove the front bumper. With the HID kit, you have to find a place to mount each ballast, and run all the wires from the H8 HID relay harness also. Taking the bumper off is pretty easy and makes the job, waaaaaaaaaaaay easier. Search youtube or check out our 3G garage section and there is a video on how to remove an Acura TL front bumper!

 

I think I might wait...I remember installing angle eyes on my BMW and you had to remove the front bumper . I have to remove it again soon since I got new LED's...can't wait .

So whats the process of a normal bulb? I am thinking nokya 2500k. Any tips? Thanks again!

 

For normal bulbs you just pop off 2-3 clips with a flat tip screwdriver and 1 phillips head screw in each wheel well. Then turn the steering wheel left or right and pull back the plastic from the wheel well. You will need a short "stubby" phillips screwdriver. I have a set of Hoen Endurance that are extremely yellow in color. I can def recommend Hoen Endurance for a great bulb with a yellow color at all angles.

 

thanks for the DIY il be trying this on my car this week

 

Special thanks to donnieb83 on this write-up and quick response to any PM sent with questions. I followed this step by step and it worked FLAWLESSLY. I can't believe how much of a difference this makes for such an easy and cheap DIY. It is bad ass. I will post up pics later, but for anyone questioning what to get, this is what I purchased.

1. Any HID relay harness, I ended up purchasing one from a local shop or you can get one on ebay/amazon etc. It doesn't so much matter what version you get, because you end up cutting off the connector to splice into the fuse panel and wire in steering column.

2. DDM Tuning 35 Watt SLIM 5000K HID Kit. http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/DD...ast-35W-or-55W

3. V-LED's 9005 5000K DRL Kit (the kit worked GREAT, I have no errors and the lights are BRIGHT) http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/D...-p9087942.html

4. Mini Add-A-Fuse or Add-A-Circuit from Pep Boys or AutoZone. Make sure you get a MINI.

5. 3M VHB double sided tape. I ended up finding this at a hardware store but it is hard to find over the counter. This stuff is SUPER strong and MUCH better than the standard 3M double sided tape. I used this to mount my HID ballasts and one of my V-LED Resistor plates. I recommend buying this.

That is about it. I chose to solder all my connections, but i'm sure standard t-taps will work as well from any radioshack or pepboys/autozone. The install was NOT difficult at all and I did it alone. I'm pretty good with DIY, but from start to finish, including taking the bumper off and putting it back on took me a total of about 4 hours. I took my time, had lunch and did NOT rush at all. I tested everything along the way and made sure all my wires were run correctly etc.

I would plan a full morning or afternoon for this install. I couldn't be happier with the outcome and will post pics of install this week. If anyone has questions about the install do not hesitate to reach out to me as well.

 

Finally was able to get a pic of what I installed. I love how it turned out.

 

Hey guys Im having a little trouble with this DIY... I bought a Relay but its a little different from the one on this thread. Well the only difference i see is that My Relay has ground at each connection to the fog lights instead of coming out of the relay it self. As well as instead of blue and black wires coming out of the main connector it has White, Black, and Blue, It looks like the connector to a 9004 bulb which has both high and low beams on it. Anyways here is a picture of my relay. The problem im having is at the Blue connector. Im not sure what connects to what. I know one end goes to the blue/white wire at the fog-light switch connector and the other goes to the fuse #11 at the kick panel. If someone could help I would really appreciate it. I changed my Headlight HID Bulbs this weekend and while I had the bumper off I figured I would do this DIY but I tried and kinda got confused on what to do so I just put the bumper back on and didn't completed the DIY.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63529687@N04/5781391927/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63529687@N04/5781966966/(^^ This is what I am confused on ^^)

Should I just connect the White wire to the Fuse and the black wire to the Switch? and then get rid of the blue wire on the connector since its not going into the relay at all?

 

I finally got mines to work. Thanks Donnie for the help once again

http://www.flickr.com/photos/63529687@N04/5792586042/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63529687@N04/5792585710/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/63529687@N04/5791991271/

 

ok so with doing this mod i will be able to use the stock switch on the turn signal stalk to turn the fogs on and off?

 

You saw the title of this thread, right?

 

LMAO A Little More Sarcasm PLEASE

 

hehe I was being serious...

 

Yep, by following this step by step you will have full functionality of your fogs by using the switch on your factory stalk next to the steering wheel. It allows you to have your fogs on at all times, independent of your DRL/lowbeams/highbeams etc.

 

The thing I wish I had with this DIY is the use of the factory Light in the instrument panel that tells me that the Fogs are on. Since I keep the switch on all the time my lights stay on all the time. I would like some type of reminder and that would be great to have the light come on as well.

 

hey just wondering, this is so you can use your fogs independently, but if you were wanting to turn them off,how would you go about this? do they shut off with the switch? looks great by the way.

1 more question, what if you didnt use a relay and taped in to the parking lights, would they work fine?

 

Yes you control your fog lights anytime that you want, as long as the car is in the "on" position. If you want to turn them off, you use the oem switch to turn them off.

To answer your other question, if you tapped into the parking lights, the when you lock/unlock your TL with your FOB the HID foglights will flash also. This flash and sudden burst of power to the HID bulbs will cause them to burn out prematurely.

There are a few members here that have installed HID lights into their reverse lights but installed them on a "timer" in their automatic transmission TL. The "timer" allows the backup HID light only to turn on when the vehicle is in reverse for a couple seconds to assist in HID bulbs not burning out prematurely. They did this because without the "timer", when going from "Park" to "Drive" this would give the HID backup lights a suddent burst of power when going through "Reverse."

If you have any more questions please feel free to ask!

 

I havent got the 3g type s yet but I plan on gettin it in january when I get back from Afghanistan. This is the first mod I plan to do. My question is would i be able to use a ballast from HIDextra.com? If so how would i be able to do the mod with it? How would i do step 9?

 

nice write up, got to do this when i get a chance

 

Wazzup guys can anyone guide me to do this mod without an hid kit?..what kind of harness would I need?

 

do u need two relay or just one.

 

justinfop, no you only need one relay

 

For #5 do I attach to the wire to the short wire that is on the switch or do I connect it to the wire to the left where ur finger is pointing? Kinda confuse.

 

LOL I need to do this.

 

ok i just want to make my fogs into drl but not installing an HID kit what different do i need to do

 

What fog light switch did you use in your car? Accord 200? etc. Thank You.

 

^ I'm not sure why this picture is posted above as it does not pertain to this specific DIY at all. Please read the title of this DIY again. "DIY: '07-'08 3G TL Independent HID Fog Lights WITH Stock Switch"

EDIT: Instead of cluttering up and causing possibly more confusion for future members, feel free to shoot me a pm. Even though I am deployed at the moment I find time to make it here on Azine!

 

Thanks donnieb83 for taking the time to respond to my questions. I feel much more confident about those and the savings will be much appreciated.