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hey, i have an 05 vp and i want my fogs to turn on when my running lights are on, any one have a clue as to what to do? iv tried jumping the power from the running lights to the foglights in the engine bay but it no worky


any ideas would be wonderful

 
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i have no idea but i want it to be like that also when i get foglights

you can take power directly from the battery to the fogd via the switch and that should work. but i dont know how complicated the switch is to wire

 
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If your fogs have a relay that is turned on buy a fog light switch you could do the relay switching with running light power instead of the fog light switch.

 
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hmm, i did not know that fog lights didn't come like that... i got an ebay kit, and when the switch is 'ON', the fogs come on with my parking lights (running lights), so they also flash when i hit the remote lock/unlock

 
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I wired my switch to work when the key is in acc position, which means the fogs work with headlight, parking light, or by themselves. Also the fogs will stay on when switching to hibeam mode (only legal on 01-03 civics).

DIY: Wire oem fog lights to ignition
Normally, the switch for true oem fog lights will only work with headlights in low beam mode. After doing this diy, the switch will work whenever the key is in the accessory position regardless of which lights are on. Note this diy is for the sedan switch. For the coupe, you'll have to test which wire gets power with the headlights ON but not when they're off.

Tools needed:

Wire cutter
electrical tape
tap splices (2)
short 12-14 gauge wire
pliars

step 1. Remove the center piece that holds the fog light switch. You can pry it off from the sides with a screwdriver or stick your finger in the socket and try to pull it out

step 2. Unplug the harness from the switch and examine the back of it. You should see about 5 wires coming from them. One is ground, another is for the dash light, and another is the headlight remote turn on. I used a test light (194 light bulb) to see when voltage passed through each power wire. I narrowed this down to the blue wire as the one which becomes live when the headlights are turned on.



step 3. CUT the blue wire and splice the end coming from the switch to one side of your small piece of wire. Splice the other end of your wire to the positive green/yellow wire coming to the socket plug. The blue wire coming from the fog light switch should now be directly connected to the green/yellow power wire of the 12v socket.

step 4. Tape everything up and plug the harness back into the switch.

step 5. Put the key to the accessory position and make sure the switch turns on the fog lights at all times.

ALTERNATELY, you can connect the blue wire from the switch straight to the battery and have the switch turn the fogs on even without the key. Being the lazy guy I am, it didn't seem like fun to run a wire all the way to the battery when I had power right in front of me.

Now enjoy your 5 minutes of work Remember in some states it's illegal to drive with only fog lights on, but cops don't really care.

 
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^ lol thats a great DIY
lets try to get all the DIY's on this forum organized to that DIY place.

itll make it a lot easier for those people who have to search a lot to find DIYs

 
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sweet

 
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like this?

http://www.7thgencivic.com/forums/fo...play.php?f=109

 
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yep thats the thing. but it seems that all of the DIY's on the forum arent there
there are so many DIY's ive read that arent up there

 
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i have 10+ diy that aren't in there

 
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Im not sure how to pupt up a new seperate post but since this is relevant does anybody know how to connect aftermarket foglights to the factory button?