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Fog Light HI beam over ride

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I was asked how I did my HI beam over ride for my fog lights.

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interested, still dont get it though
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At least in Indiana, this would be illegal, so anyone considering this should check their local laws.
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Rusgreim wrote:At least in Indiana, this would be illegal, so anyone considering this should check their local laws.
will they seriously pull you over for having foglights on with your high beams?
thats ridiculous.
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There is a limit to the number of lights that can be lit on the front of your vehicle, which I believe is 4. Since the 2000+ Bonnevilles have the low beams and high beams on at the same time, add the fog lights to that and it makes 6 lights.

But I highly doubt the cops around here would pull you over.
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A good friend of mine who was not in anyway a hot dogger of showoff was pulled over AND ticketed because he had aftermarket fog lamps that were on at the same time as his other 4 lamps. Sometimes, cops get bored.
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SAMzGXP wrote:interested, still dont get it though
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Without the high beams on, the foglights operate as normal, but when the high beams energize the relay, the fogs get power directly from the battery.
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bonneville dan-o wrote:
Rusgreim wrote:At least in Indiana, this would be illegal, so anyone considering this should check their local laws.
will they seriously pull you over for having foglights on with your high beams?
thats ridiculous.

YES!! I was pulled over for having my fogs on within city limits. It was only a local law (Stillwater, OK) but some cops will pull you over for "illegal lighting."
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Re: Fog Light HI beam over ride

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It's not the number of lights you have on, it's the amount of candlepower that is possible by having your low beams/fogs on with the high beams. It's just standard thought that if you have your high beams on, any low beam of fog light would put you over the threshold

With that said, I've done this on many vehicles and never had issue with any law enforcement (keep in mind, I'm in a metro area of 9 - 10 million people, so there are a lot of police around too). Reason being, I'm not using the high beams (with fogs and low beams on) when I'm in traffic. :)

I've never attempted it though on my Bonneville, so I can't answer any how tos on this.
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Re: Fog Light HI beam over ride

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The way i look at it is if the cops can see your hi's and fog light on at the same time, then your to close to him with your hi's on. In MN your not alowed to have more then 4 lights on eather hi or low, as i remember it atleast.
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I have converted my bonneville to run all 6 lights and have not been hassled about them at all... viewtopic.php?f=21&t=16130
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