Fog Light Mod question??

Jay Knows

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Hey all, I am new to the board and glad to see there is a home for the 4runner enthuasiasts. I just picked up a 04 4x4 SR5 6 cyl 4runner, and I love the beast.. much nicer then my expedition eddie bauer which was a pig or tank...

Question for anyone: Has anyone rewired there fog lights to run constantwith running lights and without the headlights on? If so, can you please let me know how to re-wire the lights....
 
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I haven't done it, but the solution depends on the exact behavior you want. The discussion below assumes you have a U.S. version 4runner.

As designed, the fog lights are on IF AND ONLY IF ALL of the following are true.

1) Fog light switch is in the on position
2) Dimmer switch is in the head light postion OR dimmer is in the auto position and it's dark outside.
3) Hi Beam switch is disabled
4) Hi Beam flasher switch is disabled
5) A bunch of other junk (key inserted and turned on, battery installed, fuses installed, .....)

I assume you want to add another possibility to item #2 while leaving the other requirements as-is.

2) Dimmer switch is in the head light postion, OR dimmer is in the auto position and it's dark outside, OR dimmer switch is in the tail light position.

Is that correct?

If so, what you need to do is modify the input to the front fog relay. The fog relay coil (pin 2) is driven by the switched output of the headlamp relay. You want to disconnect this wire. You'll have to figure out how best to do this.

Next you want to connect the switched output of the tail lamp relay (pin 3) to pin 2 of the fog lamp relay.

That's it! These instructions may not work and if followed could result (and almost certainly will) in bodily injury or significant property damage. Your truck may start on fire and the entire universe may be vaporized. You do this (and any other) modification at YOUR OWN RISK. If you don't accept the risk, please ignore anything you've read here.
 
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Legalesque

Right! I pay a coupla hundred dollars an hour to guys to write stuff like that, and they're not near as good. Except at invoicing.
They are exceptional @ that.....:bonk:
 
EXTEX said:
Dontcha hate it when our own electrics guru starts law school?

Come live in California for a while and you'll be paranoid about liability issues too.;):
 
Re: Legalesque

EXTEX said:
Right! I pay a coupla hundred dollars an hour to guys to write stuff like that, and they're not near as good. Except at invoicing.
They are exceptional @ that.....:bonk:
If you liked that, I'm sure you'll love reading the Terms and Conditions of Use for this site :D
 
Too bad the T4R disclaimer doesn't offer any protection to us, the T4R members. If it could be extended a bit, then maybe members wouldn't need to fear lawsuits when posting something that they may (ultimately) be wrong about.

Then again, I'm not a lawyer so maybe the T4R agreement could be interpreted to provide the required protection. I better have my $200/hr lawyer look this all over. :D
 
Guru

Guru? I meant GooGoo! j/k

You've had your truck apart so many times, I bet when you walk up to it, the door panels just start taking themselves off!
 

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