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high beams and fog lights help
Posted: Sun Feb 07, 2010 6:34 pm
by bonneville dan-o
i'm ordering H.I.D kits for my high and low beams. i'm also getting angel eye fogs. i want to wire the angel eyes to the stock fog switch (the easy part) then i want to wire up a relay so when i turn on my high beams that my regular fog lights come on....
How the hell do i go about doing this
thanks
Re: high beams and fog lights help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 12:37 am
by LeSabre in Buffalo
If you live in an area with any population, the HID highs are a bit of a waste IMO. The reason is that switching between low and high beams regularly will kill the HID's quickly, as they reignite all the time. And using high beams for more than a minute or two is hard to do. But that's me living on the densely populated east coast saying this.
You could live way far away from everybody and do all your night driving with high beams, in which case the HID highs are a good idea.
Having more light in front of the car decreases your vision far down the road. It defeats the purpose of high beams to have them coupled with fogs.
Re: high beams and fog lights help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 4:45 pm
by bonneville dan-o
i live in a small town in northern wisconsin. pretty woodsy when you get out of town. the main reason i want them is for the deer. and the looks
can anyone help me out with my question?
thanks
Re: high beams and fog lights help
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 10:41 pm
by LeSabre in Buffalo
Okay, I'll stop opinionating and start helping.
I'd run 3 relays. One relay each to the low beams and high beams since the relays for the low beams and high beams can be set up as separate circuits without ill effect. Then another relay for the fog lights. I'd also look into making the foglights operate independently of the headlights. The relay harnesses I'd use are about $10 each on Ebay. They'll come with the right connectors for your headlights and fogs.
I've driven in rural Wisconsin. Keep running with the idea!