Nice work! This has been explained on here several times, but never with the aid of pictures, should help up any future confusion. :thumbsup:

 

another thread on the topic

http://www.toyotanation.com/forum/showthread.php?t=305549

btw, great job on the pic tutorial

 

Thanks,

I saw that thread but was still somewhat confused plus there were no pics. But that is the thread I kinda figured out how to do it!

 

Do you really have to disconnect the fog lights or can you just splice in a ground?

 

You can splice in a ground! I will edit the post to reflect that.

 

question.. can you still have the DRL on.. but if you ever wanted to turn your secondary lights.. the secondary and your fogs will turn on.. and your DRL will turn off...

can you do that? thanks in advance!

 

Yeah. You either leave everything as is and just always leave the foglight switch on or you do the foglight mod.

 

Thanks. I have read the other thread about DRL, the pics help a lot.

 

i was thinking... is the parking lights in the bundle of wires? cant i just splice that with the fog lights and it'll do the same?

 

I am not sure which one would be parking lights, but then the fog light are not independent.

 

oh yes. isnt one of the wires that are in the bundle of wires ground? thanks in advance?

 

That would mean you were splicing another wire and more likely to have something go wrong down the road. It is much easier to ground to a bolt anyways.

 

Thanks so much, Worked perfectly!!!

 

nice!! the wire were a bit hard to get at, but other that that very easy!

 

hmm... do i really need to cut the drl? can i just ground the the wire?

sorry for the questions!
thank you!!

 

I didnt want to cut my DRL wire either, so Ive been looking around for a small in-line switch that I could just stick in there. Ive never seen one before but they must make one.

Or you could even just cut the wire and put male and female quick disconnect terminals on there so you can easily reconnect them whenever you want. Just make sure when theyre disconnected that theyre properly shielded so they dont make contact with anything else.

As for the fog lights, you can simply splice in a ground wire. They make a quick splice connector that you crimp into the middle of the wire and then it has a spot for a male QD terminal which is then easily removable if you ever needed to disconnect it.

 

when you do this mod do the fogs turn off with key

 

Did the mod found out they are on all the time. Headed to radioshack to get relay so they will only be on with key

 

Can you let me know how you wire up the relay? I want to wire mine up the same way so they turn off when the key comes out. Thanks!

 

Here is the blue wire after snip and tape.

Also, the way I did it, I put a male and female connector on each end in case you ever want to put them back together (in places where DRLs are needed to pass inspection) or if when you sell the car, the person wants them.


**** edit:: I didn't read the whole thread before posting this and then I noticed someone already mentioned it with a pic.

 

Seems like this would be a must have mod for any Corolla owners who live on a military installation. Nearly all the ones I have ever stayed at would require you to turn off your headlights as you approach the gate.

 

[Originally Posted by ChancreScolex
I didnt want to cut my DRL wire either, so Ive been looking around for a small in-line switch that I could just stick in there. Ive never seen one before but they must make one.

quote=Shft99;2925744]Im thinking you could just get a normal rocker switch from radioshack/wherever, wire it to the two cut ends of the blue wire (DRL), run the wires all the way across to where the mirror controls are and install the switch there. Wonder if that would work [/quote]

You would still have to cut the wire to install the switch.What i did was get a push button switch and wired that in to where you cut the blue wire then installed it in the upper right hand corner of upper glove box.. looks real nice...charging up battries for camera then will take pics of this and the relay wiring for fog lights

 

My DRL also come on when the headlights are on. I wonder if this would affect it.

 

Your DRLs should switch to auto headlights at night??? This mod will disable the auto headlights also.

 

Here is the pic of the switch i put in the upper glove box for drl/auto lamp...switch in works just like factory..switch out no drl/auto lamps...



here is the relay and fuse i wired in for fog lights to come on with key on only(no worries bout leaving them on and running down bat.)

i used a 4 pin relay from radio shack or parts store

pin 85 is 12v from blue wire cut from drls on harness side (ran through fuse) red wire on relay..also ran wire to the switch for drls through fuse also

pin 86 is ground from chassis

pin 30 is jumper from pin 86

pin 87 is white wire cut for fogs on harness side

 

Anyone know how many amps go through the DRL wire? I'm planning to put a switch in and Fry's has a switch that is rated at 10Amps, is it enough?

edit: Nvm, I just cut the wire and put tape for now.

 

Using the relay, to prevent yourself from leaving the fogs on when the car is off, is a great idea and very suggested.

However, back when I first modded the fogs, I accidentally left them on all day long while taking my kids to Dutch Wonderland. I am happy to report that the car started right back up when I got to it. Approximately, 6.5 hours later.

Turning my fogs off is now a habit and I do it immediately upon shutting my car off now. I am still going to wire the relay though, just for safe measure.

 

does anyone left the auto headlight feature on after they installed HIDs? I've been reading that people would disable the autolights to prevent flickering. any thoughts? Thanks

 

im telling you bro. pnp for lows. highs need to cut or relay but thats it.

 

not to hijack but I searched and couldn't find anything about a mod to keep your fog lights on with the high beams. Thanks

 

The 2nd part of this DIY will allow the fog lights to be left on during high beams.

 

Got it, That makes sense. Thanks

 

nice work. i did this mod on my vibe which worked out the same =D i tapped my fog light wire to the turn signal so at least it'll warn me if i forget to turn it off. i was thinking about just grounding it but i might forget to turn it off since it'll still stay on when engine is off =/

 

Just to be sure and not screw up anything, Is this right? Or fuse and switch reverse positions? :ugh3:

 

Just to be sure and not screw up anything, Is this right? Or fuse and switch reverse positions? :ugh3:

thanks for the diagram didnt know how to put one up...this is a great diagram but not totaly correct..pin 85 need to come directly out of fuse or you will just power rely with drl switch on also from switch wire needs to go back to blue wire on pin (not harness side) to get drls to work with switch closed tried to show what it should look like if you want to fix your diagram that would be great

 

I just bought OEM Fog lamps from Toyota, a pair of lights(bulbs), a pair of plastic frames(Made in Japan) and a relay.
The Toyota dude told me that my Rolla comes prewired for fog lamps, I just want to know of I can DIY easily like ''plug and play'' or it still need electrician skills? (connectors in the dash board...)