so when i go to advance auto parts this week, what should i be getting. just ONE add-a-fuse? anything else

 

What about the yellow white and red wires I have under the hood?

 

If you don't already have the basics, electrical tape, fuses (mini type), butt connectors (I use the waterproof ones you heat to shrink), crimp tool. Thats about it. Make sure you get the Add-A-Fuse for the mini-type fuses.

Not sure about the yellow, white and red. Mine were blue, red, green and black into a single relay.

 

and i need all this even though im not putting the switch? what type of mini fuses?

 

Ok i fugured it out. Red goes to battery. White and Yellow are not used. One more question though. Do the fog lights themselves get extremely hot? When I first put them on, a buld was touching a piece of plastic and it burned the plastic. I then put my HIDs in and they were very hot as well. Is this normal?

 

Yes, they get hot...both halogen and HID. I chose the 35W HIDs specifically for this reason. I think 55W may be too hot, but have no evidence of that. Make sure you don't touch the lenses while they are on.

Mini fuses are a specific type of fuse that are smaller and used all through the TL. The guys at Advance Auto will know what you need. The rest of the stuff is just to make clean, waterproof connections and make a good addition to any modders toolkit.

 

^Thank you. Now Friday I just have to take off the bumper and start cutting away. Thanks again to everyone on this thread!

 

Yo, tim can you take some pictures of your cuts?

 

I actually have my switch installed in the car, with a wire running into the engine bay, and my other wires all taped up and ready to be installed tomorrow. I posted pics on the first page that show what I was working with.

 

I posted some pics of what I cut to get the fogs in.. this should help.. some people said they cut less.. but I dont see how they got it to work without cutting so much..
https://acurazine.com/forums/showpos...1&postcount=79

Good luck and be patient!!

 

Well...the install went great. Cut everything, mounted them, and put the car back together and it looks awesome. Now I have a new problem.

I have my fogs hooked up to a switch inside the car, that I can turn on anytime the car is on or when the key is turned to the ACC. After the install, the next morning my car battery was dead, so I had to jump it. Today, after not driving it at all yesterday, I had to jump it. Could something be wrong with my wiring? I have an inline fuse going to the battery, but I only connected one wire from each harness (one for the switch, one for the fogs). I left a Yellow wire and White wire un connected. Do I need one of these to the battery to tell it that the car is off? I don't understand how this could drain my battery. Could the ground wire be connected wrong? or could it just be coincidence?

Thanks

 

Probably a coincidence. Our batteries are known to go bad quickly---probably due to all of the electronics in the car. If you are under warranty, you should be able to get a replacement.
Just to be sure, re-check all of the connections. You should have a fused line direct to the battery and your switch should have a fused line off of fuse #32 (ACC). Make sure everything is taped up well with no chance of shorting out (although that should blow a fuse rather than drain the battery).

 

^ thank you. I don't have a fused line off of fuse #32. I have two wires going into 32. Do i need an inline fuse through both of them? I am going to leave the fogs disconnected for a few days and see what happens.

 

Remember that fuses are there to protect your wiring. Anytime you come directly off of an unfused power source, you lose that protection. A fuse is REQUIRED on your battery feed to the fogs and RECOMMENDED on the #32 fusetap. Theoretically, you would be using the incar fuses coming off of #32, but its never a concern of being "too-safe" to add another 7.5A fuse for your switch wiring. Plus, if you are using the Add-A-Fuse, it becomes a very simple thing to do.
Now, none of this addresses your battery issue, which I honestly think may just be a coincidence. How old is the battery?

 

Not sure, bought the car this past March, I'm sure it's still original. Would there be a problem if I grounded the fogs incorrectly?

 

Doubt its a ground or they wouldn't work at all. Original battery = time to replace.

 

Hi guys, sorry to bother you. I have 2005 acura tl and i am trying to install foglights on it. I have done all the other work such as installing the foglights in the bumper and running the harnes behind the bumper. I just need some help with the wiring. Any help would be appreciated. These are the wiring colors:

Foglight Harness + Relay
* Black wire "inbetween the foglights"
* Blue Wire "coming from relay"
* Green Wire "coming from relay"

Switch
* Green Wire
* Red Wire
* Red/Black Stripe
* Black

I want to install them in a way so that I am able to turn the foglights on/off from the switch. Can you please tell me which wire goes where. Thanks for your help in advance.

