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Anytime Foglight mod explained electrical (diagrams)

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by Crom, Dec 6, 2009.

  1. Oct 1, 2020 at 7:21 AM
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    xguntherc

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    Can u explain this more? Is the thin blade on both ends of your wire? Then you just shove it in both places most people are splicing? Or
     
  2. Oct 2, 2020 at 9:44 PM
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    Did anyone ever do a video of this nice blade “no splice” method mod. ? I dunno about y’all but I’ve done mods on my truck and my dads truck and boy what a difference a video makes! Instructions are usually garbage on mods or not even close to my second gen model. Biggest thing I also wanna see is a CLOSE up spot on pic of the little blade connector and where it goes in association with the green ignition wire. Everyone’s pics seem miles away and off center so u can’t see where one is supposed to insert said tiny blade connector.

    If it takes only 10 mins or “seconds” let’s go y’all ! Or as Shannon Briggs would say “LETS GO CHAMP!”:benchpress: Seriously. It would eliminate so many questions on here. Who’s up for the task!? We got a weekend in front of us GUYS!
     
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  3. Oct 3, 2020 at 2:39 PM
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    Well I decided to just go for it today Found a little piece of wire with one of those blade connectors on it from an extra harness that came with my remote start kit that I didn’t need to use.. The wire was short tho and I wasn’t sure it was gonna fit. Had to trim back some of my shrink wrap to get it to maneuver and bend like I needed it to at the curve points. But it barely made it. Hence why the white wrap is trimmed back so much. I hope it’s ok that my blade part is sticking out the way it is. I plugged it in right next to that green wire like the guy did that came up with the no splice hack @jivewalker
    Hope he approves of my wiring.? But it works! Literally was a 10 second mod once I got the relay out. Bent it quick and hooked my female connector to it and then plugged in that wire. I didn’t even disconnect the battery cable. (Hope that’s fine) oops. But dam. The hardest part of the mod was getting my fuse box top off and back on!! I have some thick gauge wires in that area and not much room to work with either. Also my audio installer decided to mount the amp fuse right there where I needed my fingers to go so I had to unscrew that mount. Perhaps you can see on the pic I took of my engine bay, the proximity of ALL THE THINGS on top of that fuse box area!! Other than that ......10 second mod Sure hope I don’t have to access the fuse box anytime soon! Pics below. Meant to capture pic of the wire before. Had a hell of a time getting the blade connector out of the harness despite having a pin disconnector little device and watching some unhelpful YouTubes. Ended up getting my dewalt oscillating tool to the plastic on the harness and muscling it out ! **NOT sure why it rotated most of my pictures**
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  4. Oct 28, 2020 at 10:04 AM
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    Thin blade on one end, female wire connector on other end. Link to picks in first post. Good luck!
     
  5. Dec 29, 2020 at 1:15 PM
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    I also have a 2013. In the end, how did you do it? I want to do the same.
     
  6. Mar 16, 2022 at 12:04 AM
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    I have an ‘08 as well and would like to do it this way also. Would I be able to easily find blade connectors at the local automotive parts stores? Thanks
     
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  7. Mar 21, 2022 at 4:19 AM
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    Not sure if auto store would have, I took mine from an old stereo harness.
     
  8. Mar 21, 2022 at 4:35 PM
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    I ended up just twisting the wire and tucking it in . No drilling either. Works great

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