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jamescardenas07 · 01-16-2009, 12:15 AM

!!!This does not apply to replica foglight kits!!!
This was done on a 04 Civic. 01-03 Civics might be similar.

1. Disconnect the negative terminal on the battery

2. Remove the steering column garnish, fusebox panel & center console.

3. This is how to make your foglights stay on with the highlights. De-pin this wire (red/white) from the headlight switch harness.

4. Ground this wire anywhere you choose. Congrats! Your foglights now stay on with the highlights.

5. Now, to be able to turn on the foglights when only the parking light is on you have to do the following. Disconnect these bundle of wires in front the center console.

6. Keep the foglight bundle aside and reconnect the oem bundle together.

7. You may think there's a lot of wires, but there's not. If you remove the tape where the loom joins, you'll only see one wire (red/ylw). That goes to the relay.

8. Cut where the loom joins to the bundle of wires. You'll only need this part of the harness.

9. In the center console area, there's a bundle of wires going to the back. Within this bundle there's 2 red/ylw wires. With your multimeter, check which one of these red/ylw wires passes a 12v current when the parking lights go on. Strip the skin off that wire. As you can see i stripped the wrong one :p

10. Solder the red/ylw wire coming from the relay to the red/ylw wire you just stripped.

11. Congrats! Your foglights now stay on with the highlights & can come on with the parking lights.

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EM2_08 · 01-16-2009, 08:14 AM

nice write up

texasnick · 01-16-2009, 11:42 AM

nice DIY. Very well written.

Sticky?

jamescardenas07 · 01-16-2009, 01:47 PM

it will eventually be in the FAQ, but since toyomatt doesn't mod the forums much it might take a while

texasnick · 01-16-2009, 01:49 PM

How different is this installation with the use of a switch?

People up here usually get pissed off when you drive around with your fogs on lol....jerks

jamescardenas07 · 01-16-2009, 01:54 PM

this is the OEM foglight kit, so a switch is already wired in. this DIY shows you how to rewire the harness so you can choose to have the fogs on ANYTIME as long your parking lights are on. the OEM fog harness only allows you to have the fogs on when your low-beams are on, which defeats the purpose of have foglights since you want the low beams off and the fogs only on in the event of heavy fog or rain

It Wasn't Me · 01-16-2009, 01:58 PM

Added to FAQ's

ApexRR · 04-13-2009, 11:48 AM

nice DIY write up!

mycar95gsr · 04-13-2009, 04:32 PM

write up

MC25 · 05-08-2009, 08:21 PM

Thanks for the write up, im looking forward to installing a set of these.

01-16-2009, 08:14 AM	#2
EM2_08 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: TK, AR, Us Posts: 215	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Headlights nice write up __________________ i break the sound barrier everytime i shift into 2nd.

01-16-2009, 11:42 AM	#3
texasnick Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cowtown, Canadaland Posts: 512	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights nice DIY. Very well written. Sticky? __________________ HT's Resident ASSFACEHOLE Grow a sack to my face!

01-16-2009, 01:47 PM	#4
jamescardenas07 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lihue, HI, USA Posts: 502	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights it will eventually be in the FAQ, but since toyomatt doesn't mod the forums much it might take a while __________________ '04 EM2 - Weekend '93 EH2 - Daily Vouches: NBPej1

01-16-2009, 01:49 PM	#5
texasnick Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Cowtown, Canadaland Posts: 512	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights How different is this installation with the use of a switch? People up here usually get pissed off when you drive around with your fogs on lol....jerks __________________ HT's Resident ASSFACEHOLE Grow a sack to my face!

01-16-2009, 01:54 PM	#6
jamescardenas07 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Lihue, HI, USA Posts: 502	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights this is the OEM foglight kit, so a switch is already wired in. this DIY shows you how to rewire the harness so you can choose to have the fogs on ANYTIME as long your parking lights are on. the OEM fog harness only allows you to have the fogs on when your low-beams are on, which defeats the purpose of have foglights since you want the low beams off and the fogs only on in the event of heavy fog or rain __________________ '04 EM2 - Weekend '93 EH2 - Daily Vouches: NBPej1

01-16-2009, 01:58 PM	#7
It Wasn't Me Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Pacific NW Posts: 1,687	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights Added to FAQ's __________________ "He that blows the coals in quarrels that he has nothing to do with, has no right to complain if the sparks fly in his face." - Benjamin Franklin

04-13-2009, 11:48 AM	#8
ApexRR New User 2003 Honda Civic Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Austria, EUROPE Posts: 8	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights nice DIY write up! Last edited by ApexRR; 04-14-2009 at 12:00 AM.

04-13-2009, 04:32 PM	#9
mycar95gsr Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: northern ca Posts: 72	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights write up __________________ 2005 civic ex em2 - daily 1995 integra gsr dc2 -

05-08-2009, 08:21 PM	#10
MC25 Junior Member 2003 Honda Civic Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 10	Re: DIY: OEM Fogs on with Parking & Highlights Thanks for the write up, im looking forward to installing a set of these.

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