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Old Apr 5, 2006
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anyone ever got fogs off ebay?

what should i look out for? iv heard that the wiring for the switch sometimes isnt long enough. tell me about your experiences with oem fogs off ebay. thanks
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the switch doesn't work at all
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so how do i turn them on/off? just with my regular headlights?
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get a switch from pepboys or connect to the headlights
handacessories sell the oem switch for $18 if you are willing to pay
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Originally Posted by es2k2
the switch doesn't work at all
mine broke before i installed the fogs...other than that they are OK
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I just installed mine the other day and ya, the switch is junk so I just ended up using an aftermarket toggle/flight switch thingy lol

fitment, and wiring was fine.. only problem i had was the switch
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are they hard to install or did you guys pay a shop to do it and if you do how much was ir
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i wouldnt expect ebay fogs to have everything work as good as oem. you get what you pay for.
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i paid the shop to do it... $145
most of the shops quoted me 200+
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Is the OEM swtich compatible with the eBay knock-off fogs?
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I just wired mine the other day. It took a while, but I eventually figured it out. My switch sucked as well, so I just went and bought a new one from autozone and bam and it worked.

I bought my fogs from ebay from the seller "X3racing". It comes with 3 wire harnesses. 1 exterior (hooks the fogs to each other), 1 half exterior/half interior (goes through the firewall), and 1 interior. The half and half wire harness has a wire in there that is completely pointless and should just be pulled out of there to avoid confusion. On mine it was a solid blue wire. The interior harness I just completely hacked up and used to parts because it didnt work the way it should have (not for me at least)

Im not quite sure, but the relay I got was questionable because it didnt have marking as to what numbers go with what prongs, so I went out and bought a cheap one from autozone and that worked better and it was easier to install that way.

Check out my thread about the wiring. I used a diagram I found on the net in some other forum...cant remember what forum it was.

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Hope this helps
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