 

From what I gathered in this thread:

Foglight Harness + Relay
* Black wire "inbetween the foglights" ----- Grounds
* Blue Wire "coming from relay"----Power from Battery (fused)
* Green Wire "coming from relay"---- to Green Wire of switch

Switch
* Green Wire-----To green on relay
* Red Wire-----To fuse #32 in fusebox
* Red/Black Stripe----To Fuse #32 in fusebox
* Black----- Ground

 

If you're still stuck, PM me...I'll take a look at mine. I know I didn't use 1 of the wires on the switch because it wasnt' necessary. I had them wired up to use with my parking lights, but since I have HID's in them I didn't want them turning on and off when I locked the car so I rewired to turn on with my low beams...that way I don't have to remember to turn on/off.

 

If fuse #32 is used for power, can the fogs be turned on independently? Also, do they flash with the parking lights when the alarm is used (Which I dont want to happen)?

 

I'm not sure what fuse 32 is but I'm guessing it's the parking lights and yes, unless you turn the switch off every time, they will flash.

You're going to be getting signal to the switch...power only really goes to the relay...the switch is used to tell the relay to turn them on. So the wire you put (other than the green or black) at the switch is just to say when to come on. Whether parking or low beam. I coudln't find any wire in the car for the low beams so I had to rerun a signal wire from the switch back into the engine bay to the headlight fuse for it to come on with lows.

Does that make sense.?

 

Makes sense. But I just looked in the manual and it says fuse 32 is ACC. So I think I may be safe if I use this. And I think I will be able to use the fogs independently of headlights. Maybe you should try it rockstar

 

#32 is safe. They will not flash with the alarm (parking) lights. If you leave the switch on all the time, the lights come when you start the car and turn off when you shutdown...that's it.
Rockstar---wiring it this way makes them independent of the headlights. I run them with my DRLs and parking lights and they look nice.

 

Was this the correct wiring? Also if wired in this way, does the button illuminate when the interior lights come on?

 

^^Yes to both questions. Keep in mind that some kits have different wire colors.

 

it will if you have the switch wired to fuse #32 which is Ignition

 

I am already using fuse #32 for my amp remote wire. I am using an add-a circuit fuse holder. Would it be too much if I added the fogs to it as well?

 

i have my footwell LED's and my fogs on the same 10A fuse and my iginition is on a 7.5A fuse.....works fine....but dont know how an amp+fogs will do on the same fuse....

 

Amp remote and fog switch should be fine, as they are both signal wires only--the main power draw for both comes from a different wire.

 

Hmmm...so #32 would have made the fogs available at any point when I have the car on...but...that would mean i'd have to remember to turn thm off otherwise they will come one with the car, right? I wouldn't want to have to do that...I don't like running them with anything other than they low beams because I have HID's that match and it looks a little weird with my yellow DRL (installed in the oe fog location).

 

Well, yes. I don't mind them turning on when I start the car. They stay on with my DRLs and/or parking lights (which I leave on, as well) and turn off when I shut the engine off. There always going to be trade-offs when you're shoe-horning aftermarket stuff. This arrangement works for me, but you may want something else.
You may look into tapping them into your headlight fuse under the hood to better fit how you want to use them.

 

So can anyone finalize the wiring for the Accord kits with two relays? What color wires go where?

 

Only 1 relay is used.
Search for it and you'll find numerous posts/threads with that information...some of which are mine.

GL!

 

I have searched, but I am referring to posts which were in this particular thread. There are different color wires on the ebay accord fogs that have 2 relays and I want to make sure which wires are used and which are not and where each one is connected.

 

Any help would be appreciated...This is a pic of my harnessess:

 

That harness is totally different from what I have. I wouldn't want to hazard telling you something that may be incorrect. IIRC, there are other posts detailing the dual relay harnesses---you got to search a bit more.

 

Is it even necessary to use both relays? They are both 30 A relays, and I figured how to wire it using one relay. Its the second relay throwing me off. If I wire both relays to the same power, grounds, etc, wouldn't it be the same as rewiring it and using only one relay?

 

From looking at relay Diagrams, I figured so far,

Relay 1:
Red- +12v from battery
Black- Ground
Yellow- To switch
White: Should go to Fogs

Relay 2:
Red- +12 V from battery
Black- Ground
Yellow- To Switch
Red- This already goes to fogs on harness

So Im wondering, couldnt I take relay 1 out the equation and simply just use relay 2 since its already wired up with fog harness?

 

Found a 40 Amp 12V relay from my last accord kit, I may try to use this one, being that it has blue, green, black, and red wire, and I know how to connect this.

 

A single relay should be enough for both fogs along with a switch. Thats what I did with my old setup along with a 15A fuse in line.