independant fogs

[blue3]

how many people have independant fogs ? and did you do the mod yourselff?

[Gizzmo_jr]

I do and yes, did it myself.

[bluntman]

http://ca.geocities.com/alegardo@rogers.com/grille.jpg
Yes and no, I had Lockdown do it for me when they installed my HID lights.

[blue3]

hey gizzmo , did u follow m3-gt walk through from mazda3forums or did u get it from another source . also was there any problems u ran into ie, melting ?

[Gizzmo_jr]

I followed that tutorial yes. And I used 18gauge wire to prevent those nasty pictures that people posted up. I've peeked inside the fuse panel maybe 3-4 times (doing other installs) and see absolutely no visible problems related to heat/smoke/burning/melting.

[WeatherB]

Gizzmo,

Did you tap into the ignition wire for your independent fogs? If so, did you try the one in the fuse box or did you go directly to the steering column?

[pb_blade]

I've got indy fogs and i did it myself, I did it exactly as in the m3-gt guide, working great, i've got either 18awg or 16awg, no problems 4 months now. would be different for ppl without the foglight switch probably. It was pretty easy, everything was real straight forward. The only challenge i found was making sure u have the right wire. U have to tap into the black wire /w red stripe, but there is one with a red stripe and one with like a maroon stripe aswell which is the wrong wire. secondly, i recommend you get wire tap-ins from radioshack/the source, the wire you need is in a pretty tight bundle and stripping it with a knife was annoying, plus u need to be careful not to sever the wire entirely.

[Jeff-TheBiz]

I've got indy fogs and i did it myself, I did it exactly as in the m3-gt guide, working great, i've got either 18awg or 16awg, no problems 4 months now. would be different for ppl without the foglight switch probably. It was pretty easy, everything was real straight forward. The only challenge i found was making sure u have the right wire. U have to tap into the black wire /w red stripe, but there is one with a red stripe and one with like a maroon stripe aswell which is the wrong wire. secondly, i recommend you get wire tap-ins from radioshack/the source, the wire you need is in a pretty tight bundle and stripping it with a knife was annoying, plus u need to be careful not to sever the wire entirely.


I cut it entirely, it only provides ground when the fog light switch is in the on position..

makes no difference, IIRC

[Gizzmo_jr]

Gizzmo,

Did you tap into the ignition wire for your independent fogs? If so, did you try the one in the fuse box or did you go directly to the steering column?

I did the top left fuse (empty) in the fuse box. Same one where people plug into for Angel eyes.

[WeatherB]

Can you provide more information?

From the guides that I've seen, you have to use the stock fog light relay... Two legs go to the stock relay location, another leg goes to the empty fuse location, and the final leg goes to the signal (which would be the ignition in our case).

http://www.xenonexpert.com/guides/fog08.jpg

[b]

I bought them from lockdown & had them install it too.

[Gizzmo_jr]

Can you provide more information?

From the guides that I've seen, you have to use the stock fog light relay... Two legs go to the stock relay location, another leg goes to the empty fuse location, and the final leg goes to the signal (which would be the ignition in our case).


What's the question? The signal wire is the little wire in the steering column that comes from the stock switch. That red one to the empty fuse spot is the power wire.

[WeatherB]

Hehe. You answered the question. Some people were saying that instead of going through the trouble of tapping into the signal wire in the steering column, you can use a signal wire from the fuse box.

[Gizzmo_jr]

I have heard the same thing, but at the time I was already fishing wires through that hole above the clutch so I took that route.

To me, better be safe then sorry and just use the wires for the actual switch. I didn't keep up on that post, but that taped into wire in the fuse panel, is it the same wire or something?

[WeatherB]

The guy who tried using that wire had a 2004 if I remember correctly. For him it worked backwards. The lights would come on when the ignition was off.

I tried asking whether it would work on 2006/2007, no one replied.

[KenYork]

yes and yes, got aftermarket OEM from ebay.

[pb_blade]

I cut it entirely, it only provides ground when the fog light switch is in the on position..

makes no difference, IIRC

haha what the hell you're right, why would u need the rest of the wire, stupid me

[BLKOUT]

I had LOCKDOWN install my HID's and they also did the fogs as well. I love the look of it!

Most of the time I use the fogs as my lights a night..looks sexy...imo

[Wild Weasel]

I had LOCKDOWN install my HID's and they also did the fogs as well. I love the look of it!

Most of the time I use the fogs as my lights a night..looks sexy...imo

Wait now.. you went to the extra expense of having HID's so you can see better in the dark... and now you turn them off at night? :loco

[BLKOUT]

i dont do much driving at night time...if im driving futher then the corner gas station, then I will put them on...i dont wanna have them blow

[Operator]

Indy. But I used the wire harness my kit came with.

[WeatherB]

For you guys that want the fogs on whenever the key is on "on", just connect the ground wire to the car's body. Keep in mind that the fog light toggle won't work anymore.

[craigrodrigues88]

I kinda feel stupid for asking this question but what are independant fogs? Is it just like not having any of the lights on but your fogs or is it something else? If so can't you just do that by turning your headlight switch to none and then turning the fogs on? idk...never tried it

[WeatherB]

It means that your fog lights are on, regardless of what the other lights are doing.

