BrooksK
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- Location
- Texas
- Vehicle Year
- 1996 and 2004
- Make / Model
- Ford Ranger
- Transmission
- Manual
- My credo
- I am obsessed with birds.
My 1996 Ranger did not come with fog lights. I have read that some people have found the wiring for the fog lights tucked up under the truck. Mine does not have it. I got an OEM fog light valance and put it on. I made my own mount brackets out of angle iron and mounted up some led fog lights in the holes. Now, for the wiring.
I know it can be done, but I am not completely sure how to make it so that these fog lights turn on with the high beams. I know enough to not chance it without asking questions first, so here I am.
I know that instead of a toggle switch to turn them off and on, I have to use the high beams as the switch turn them on. The toggle switch will allow me to change whether the fog lights come on with the high beams or not. Meaning, with the toggle switch on, the fog lights and high beams come on together. With the toggle switch off, only the high beams turn on.
I got this harness from Amazon and thought I could modify to work for me.
Just as the harness came, without modifying anything, I did a trial run on a spare battery and connected everything together. Everything works as it is intended to, so I know the harness is good to go.
Here's the wiring diagram that comes with the harness.
Do I take the white wire from the toggle switch and splice it into the high beams? Do I do this and use a 2-pin switch instead of the included 3-pin switch? Am I even close?
Thank you.
I know it can be done, but I am not completely sure how to make it so that these fog lights turn on with the high beams. I know enough to not chance it without asking questions first, so here I am.
I know that instead of a toggle switch to turn them off and on, I have to use the high beams as the switch turn them on. The toggle switch will allow me to change whether the fog lights come on with the high beams or not. Meaning, with the toggle switch on, the fog lights and high beams come on together. With the toggle switch off, only the high beams turn on.
I got this harness from Amazon and thought I could modify to work for me.
Just as the harness came, without modifying anything, I did a trial run on a spare battery and connected everything together. Everything works as it is intended to, so I know the harness is good to go.
Here's the wiring diagram that comes with the harness.
Do I take the white wire from the toggle switch and splice it into the high beams? Do I do this and use a 2-pin switch instead of the included 3-pin switch? Am I even close?
Thank you.