fog light wireing

[cajunman87]

I have heard here and there that 98 rangers without fog lights is already wired for them, I just ordered an 01 edge bumper with fogs but I can't find the wiring for the lights. Am I just dumb and don't see them or is my truck not wired?

 

[Original_Ranger84]

Your truck is wired for them you more then likely.

First look behind the radio bezel, remove the 2 bolt by the HVAC section and pop it out. THere should be a harness on the right hand side that is in place of where the the foglamp button would normally be (or its hidden somewhere back there.)

Second you will need a relay and probably a fuse (fuse in the fuse box) and Put the relay in the power distribution box under the hood.

The last part is the wiring to the foglights themselves, Ford didn't put a set of wires directly to the spot where the lights should be because then there would be wires hanging down. instead there is a plug-in inside both fenders of the truck, On my truck what I did was locate the ABS sensor wires and trace them back up until they went into a plug. that plug is a double plug the back one for ABS and the front (presumably unused one) is the fog light plug. I can get pictures if your still not sure.

 

[cajunman87]

If you don't mind pictures would be great, but if not I'm sure I can figure it out.

 

[shane96ranger]

My 96 appears to be as well. The switch harness is there, and there are two unused harnesses up behind my bumper. I'm all shades of excited about that. I was hoping they did that!

 

[BlackMoses]

I'm in the same boat as these other two guys, except that I have a 2001 Ranger. As you described Original_Ranger84 I've got the plug in my cab and I just got a 4X4 radio bezel with the light switch.

However I traced the ABS line back to a plug, but it seems to just be a 2 plugger, not anything more. Does this mean I'm going to have to run a set of wires from the relay to the lights? On a side note, I did pick up the harnesses from the same Ranger to the foglights, so this maybe might just be a splicing operation?

Pics!

See what I mean?

 

[backroad101]

If you have those connectors behind the bumper on the frame, you are prob prewired for foglights.

Here is what I got for my 99 Ranger that was prewired for foglights:

OEM left and right foglight new - ebay
OEM foglight lower valance new - ebay (does not fit quite right)
OEM foglight switch used - ebay
Wires from lights to plugs mounted to frame used - junkyard (also cheap new at LMC)
2 relays (same part # as horn relay) new - Oreilly's
radio Bezel to accept OEM foglight switch used - junkyard


I also have a spot on my bezel were a rear defrost button was (bezel was from an exploer) that I have a second OEM foglight switch that will run my soon to be installed off road lights

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[shane96ranger]

If you have those connectors behind the bumper on the frame, you are prob prewired for foglights.

Here is what I got for my 99 Ranger that was prewired for foglights:

OEM left and right foglight new - ebay
OEM foglight lower valance new - ebay (does not fit quite right)
OEM foglight switch used - ebay
Wires from lights to plugs mounted to frame used - junkyard (also cheap new at LMC)
2 relays (same part # as horn relay) new - Oreilly's
radio Bezel to accept OEM foglight switch used - junkyard


I also have a spot on my bezel were a rear defrost button was (bezel was from an exploer) that I have a second OEM foglight switch that will run my soon to be installed off road lights

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Check to see if you already have a fog light relay. For some reason mine had a fog relay in it already. It also has a fuse in the location for power locks/windows/seat, and I had none of those. It now has fogs and power locks though.

 

[BlackMoses]

Right, I'm with you on the fact that I need to get the relay for the fog lights, however aren't I supposed to have 4 wires coming from that plug behind the bumper? You can see it in the picture I posted, it's the ABS wires that go to a plug, then to the rotor.

 

[backroad101]

I had to get 2 relays (left right maybe?) Don't remember adding a fuse but I may have and forgot

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[BlackMoses]

Okay, but are these the correct wires? Or am I going to have to run separate wires because these are just for the ABS, to the lights directly.

 

[shane96ranger]

Mine had a harness already there which had 4 pins, but only utilized two of them for the wiring. IIRC, Ford pinned them into the radiator support on the driver side, and to the plastic wheel well I believe on the passenger side. Both were right next to the ABS sensor wires though.

 

[BlackMoses]

Yeah, that's why I'm thinking that I don't have the wires under the hood from the relay...so I guess the next step is, provided that my switch is wired to the fuse box, and then to the empty relay...how do I go about hooking up the hot leads from the relay and then run them directly to the foglights? Just unscrew the power distribution box and solder some wires to the relays I'm going to get and put in there there and run them?

 

[shane96ranger]

You could just use a factory switch and use a regular old relay. If I were in your shoes, that's what I would do. Just get a harness with the switch. The link below might help?

http://www.mysporttrac.com/mysporttr...dOEMswitch.htm

 

[BlackMoses]

Right, like I said before, I have the switch, I have the harness, I have all of that stuff. What I don't have is wires coming out of the relay (because I don't have one) to the fog lights. So the question is how do I connect my wires from the relay to the lights.

I guess I'm just going to have to find the relay and solder the leads to the bottom of the power distribution box.

 

[shane96ranger]

Right, like I said before, I have the switch, I have the harness, I have all of that stuff. What I don't have is wires coming out of the relay (because I don't have one) to the fog lights. So the question is how do I connect my wires from the relay to the lights.

I guess I'm just going to have to find the relay and solder the leads to the bottom of the power distribution box.

I wouldn't solder anything. I'd get one of these relay/harness set-ups. I used two of these for my power locks. They work very slick.

http://cgi.ebay.com/12V-40-60A-RELA...923?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33606d77cb

Use one of these, and the diagram that's in the link I posted. Should be simple enough. Pretty much all you need coming out of the switch going into the relay is a trigger.

Crap, I just noticed the link above didn't work. Here it is:

http://www.mysporttrac.com/mysportt...ToFordOEMSwitch/PIAAswitchtoFordOEMswitch.htm