Fog lights?

Ranger4x4.0 · Feb 13, 2016

Could I go to the junk yard and get one of those bumper pieces that have the fog lights and hook them up? Are there connections for it already? My 98 4x4 didn't come with the fog lights, and there isn't a switch for it so I know I'd have to put a switch somewhere.
Thanks in advance..

black_demon69 · Feb 13, 2016

Ranger4x4.0 said:
Could I go to the junk yard and get one of those bumper pieces that have the fog lights and hook them up? Are there connections for it already? My 98 4x4 didn't come with the fog lights, and there isn't a switch for it so I know I'd have to put a switch somewhere.
Thanks in advance..

don't know about the 98 but my 94 was pre wired just had to add a relay into hood fuse panel and hook lights to existing wiring under hood then wire switch PO had made a big hole in the dash where the factory would have been replaced. point is that you might be pre wired

brokemechanic3000 · Feb 13, 2016

You should be able to I did the same with my 99. I just needed the relays and I got a radio surround from a junkyard that had the switch in it, the wiring harness is universal so all of the wires are there already.

http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/brokemechanic3000/library/Fog light installation

black_demon69 · Feb 13, 2016

1 other thing i forgot to mention is along with the relay you need a fuse 20 amp i believe

Ranger4x4.0 · Feb 13, 2016

Ok, where would the pre wired socket thing be? I looked under my bumper and didn't see anything.

BLOODBANE · Feb 13, 2016

Dont know if the Rangers are the same as the F-350's, but on my 1 ton the switch is in the headlight switch (it pulls out just a bit when the headlights are on to turn the fog lights on). Mine doesnt have fog lights, but the switch is still there like it did

black_demon69 · Feb 14, 2016

Ranger4x4.0 said:
Ok, where would the pre wired socket thing be? I looked under my bumper and didn't see anything.

look around the top of the radiator support

don4331 · Feb 14, 2016

Wiring isn't 100% universal in Rangers. There are at least 4 wiring harnesses (although for these purposes, we can throw out the EV Ranger). At least 2 of my '98s didn't have any of the wiring for fog lights. power windows, etc.

So, I had to grab all the wiring from under the hood (including the fuse block as my bare bones Ranger didn't have the busbar for the fog lights/power windows). Nor did it have any of the wiring from the firewall connector to lights.

Under the dash, you may need all the wiring from the firewall connector block to a. the relay block in dash; b. the GEM (GEM controls fog lights, so you can have fogs + low beams or high beams but not fogs and high beams). Note: There are 4 GEMs too, and you need a GEM which supports the fog lights.

Guys at JY left just charged me for 2 wiring harnesses and the GEM (I pulled the relay box apart and only took pieces which I needed).

On my 3rd Ranger (an XLT), the connectors for the lights were there, lower header panel, branching off from the lights circuit. (If you pull the lights from an existing Ranger, you will know where to look on yours).

enjr44 · Feb 15, 2016

The pull out switch for the fogs is for later model trucks. Changes someplace between 02 and 08.

naford · Feb 15, 2016

Early 02's had a switch on the dash.

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