Figured it out!

[yatch07]

i had that problem the resistor would get really hot if i turn on the high beams i might try
using the wire method hey jdub5256 have you had any issues that way?

 

[jdub5256]

i had that problem the resistor would get really hot if i turn on the high beams i might try
using the wire method hey jdub5256 have you had any issues that way?

not at all. in fact i just got back from my friends house and i had the high beams on for almost an hour, when i pulled in the drive way i popped the hood and checked the wire with the highbeams still on and it was not hot at all.

 

[yatch07]

hey jdub5256 are u runing hids or just regular bulbs?

 

[jdub5256]

hey jdub5256 are u runing hids or just regular bulbs?

I am running hids in fog and lows and standard bulbs in the highs

 

[Mr. B]

My diode burned out the other day. I'm going to the straight wire jumper.

 

[Modded]

Straight wire Mr.B?
That means your fogs will turn on your headlights just by turning on the fogs only.
My diode is still perfectly fine, maybe because I run low power LEDs in the fogs?

 

[Mr. B]

Hmm, I wonder if the LEDs is the difference. I don't ever run with just the parking and fog lights on, so this will work just fine for me.

 

[Mr. B]

I ran the straight wire last night. Now, the fogs come on with the headlights on low, but when I switch to high beams, the fogs turn off. With the diode the fogs stayed on for both high and low beams. Anybody else have this? Seems strange.

 

[BC Lightning]

Hmm, I wonder if the LEDs is the difference. I don't ever run with just the parking and fog lights on, so this will work just fine for me.

My diode just popped, now they don't turn on with the headlights, about to put HIDs in my fogs, I need to run a straight wire that's well insulated

 

[07 Mojo Hoe]

Hmmm thinking about doing this mod

 

[BC Lightning]

Hmmm thinking about doing this mod

just took out the wire with the diode, sure enough it had melted straight through the heat shrink I used to insulate it

Switched to a straight wire, no diode, and it worked again, left the high beams/low beams/fogs on for 20 min and it was still cool to the touch, no heat

 

[Mr. B]

BD Lightning, do the fogs stay on with your high beams? Are you connected like the pics show earlier in this thread?

 

[derk]

If you want to use your fogs without the high's then try using a bigger diode. I dont know the part number but I know you can get bigger diodes that can handle more current.

 

[HELLFIRE]

can get it anywhere, its a 3157 led bulb but i makes the turn signal blink quicker than normal.

when they blink do they blink orange

 

[TREYR8D]

So this topic hasn't been visited in a while, but i was thinking about doing this mod for the 6-hi, but got to thinking. Has anyone tried finding a different relay for the fog lights switch. I imagine that the relay has multiple inputs for inputs from park/lows, switch, and high beams. Then based on the combination of the inputs, it decides whether on or off. Why not just find a new relay that only takes the one input from the switch and controls the fog lights? Then you can control the on/off and have them on whenever you want, even without fogs or lows, and still on with highs? Just a thought. i'll look into it more this weekend.

now that i think about it, my jeep had some sort of weird wiring in it to allow for use of fogs whenever i wanted with the factory relay and dash switch. but then again it burned up and caused a short 3 years later....

 

[jcrack_corn]

i'm an electrical guy and i would NOT recommend doing this. that diode is rated for 1 amp, lol.

very good potential to burn.....

 

[jsmith]

newb to the tyk here..........
i just bought a 10' and was wondering if anyone had perfected this "fogs on all the time" for the newer ones (assuming the earlier posts were right about variance between wiring setups between years).

 

[Modded]

Mine still works fine a year and a half later with the diode route. But then again I have LED fog lights. You can find them on Ebay Jerry by typing 5202 LED fogs.
A straight wire can work but the issue with that is you will not be able to have only fog lights on. Its either fogs and low beam, or no fog and low beam. My setup can have fogs with no low beam.

 

[jsmith]

how much light do the LED fogs put out compared to the stock bulbs?

I dont have HID lows yet, and the fogs are actually helpful when im not using my hi beams

 

[Modded]

The light they put out is pretty much useless but they do look good!