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Ok replaced old fog lights with new. The fogs only work on low beam, when I turn on the high beams they go off. Now how do I rig it up so that when the high beams are on the fogs also turn on? I used the same plugs as the stock fogs. 94' ranger btw.
 


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Well, given that PA motor vehicle code says that it is illegal to have the fogs and the high beams on at the same time I would say you don't.
 

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Illegal here in CA too.
 

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I'm pretty sure that it is part of the Federal rule book that the fogs are supposed to be off with the high beams. That's why every production vehicle is wired that way.
 

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I think you are right about it being federal. I bypassed it on my Harley bagger. I wanted all the lights I could get for visibility at night. That is for being seen not being able to see.
 

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I think you are right about it being federal. I bypassed it on my Harley bagger. I wanted all the lights I could get for visibility at night. That is for being seen not being able to see.
Motorcylces are a bit different. They usually don't have the candle power to blind an oncoming driver like some of these other cars. They are also much harder to see.
 

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I don't see a reason why you would want it in a truck. Fogs are for fog. And the last thing you want to use in fog is your high beams.
 

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I don't see a reason why you would want it in a truck. Fogs are for fog. And the last thing you want to use in fog is your high beams.
Bingo. I think what we have here is another case of someone who misunderstands the purpose of headlights and such and wants to blind oncoming drivers by having the power of the sun on the front of his truck.
 

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I run highs and fogs all the time. Switch to low with oncoming traffic obviously. It's illegal here, but it's debatable. Were allowed 4 white front facing lights on at a time. So one could argue its legal.


I run fogs with no fog simply because it lights up the edges of the road far better than high beams. Ranger lights suck in general. Fogs on helps.
 

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Seriously how many people are going to be bothered more by meeting fog lights (which are fine to run with the low beams meeting other vehicles) than the high beams? If you go to low beams when you are supposed to I doubt many will be able to tell that you had the fogs on with the highbeams anyway.

I run the fogs pretty much all the time (just on lowbeam though, IMO high beam is fine the way it is on my '150), they do shine more in the road ditches than the low beams and that is where deer lurk right before they go kamakazi.

NEVER been flashed in 8 years/75k miles for running the fogs so I don't think it bothers too many people.
 

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Bingo. I think what we have here is another case of someone who misunderstands the purpose of headlights and such and wants to blind oncoming drivers by having the power of the sun on the front of his truck.
No, no, don't want to blind other drivers. I live where the deer are thick, the roads are dirt, and where few people live and drive. I just want to see better at night is all. I'd like full control of my lights. Maybe I'll add some driving lights, wire them up to a toggle and fire them up when needed.
 

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I'd like full control of my lights.
I hear ya. I had the fogs on my 97 to a switch, turned them on whenever I felt like it. Get this fancy newish 2008 ranger, and thought something was broken when my fogs didn't work with high beams.

Daytime running lights, fog light restrictions, not impressed with these invasions into my vehicle.
 

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I hear ya. I had the fogs on my 97 to a switch, turned them on whenever I felt like it. Get this fancy newish 2008 ranger, and thought something was broken when my fogs didn't work with high beams.

Daytime running lights, fog light restrictions, not impressed with these invasions into my vehicle.
Yeah I hear ya. The 94 isn't bad but the newer vehicles U can keep IMO. Too many friggin' nannies, "traction" control, ABS, torque management, backup cameras, automatic daytime running lights, crash avoidence radar that applies the brakes, self parking features, etc, etc. Whatever happened to DRIVER control? In a couple of yrs we might as well jump into our George Jetson tubes and be wisked away to wherever or just ride the bus...sad.
 

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Ok replaced old fog lights with new. The fogs only work on low beam, when I turn on the high beams they go off. Now how do I rig it up so that when the high beams are on the fogs also turn on? I used the same plugs as the stock fogs. 94' ranger btw.
Amazing, not one post answered your question.

I'm working from memory so test wires. I'm 54 years old and I did this to my 93 10 or 12 years ago.

On the back of your foglight switch is a Red/Black wire. Test it, it will have 12 volts on it when the lights are on and 0 volts when the high beams are on.

What I did was cut that wire and ran it to my light switch and wired it to the Brown wire on the switch. Now when ever the lights are on, I have power to my switch.
 

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Just run a relay kit, with the 12v on from the battery and the 12v that should be from your high/lows to your ignition on with a switch, that's what I did, my fogs only come on when the car is on, and I flip the switch







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