How To: Fogs On/ Daylite Running off (Canada)

[Bumble G]

HOW TO: CANADIAN fogs on/ DRL off

I can not post a new thread in the "How-To" section so someone please move it

After carefully reverse engineering, testing, and verifying. I figured out a way to disable the DRLs and to have the fog lights on without the headlights.

If you dont want to read a long winded explanation of how and why I did the mod skip to the procedure.

For the fog lights to work independently from the headlights you need to separate the switch from the DRL module, and supply power to the fog light relay from the parking lights. Why from the parking lights? So you dont forget that you have them turned on.

There was no real easy way to eliminate the DRL module completely without some major hacking. Also its a good thing to have on the car and my way makes it for easy reversal of the mod. Since Im not eliminating the DRL module I decided to have a switch to just turn the DRLs off. Ive heard of people driving around with the e-brake up one notch to turn off the DRLs. Thats not a good thing, for one you will wear out the rear brake pads prematurely and secondly you have the brake warning light on the dashboard. This light tells you if you have a problem with your braking system. So having it on all the time is not good either. So I looked into the electronics of the DRL module. Basically the e-brake and the low brake fluid warning switches are connected to each other via the DRL module.

 

[Bumble G]

DISCLAIMER:
1. Do this mod at your own risk.
2. I am NOT responsible for any damage to you, your car, or your property as a direct or indirect result of anyone attempting this mod.
3. You will be cutting some wires in you car. So if you void the warranty I am NOT responsible.
4. I have a 2002 Protege 5. Other Protege models and or years may varry.

TOOLS/PARTS NEEDED.
1. Flashlight.
2. Flat head screwdriver
3. 10mm socket / socket wrench.
4. Crimp tool.
5. Wire cutter / stripper.
6. Butt connectors male & female
7. Spade connectors
8. Ring connectors
9. SPST switch. (single pole single throw)


I took some pics as I went along but most came out crappy. I posted them up on Yahoo. HERE

Also I have 2 schematics I made but they are in pdf format and I dont have anywhere to host them except for here.
http://www.mazdamp3.com/members/Bumble%20G/schematic.zip
(right click save as)

 

[Bumble G]

NOTE: The wire colors are "solid color/stripe" if there is one color then there is no stripe.

1. Find the Fog Light relay. Located in the drivers side foot well. Look up.
2. Using the 10mm deep socket unbolt the two bolts holding on the DRL, FOG light and other stuff up there.
3. On the FOG LIGHT RELAY cut RED wire about 2 from connector.
4. Crimp a male butt connector on the connector side, and crimp a female butt connector on the harness side.
5. Take a length of wire about 3 and crimp a female butt connector on one end.
6. Plug the new wire into the RED wire you just cut with the male connector on it.
7. Label the free end of this wire as FOG LIGHT RELAY.

8. Find the DRL module. Again located in the drivers side foot well. Look up.
9. Unplug the 2 harnesses. You only need to modify the small harness with 7 wires in it.
10. Cut the YELLOW/GREEN wire about 2 from the connector.
11. Crimp a male butt connector on the connector side, and crimp a female butt connector on the harness side.
12. Cut the BLUE/ORANGE wire about 2 from the connector.
13. Crimp a female butt connector on the connector side, and crimp a male butt connector on the harness side.
14. Plug wire YELLOW/GREEN into wire BLUE/ORANGE on the harness side.
15. Take another length of wire about 3 and crimp a female butt connector on one end.
16. Plug the new wire into wire YELLOW/GREEN on the connector side.
17. Label free end of this wire as DRL OFF.
18. Run both wires up the wire harness and secure with tie wraps.

19. Remove the cover on the side of the dashboard to expose fog light switch.
20. Run the free wires along the harness and into the area of the foglight switch. Use tie wraps to secure.
21. Find a suitable location for the SPST switch. ( I used the empty switch plate)
22. Terminate the free wire labeled DRL OFF to one side of the switch.
23. Terminate another length of wire to the other side of the switch.
24. Label this new wire as GROUND.