In the stock configuration, your fogs won't come on unless you have your full lights on (or maybe your parking lights ,not sure). When you press the high-beams, they also go off.

[Jeff-TheBiz]

It can be done a number of different ways

My DRLs are actually my HID fogs + angel eyes.. and the go off when the car goes off. (no delay)

Just depends which fuse you draw signal from in the mod.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a167/Jafarthebiz/untitled.jpg

Pardon the crummy B/W photo.... Joe was trying to be artsy.

[cwp_sedan]

Hey...that's me in that picture! Your car does look sweet like that Jeff.

[sp3GT]

I have the independent fog mod done but I didn't get Lockdown to do it.
You guys know how there's 3 setting on the light switch, "interior/turn signals", turn on low beams and Auto light positions.
My "interior/turn signals position will also turn on my headlights. Can someone tell me how I can make it so it doesn't and when I have fogs on the turn signals are off. I want to know how I can make it like the A4 style.

[sp3GT]

Anyone Help me?

[JonsMazda]

i think there was a topic on this on mazda3forums.com

[sp3GT]

I tried looking on there but no luck.

[cwp_sedan]

Sounds like the signal wire for your headlights is tapped into the parking lights. I know someone with a 04-06 will give better input but I'm sure if that is changed you should be fine.

[sp3GT]

The thing is I didn't do the install myself so I'm not sure how the wires work.

[McGuyver_3]

walk through (http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=11730.0)

[MattC]

thanks for finding that mcguyver... I know what I am doing saturday morning!

ps. 666 Posts, and its about re-wiring my car... should I take that as a sign?

[sp3GT]

Matt, if you get it figured out you mind taking a look at mine sometime ?

[cwp_sedan]

thanks for finding that mcguyver... I know what I am doing saturday morning!

ps. 666 Posts, and its about re-wiring my car... should I take that as a sign?

Naw...you know I have it done already and it looks good. If you want me to swing by and give you a hand let me know.

[MattC]

sure sp3GT once I do mine and am comfortable with the setup ill help you out.

it looks really straight foreword.

[sp3GT]

Mine is wired right now but the turn signals don't come on when the fogs are on and I lost the ability of just turning on interior lights + turns.

I think the guys that did mine might of tapped into a wrong wire or something.

[McGuyver_3]

it is very easy. The most pain in the but part will be putting the wire through the fire wall. It is an easy job but a pain at the same time. Make sure you have someone with you who has relatively small hands helps avoid taking out the battery box

[MattC]

well if you paid someone to do it and it doesnt work, you should take it back to them.

[sp3GT]

well if you paid someone to do it and it doesnt work, you should take it back to them.

It's kinda too late now cause I got it done on a weekend that I was home from university. I just never had time to bring it back and it was a month later that I realized that the turns don't come on.

[McGuyver_3]

It's kinda too late now cause I got it done on a weekend that I was home from university. I just never had time to bring it back and it was a month later that I realized that the turns don't come on.


regardless about the one month when you take your car to a stealership they give you 3 month 3000km warranty on the work they did w/e comes first

[MattC]

+1 to that, if something doesnt work, most times a dude would rather fix it than have you go around telling people he doesnt stand by his work.

[sp3GT]

The thing is I got no receipts or anything and it's more then 6 months now.

[MattC]

installed mine today, Im now a pro at heat-shrinking.

I will take some shots tonight.

[cwp_sedan]

installed mine today, Im now a pro at heat-shrinking.

I will take some shots tonight.

You took on the task pretty well if I do say so myself :)

[MattC]

Oh and thx to CWP for the extra set of hands and the life size how-to guide.

This mod is alot easier with 2 sets of hands.

[MattC]

Photos:

http://mattcarson.ca/pics/june23/2.jpg

http://mattcarson.ca/pics/june23/3.jpg

Love the 10 sec delay when i turn the engine off.

[Gizzmo_jr]

You...need....angel....eyes...!!!
Nice car, reminds me of mine. Love the color. :chuckle

[MattC]

can't do angel eyes now, to many ppl have them... plus i like my yellows more, if i could do hyper yellow angel eyes.. maybe.

[WeatherB]

It might be time to disable the stock DRLs...

[MattC]

they aren't stock... their nokya's

[cwp_sedan]

Matt's Nokia DRLs look sweet. I have nothing right now, but I would take them over angel eyes at this point. To each their own.

[WeatherB]

Matt's Nokia DRLs look sweet. I have nothing right now, but I would take them over angel eyes at this point. To each their own.

That's blasphemy! Take it back! :complain

LOL, it comes down to personal preference in the end.

[MattC]

Angel eyes are really hot... just too many 3's with em now-adays.

I would rather do something original... or atleast copy vlad. :chuckle

[JonsMazda]

Angel eyes are really hot... just too many 3's with em now-adays.

I would rather do something original... or atleast copy vlad. :chuckle

Do what i did...make it flicker. Well i didnt really make them that way but what the hey....its unique :chuckle

[sp3GT]

I found out the problem to my independent fog proble, it's something to do wif my relay harness for my HIds.

[yearoftherat]

Found this thru Mazda3forum and was wondering if anyone has attempted this method...

http://web2.airmail.net/theman/mz3fog/