Does any one know how to wire there fogs up so they run with the high beams on and not just your lows?

 

It's illegal, but I wouldn't know how.

 

Man...the way the MVI laws are ...and how they are going to be... I wouldn't even bother! I know it looks cool, however ... it is illegal, and I wouldn't want to see anyone get a ticket/fine for looking cooler than the other guy.

My Opinion!

 

Yeah its a dumb idea. There is a reason why they shut off.

 

It is illegal as hell, so you need to wire a kill switch for them.

Anyways, you would need to do so by using relays. The stock fogs are controlled by the BCM, so you'll need to bypass it and run a power wire directly to the connector of the fogs instead. If you want them to come on automatically with the high beams when your killswitch is set to allow the power to flow, you'll want to tap your high beam wire for the relay turn on wire...

You can find a basic relay at Autozone, so just get one of those, some female blade connectors, a switch, a fuse and some wire and have at it.

 

Why is that illegal??? It's not impairing your vision in any way. It shouldn't be an issue for other drivers on the road because if a car's coming your way, you're obviously going to turn off your hi-beams anyway...

I just don't see how that is illegal???

 

Im new to this forum, i also was a little miffed by my fog lights turning off when i put on my highbeams, so i did a little research. found a company that makes a box to keep the foglights on with the highbeams. here is the web site:

http://www.innovadd.com/

so i wrote to the sales dept and asked if they can make a box for the Cobalt and here is the response that i got:



We will have to get a wiring diagram for your car. I don't think there will be any problem to make your box, but we always pull a diagram because the manufacturers often throw "curve *****".

I suspect your low beams as well as fog lights turn off when you go to high. If this is the case, we could give you a choice of systems:
A) lows and fogs would stay on with highs - anticipated price of somewhere around $135.00 or
B) fogs stay on with highs / lows will still turn off - anticipated price of somewhere around $95.00

Let me know if you want us to proceed in researching your car.

Best Regards,

Joel Toy
sales@innovadd.com
Innova Design & Distributing, Inc.
466 W. Arrow Hwy. Unit E
San Dimas, CA 91773
909.971.0000 Phone
909.971.9333 Fax

i also did some research on the whole legality issue and it seems to be a state by state thing. here in Cali you are allowed to have the headlights and 1 pair of auxillary lights on at a time. they make no reference to highbeams or lowbeams. i have confirmed this with a Highway Patrol Officer. But like i said this is different per state laws.

hope this helps a little!

 

that last site looks sweet

 

THIS IS POSSIBLE!!

I'll be posting a how to thread soon!

BTW - Only costs about $5.00 and 10minutes.

 

make sure u post an update in this thread once u do create the how to... or at least shoot me a pm lol

 

I would also like to know why this is illegal. Doesn't seem to make any sense to me, but then again I don't know the reasoning behind it.

Well did some Google researching, not sure what the laws in Canada are, but in most states in the U.S. it is illegal to drive with more than 4 forward driving lights on at the same time. I guess they consider the low beams to be on when the highs are turned on, which means the fogs would need to go off.

 

honestly my high beams do just that and project the light a bit higher up but id still like some light on the ground infront of the car. Plus this could be nice for those of us who plan on swapping HID's into the factory foglight projectors.

 

this is reallly a dumb rule since there are vehicles such a liberty renegades that come with light packages with 4 driving lights on the roof and then still use the highbeams on the normal headlight...

 

um my car didnt come with fogs.... mkulrey wired in my stock fogs to the stock ss bumper, and all you have to do is fuse tap into the DRLS or PARKING LIGHT fuse under the hood... it just so happens that wiring it this way, u obv will have hi beams and fogs too... not really a big deal

 

yes when your adding wiring running the signal wire for the relay from the parking lights can be a good way to go. But most of the people replying will most likely have prewired cars.

 

The light packages are sold explicitly for "off road use only". Doesn't mean people don't use them on a back road somewhere though. In some states, they have to be covered so you can't use them on the road.

 

Sub'd. Id do it if its an easy fix otherwise il just leave them alone

 

its quite simple really....cut the wires to your fog light bulbs and leave a couple of inches of wire attached to them.attache the brown wire i beleave the the pink wire on your headlight harness (if memory serves its for the high beam ) and ground out the ground to the car or black wire on your headlight harness. pull the fuse out for the foglights and black tape the fog light wires you cut.

should work just fine

 

Most of you are probably like me and dont wanna cut and mess around with your stock wiring. I will definitely post a new thread showing how to do this. It requires absolutely NO cutting or alterations of your factory wiring. VERY Simple, and can be done in a maximum of 10 mins, and could be un-done within 2 minutes (if you need to take your car in for servicing, warranty work, state/federal inspection of any sort).

 

Any updates?

 

I'm away from my car for the holidays. Give me about a week and a half. Still cant locate a particular part I need, will post link to my thread once its all done.

 

 

Splice them to your parking lights. The brown wire. DRL works too.

I just got my car inspected today and it passed. I dont think they really cared

 

I'd rather do his way if it doesn't involve cutting anything.

 

Any updates?