25. Unplug the fog light switch harness.
26. Cut RED/WHITE wire about 2 from connector.
27. Crimp a male butt connector on the connector side, and crimp a female butt connector on the harness side. (ignore my picture I put the connectors on the wrong side)
28. Take a length of wire about 1 and crimp a female butt connector on one end.
29. Label the other end GROUND.
30. Connect the new wire to the connector side. Leave the other end free for now.
31. Splice the wire labeled FOG LIGHT RELAY into the LIGHT GREEN/BLACK wire.

32. Find a good ground location.
33. Take both free wires labeled GROUND and terminate them with a ring lug.
34. Remove the bolt. Put the ring lug over the stud. Fasten the bolt back on.
35. Double check all connections are solid.
36. Plug the harnesses back into the switches.

 

[djstan]

dude you are so the man, i'm doin' it this weekend. wish i could repay you somehow.

 

[INiTiAL33]

so if i do this mod.... does this mean i can have the fogs on for daily driving just like if it was my DRL lights and at night i can turn on my HIDs?

 

[bazooka joe]

good job bumble g!!!

 

[INiTiAL33]

so if i do this mod.... does this mean i can have the fogs on for daily driving just like if it was my DRL lights and at night i can turn on my HIDs?

bumble g?

 

[Bumble G]

INiTiAL33: I don't know. (uhm)

It all depends on how the HID's were wired in.

 

[INiTiAL33]

INiTiAL33: I don't know. (uhm)

It all depends on how the HID's were wired in.

Hmmmm i think its because i dont quite understand the results of this mod yet......

so after doing this mod...

does this mean i can turn on the fogs anytime i want?.....with or without the headlights on right?

 

[djstan]

DONE! Bumble G, YOU DA MAN. I give you props in my sig. Took 2 hours, recommended for all who want an easy mod that changes your look a bit.

As for what it allows you to do Initial:

Any combination of lights is possible. One restriction, parking lights must be on. So:

- Parking Only
- Parking + Fogs
- Parking + Fogs + Headlights

 

[duMb KeoLa]

what about this??

okay...how you said that if you wired the fogs a certain way they would be on all the time and people would forget about them...dead battery, etc....why not just have the ignition as the main power wire? so you can have the fogs on anytime the ignition is on...i dont know, just something i was thinking about...im going to try to see if i can think of how to do that...i mean, basically it just has to be hooked up to a switch and a power and youre in...

bumble g??? try that maybe?

 

[TheMAN]

you *could* disable DRLs *properly* this way too ya know... basically cutting wires and bypassing the DRL module

 

[IchBinEinMP5]

Good going guys, who wouldn't want actual control of their fogs...

 

[duMb KeoLa]

okay...what about us U.S. SPEC guys...does this mod work for us too??? i mean, what will the end result be? will i be able to have my fogs on with parking, regular, and high lights?? thanks again for the how to

 

[kk52736]

okay...what about us U.S. SPEC guys...does this mod work for us too??? i mean, what will the end result be? will i be able to have my fogs on with parking, regular, and high lights?? thanks again for the how to

there is another HOW-TO rewire fog light for US only, look under the HOW- TO forum

 

[duMb KeoLa]

yah...i saw that one...but they dont show how to keep fogs on with the high beams...thats the only difference i see between these two but im wondering if this mod will work on a u.s. spec car and if it will run with parking, regular, and high lights

 

[IchBinEinMP5]

This mod gives you complete control with the fogs on/off switch, any time the car is on...

 

[kk52736]

can anyone put some pic with the instruction how to do this mod please?

and i don't need to turn off the DRL at all, i just need the instruction for full control of my fog light.

please

 

[kk52736]

(smoke)



(laserp5) ZOOM zoom....

 

[gyrospeed]

Do you know if the wiring is the same for the Mazdaspeed? You'd think that is was.