Er. VW did have "factory" foglights on some vehicles (for instance my Tristar) . The fuse/relay panel is set up for the relay. You need wiring from the switch (available at VW dealers and our online vendors) to the fuse/relay panel (this wiring came with the Projektzwo fog lights with the appropriate pins to plug into the fuse/relay panel) and from the fuse relay panel to the lights (front and or rear). A few caveats are...this wiring is similar in design to the headlight wiring. All the current goes through the switch. The fuse/relay panel is only designed for 55w lights. It WILL melt if you try to throw more through it. Heck it can melt if you try to run 55 w through it. Most of those connectors have oxidized enough over the years, that you'll be getting a fair amount of resistance anyway. As to the wiring color...well brown is almost always ground. :)
On Jan 14, 2008, at 2:07 PM, Joe Federici wrote: > I looked for the same thing a few years back and couldn't fine > anything. I think that's because vwe didn't include any wiring for a > fog light switch. > > What I ended up doing was increasing the headlight power by adding > relays like many on the list but added a 3rd relay for fog light. I > put the relays outside the van in a sealed electrical plastic box > behind the headlight then just ran one power wire to a small bus to > feed the relays. all the rest of the needed wires are already outside > the van as will be your fog light. You will need to add the extra > wire for the switch to the dash. I did that through the boot for the > radiator wires behind the driver side headlight. > > Other idea on vans without AC is to use the spot for the 2nd speed > relay, I think it's 53 but I'm guessing you have AC? > > JFF > > > On Jan 14, 2008, at 1:33 PM, Pensioner wrote: > > With the onset of froggy weather and fog season I have had the > opportunity > to upgrade the frog er fog wiring. Now the question is: Is there > already a > front and rear foglight wiring in the wiring? If so what color and > where > located. I can't seem to find it in the 1989 wiring charts in the > Venerable > Vanagon Green Book. Hints by pmail or by posting would be much > appreciated. > > The plan is to upgrade by parking a new relay in the relay panel and > using > the existing wiring (if found) along with an added fuse to do the > work. > > Results will be posted. > > Al (Fogs and Frogs in Central CaliFUNia) |
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