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by Murray
Splicing Wires:
Take both wires you are going to splice together and cut off about
1/4 to 1/2 an inch of the sheething, then twist the 2 parts of exposed
wire together and wrap them in electrical tape. You can also use
the crimping connectors, just strip 1/4 inch of the sheething and
put it into the connector, then squeeze tightly with plyers, then
do the same for the 2nd wire. this prevents the wires from comming
apart and also prevents them from touching anyhting that can cause
a short. if using these connectors, i would recommend(since the
wire is so thin) to cut the sheething off to about an inch, and
fold it over 1/2 way to give the connector something bigger to crimp
down on. just make sure no expesed wire is sticking out of the connector.
Tools:
1. wire cutters.
2. flat head screw driver.
3. wire strippers, wire cutters work if your careful.
4. A 6 foot piece of wire, 14 guage wire should be fine, as long
as it is not solid.
5. Electrical tape (or crimping connectors, i would not use wire
nuts, they may rattle around and may noise.
6. Fuse puller (located in main fuse box near battery in engine
compartment)
7. Straightened coat hanger (optional, not needed)
WARNING: Do not have the car running while working with electrical
components. Disconnect the negative terminal on the battery to be
safe.
Step 1: You want me on my hands an knees? (Locate and remove the
Fog Light Relay):
The relay is on the passanger side kick panel. You may have to move
the plactic covering to get to it, it should bend out of the way
easily. Then, pry out the relay holder with the flat head screw
driver.
Step 2: "Wire 3a is..." *SHOCK!* "HOT!" (The
wiring):
Take the thinner red and white wire that is connected to the relay.
It is the one that if closest to the frnt of the car when the relay
holder is in the white housing. Cut the wire about 2 inches from
the end of the relay holder(see above picture) and tape off the
longer piece of wire, it is no longer needed.
Now, take a piece of wire(5 to 6 feet long) and attach it to the
thin red and white wire.(see bottom of page for how to attach 2
wires together) Run that wire to the driver side kick panel, and
keep it out of sight and away from where your feet wil touch it,
especially on the drivers side. the coat hanger can be used to pull
it through the center consol, but you can pull out the carpeting
and reach your arms through.
 
^ New wire (green) with relay unmounted, --- New wire (white) with
relay mounted ^
Step 3: Do I look good in this? (How do you want your fogs to come
on?):
You have a choice here, they can come on when:
1. You turn the key to ON (the only exterior lights that will be
on are your fog lights)
or...
2. When you put the parking lights on (Fog lights will turn on when
you have the tail lights on(parking lights, they will work when
the headlights are on as well)
You decide this, and follow the rest of the instructions.
Step 4: Seeking Therapy (more electrical work):
Now that you decided how you want your fog lights to come one, find
the black cover over the fuses in the driver side kick panel. Then
pull one of these 2 fuses out and attach the wire you jut ran to
either of the 2 legs on the fuse:
1. Fuse # 2 (top row, middle fuse)
or...
2. Fuse # 9 (bottom row, third fuse)
  
Now that the wire is wrapped around one of the fuse legs, take
the fuse and put it back into its holder with the wire at the top,
commin out to the side. The Fuse will not go in completly, because
the wire is preventing it from doing so, but it is in enough and
is being held firmly in place, it should not come out on its own.
You may want to put electrical tape over the fuses to hold it in
place as a safety precaution. Make sure there are NO exposed wires
anywhere. A wire could touch another wire or ground surface and
cause a short.
Step 5: Does this make my ass look big? (Testing):
Reconnect your battery if you disconnected it, and turn off the
fog light switch. Turn the car to ON, turn off the radio, if you
wired it to fuse #2, press the fog light switch and you will hear
a click from the fog light relay(on the passanger side). If you
wired it to fuse #9, turn your light swich to either parking light(2
clicks) or to your headlights(3 clicks) and press the fog light
switch, you should hear a click from the fog light relay.
Step 6: The End:
You're now done, if it didnt work, go back and check your connections
and everything again, otherwise it works. now you can drive with
your fog lights on and have your headlights down, and you can keep
the fog lights on when the high beams are on.
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