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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:53 PM
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Ok so I've been doing a lot of lighting nodding and I did the independent fogs but now my tears cut off so how can I wire the taillight so that the rear foglights are wired with actual taillights and not the brake light so that I have four lights on when I turn on my lights BTW I want to do it from the plug I'm a mess with a saudering gun
 
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 10:56 PM
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you take a short wire, hook it up to the brake light wire. take the other side, hook it up to the fog light wire
 
Old Oct 1, 2011 | 11:04 PM
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How do you know which wire is for the taillight and which is for the foglight, and aren't they different on the passenger side and driver side, and I want to have them on always, not only when I press my brakes.
 

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Old Oct 1, 2011 | 11:11 PM
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Old Oct 2, 2011 | 12:00 AM
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So wait, do you want to have your brake lights always on or your rear fogs? Any why? Having the rear fogs on all the time in annoying in my opinion and will have other drivers cursing you.
 
Old Oct 2, 2011 | 09:52 AM
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I think what the OP wants is to have four tail lights, two on each side(one top, one bottom). It sounds like he's modded the housings so that he has a fog light bulb on both sides.

He wants them the same brightness as the regular tail lights, but he wants them on when the two original tail lights are turned on. Actually, if it's possible to do this, I might try it, because I've always thought the tail lights are far too small to be safe.
 
Old Oct 2, 2011 | 11:10 AM
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It was really simple I hooked a wire from the fog light wire in the plug to the taillight wire in the plug took 10 minutes tops and it looks sick
 
Old Oct 2, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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What is it that you did ? Pictures?
 
Old Oct 2, 2011 | 04:20 PM
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Yes, detailed instructions, please. This is a mod that could be very well worth it in terms of looks and safety.
 
Old Oct 2, 2011 | 05:14 PM
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So what I did was connect the foglight wire on the passenger side (grey and white wire) to the tail light wire (green and black), they are the 5th and 1st slot on the plug, and then I opened up the bulb spot for the rear foglight with some pliers because it is too thin to fit a bulb, then I put the plug in and I turned the lights on one click and you should have the top and bottom bulbs on,and when I did this it also worked for the driver side so I didn't have to do anything on the driver side ill post pictures soon
 



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