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Ebay Fogs installed today

Discussion in 'Gen 3 Prius Accessories and Modifications' started by John Bergendahl, Jul 31, 2014.

  1. John Bergendahl

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    Installed my Ebay fogs today so far so good.Really like the look the car has now.I have the DDM Tuning 5000k 35w HID kit in the headlights and reg bulbs in the fogs.

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    Yes, regular halogens in the fogs. (y)

    Too much glare if HIDs
    are installed in the reflector based foglights.

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    Excuse the bright glare from the headlights,LOL camera and 5000k HID dont do well :)
    This combo looks really good at night in person.
    I had this same setup on my 2010 Altima 3.5 SR she was white also so i had to do this setup again .
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    I agree with you totally,my altima didn't have projectors but it came stock with the HID's and they had no blinding effect.I guess it was a some special reg housing made for HID's
     
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    Looks good, how hard was the wiring since it was an ebay item and not oem? Any install guide you used?
     
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    The hardest part, IMO, is running the wiring through the firewall grommet.

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    Well I must say that the wiring i got was not like any other ones i have seen.But if you know what connects where you can get the job done.I have the power connected to the actual positive spot in the fuse box under the hood and the trigger connected to the parking brake.the 2 negative wires to a random bolt and of course the button through the fire wall.Only thing i don't understand is why the button does not turn the fogs off.... they come on when i turn parking lights on and Im ok with it like that for now... Has anybody else ran into this? the switch has 4 wires so its not like i can just buy another switch to fix this ...
     
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    Parking lights, not parking brake, right? ;)

    Sounds like you don't have the switch wired correctly.

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    Opps yea i meant parking lights LOL

    power wire to positive battery terminal
    trigger wire to parking light
    grounds to grounding location
    relay to relay plug
    there is NO other way i could have wired it wrong unless the button is faulty...button lights up just doesn't turn off when pressed.I mean its no biggie I'm sure i could add a switch by spicing one of the wires going to the button and adding a switch. since the button is acting as something that simply connects power....
     
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    Test the switch leads for continuity with a multimeter.

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    Well Im not very educated when it comes to trouble shooting these kinds of things I don't even know what I'd be looking for...I'm a basic install guy.LOL