Hey everyone, I have a 2006 V6 that did not include a pony package, so no stock setup for wiring aftermarket fogs. I bought an aftermarket grille with fog lights and a GT switch for inside the cabin
Now I did a lot of research when I installed my aftermarket fogs and came up with a different way of wiring them based on what i found online. At first it worked for a few weeks no problem. Then out of nowhere (car not even turned on) one of the fog lights burned out and neither fog light would work! It happened as I was reinstalling the grille one day. (No wires were cut or stripped by accident in the act)
here is how I have them wired...
This is not my car but I will use this online photo as a reference...
I have my fog lights wired to the empty slot to the right of the slot where the blue wire is, then i have my gt switch wire in the slot where the blue wire is (as the instructions tell you). then i stuffed a relay into the 4 slots (top two pegs are the slots the wires are in) the fog light relay on a GT should be according to my car manual. I also put the correct rating fuse where it should be as well.
I came up with this idea after studying the wiring diagram in my hayes manual, and using this photo as well as other forum postings. But rather than wiring to a relay seperate from the fuse box, I wanted something seemingly more stock (Probably stupid of me)
anyways it worked!..... now it doesn't and im baffled.
-No signs of wire damage anywhere, and no loose connections
-I bought new lights thinking that the old ones that came with the aftermarket grille were crap. but they do not work either. The new bulbs are not blown.
-I then checked for power on my pigtails and they operate properly.... off when the switch is off and on when the switch is on. BUT the lights do not light
-The fuse i installed is not blown
-The relay I installed clicks when i switch the fog lights to on So im guessing that it is still good.
any ideas? All logic seem to point that the lights should work as in the past, but now nothing.
Help please? lol
-Eric
Now I did a lot of research when I installed my aftermarket fogs and came up with a different way of wiring them based on what i found online. At first it worked for a few weeks no problem. Then out of nowhere (car not even turned on) one of the fog lights burned out and neither fog light would work! It happened as I was reinstalling the grille one day. (No wires were cut or stripped by accident in the act)
here is how I have them wired...
This is not my car but I will use this online photo as a reference...
I have my fog lights wired to the empty slot to the right of the slot where the blue wire is, then i have my gt switch wire in the slot where the blue wire is (as the instructions tell you). then i stuffed a relay into the 4 slots (top two pegs are the slots the wires are in) the fog light relay on a GT should be according to my car manual. I also put the correct rating fuse where it should be as well.
I came up with this idea after studying the wiring diagram in my hayes manual, and using this photo as well as other forum postings. But rather than wiring to a relay seperate from the fuse box, I wanted something seemingly more stock (Probably stupid of me)
anyways it worked!..... now it doesn't and im baffled.
-No signs of wire damage anywhere, and no loose connections
-I bought new lights thinking that the old ones that came with the aftermarket grille were crap. but they do not work either. The new bulbs are not blown.
-I then checked for power on my pigtails and they operate properly.... off when the switch is off and on when the switch is on. BUT the lights do not light
-The fuse i installed is not blown
-The relay I installed clicks when i switch the fog lights to on So im guessing that it is still good.
any ideas? All logic seem to point that the lights should work as in the past, but now nothing.
Help please? lol
-Eric