Classic rear fog light .....
 

Just wondering what other people have got ? Have u bought a separate fog light kit or wired into ur STI / wrx rear lights to have the fog light built in Or just not bothered lol

Yeah wired mine into my Sti lights. Used a red led and put it into reverse light bulb holder.then use a meter to determine which wire is live when you have your fog light switched on and connect the brown wire from the reverse light to that.

I have fitted a red bulb into one or the reverse lights, brought a chrome bulb that turns red, so unless it's in use looks the same. Mines was so easy to do, 5min job

As above, into the reverse light.

It has to be the offside light to pass an MOT though.

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Hi Micky ....


Can u explain exactly how it's done as I'm
Abit poor with the electrics ..lol

Cheers

Upski

Can some1 please tell me in S I M P L E terms how Micky has wired up his rear lights ....

Pleaseee :)

This thread has some pretty good info in it

Hope that helps

Thanks 4 that ...

Just a cupple of questions I need answering if any 1 can ..

1... So this conversion means losing ur reverse light ?

2... Do I need to buy a original rear fog switch ?

Sorry if this sounds abit dumbass just I thought u would need ur reverse light ?

It does mean losing the offside reversing light, yes - but the other one will still work. And yes, you do need an original rear fog light switch, or something aftermarket will do provided it has a warning lamp built in that lights when the rear fog light is on (that's an MOT requirement as well as the fog light itself)

PS no such thing as dumbass questions, only dumbass answers :)

Thanks buddy :thumb:

If your car hasn't had an aftermarket fog light fitted when imported, it's probably easier to get an auto electrician to do the electrics for you.

Mine already had a foglight fitted, so all I had to do was pretty much snip a wire and buy a bulb.

Hmm ... No I've not had a aftermarket fitted I just bought a oe fog switch and a led bulb today I got the impression all the wiring would be In place with the standard loom or have I it thing totally wrong and I need to run cable ?

I have a auto electrician coming Monday so can u say exactly what I need to do ?

Can som1 please tell me have I wasted money on oe fog switches and wether I should be looking to buy some other electrical items ? :thumb:

Right, good start on the switch and the bulb.

Have you made sure bulb fits in the reverse light bulb holder? That's quite important.

There is no wiring in place for a rear foglight on a Jap import, so the auto sparky will have to fit that. Since you've got an OEM switch, he's probably going to want a wiring diagram for it.

Will try and find a link to it for you, where's Jura when you want him?

Basically what you want the sparky to do is wire the switch in, and run a switched live to the offside reverse light bulb holder and use the earth already in place on the bulb holder.

Hi Micky ...

I've bought a cupple of Ba15s led lights from eBay but from what I've seen it's the correct light. :)

I've got a 99 type r so as u say been a import there is no wiring in place I've just been outside to have another peek and nothing aftermarket has been fitted :(

Do u think its posible to wire the oe switch in I no it will look a lot smarted than a aftermarket switch but it's starting to sound like it could be a pain in the arse to do.

If u do no where a wiring diagram is that would be awesome.

Cheers again

It shouldn't be difficult to wire the OE switch in, and it'll look better than an aftermarket one. Found a diagram, hope that's of use.

http://www.northursalia.com/modifica...fogswitch1.jpg

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Links or pics don't work :( any chance u can try again when u get time :thumb:

Hosted them myself.

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Found them here; http://www.northursalia.com/