using fog light wiring for offload aftermarket lights

I've seen most off road lights without wiring harnesses

I want to put led offroad lights where my oem lights are. Can i wanna use the oem fog light wiring. The ground and hot. That way i can use my oem fog switch

 

Shouldn't be a problem except if you have a 2nd gen. (not sure about 1st gens) you might want to do the fog light anytime mod, so you can turn your off road lights on and off independent of your headlights.
Also check wattage of the off road lights to be sure they aren't overloading the fog light relay.

 

what are you gonna run?

A few guys swap to offroad bumpers and use the stock fog wiring to power small LED bars with no problems

 

something similar to this





TigerLights LED Work Light Flood Beam
Part Number: TL115F
Dimensions: 4 1/4"
Lumens: 2650
Watts: 42
Amps: 3.5


would you guys recomend anything similar that would work ?

 

I just did this with my rigid dually's on my 2012... made a little adapter to convert the rigid plug to the stock plug and just plugged them in. Worked perfectly.

As for wattage, generally an LED should always run lower than the stock fogs unless your talking a light bar or something. And in my case, both the Rigids, and stocks used the same fuse.

 

can u show me a pic of the converter or the plug that u used? if u dont mind




this is the type of plug socket i got in my 08 tacoma.
i just wanna know if u can use that ground and hot. to wire new led offroad lights

 

ima try to wire this to my OEM Socket


going to use the male connector to connect to my OEM plug.
any conserns?

 

I didn't take any pictures (I know, I should have), but I will see if I can get one tonight (the adapter I made is tucked up and away).

But basically I took the supplied Rigid harness (seen here, snipped the plug off the end and attached it to an OEM connector... (the end in the bottom right in your picture).

I'll try and get a pic, and the wiring threw me a bit since the stock wiring doesn't use a black red (got it wired backwards at first).

 

Incidentally, this is the connector I added to the Rigid plug: http://www.ebay.com/itm/H11-Headlights-Male-Connector-Plugs-Pair-/121327179062?_trksid=p2054897.l4275

Though, if you have one like you pictured, the wiring might be a little easier.

 

thank you for your help. this weekend im going to take out my fog light and do some measurements

 

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Is there a part number to make your own adapter?

 

Baja fog pocket kit comes with adapters to plug into the factory connectors..

But there are some things to keep in mind;
-Tacomas turn off fogs when highbeams go on, this can be fixed with the always-on mod; easy on the 2nd gen, it's harder for the 3rd gen.

-OEM fog bulbs are ~40w so the harness is designed around ~3.5a each or ~7a both. Most LED will run less ie; Squadron Sports are 26w/2a each.

-Those TL115F work light floods are going to throw a ton of light right in front of your truck, and not much more than that. No way those are legal to run on road, and they would be terrible in fog, and brutal for oncoming traffic. Highbeams would throw much farther than they do as well.

I would look for something that says spot or driving rather than flood/work;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/12V-40W-CR...at-Off-Road-Waterproof-headlight/132837977860