No Fogs

[paulvectrac]

i carnt be a facelift 2.0 dti the only did it in the pre face unless someone has facelifted it there selfs

[mikey362]

no mate its not a face lift but the good news is i have all my wiring sorted ive hooked my relay up so the power comes from the battery the earth is on the inner wing and the switched power is from the rear fog light works just fine just need to find a set i like lol

[Grumpy1954]

well ive done abit of digging and searching and ive decided seen as im going to get an after market splitter im going to order some led fogs and hardwire them in or take the power off the rear fog light either way ill fog lights lol

You may be better hardwiring them, from what I've read adding them to the rear circuit could throw faults up.

[mikey362]

it hasnt so far i tested them with a set of fogs i had from the saxo n there was no problem all it is from the rear circuit is a small spilt off to the relay to tell it to let the power through so there shouldnt be a problem at all theres a fuse inline aswell so theres a fail safe just incase anything was to happen but we will find out when ive found a set i like and modified my side grills to fit them lol

[Tony W]

no mate its not a face lift but the good news is i have all my wiring sorted ive hooked my relay up so the power comes from the battery the earth is on the inner wing and the switched power is from the rear fog light works just fine just need to find a set i like lol

Hi Mikey....I've got interested in Front Fog Lights again on our Face Lift Club...and have just read your latest posts....& great to see your method works without any apparent problems...

Low & Behold you've gone down the road I've been thinking about if I've read 'em right..i.e....

Operating the Front fogs at the same time as the rear fogs by using the existing single (rear) fog light switch.......i.e...

Rear fog light switch activates the rear fog..AND a 'switching relay' with Normally Open (N/O) contacts (say a rating of 15/20amps for 2 x 55W fog lamps), the operating coil of which is 'T'd off the rear fog lamp feed and connected to earth.......with the front Fog lights power coming direct off the battery to one side of the relay N/O contacts and the other N/O contact feeding the front fogs. The other side of the fog lights being connected to Earth/Ground.

Result.. Front & Rear fogs on together ..which is how they should be in my opinion...Both on together when the weather warrants 'em being on.... AND....No new switch, no Tech 2...

Only thing different I would make do is to including fuses which you have probably done....say a 1amp series fuse in line with the relay operating coil for some discrimination so as not to take out the 'main' fuse for the rear fog, and say a 15/20 amp series fuse for the front fogs to eliminate the chance of a severe short circuit directly off a the battery....

Any way....great stuff Mikey.....if I decide to do the Mod/Upgrade I let you know....


Cheers

[mikey362]

Thanks Tony W

yeah its exactly how youve described it mate and yeah ive got a couple of inline fuses aswell like you prosumed i would have lol

i really didnt want any extra switches on the dash board seen as i intend on upgrading the interior coz mines pretty worn in places i didnt wanna put holes in my new dash when i get it

still not found a set of fogs i like tho haha its hard to find some that wont look out of place on the vectra

[mikey362]

hi guys ive spent the last week scoring halfords bullseye even ebay for a set of fogs that i like n would suit the vec can you please help me out if you see any anywhere that might look sorta good let me know

cheers

this is really doin my head in now lol

[Big Dave]

Weather forecast for the coming months is no fog, so you won't have to worry about fitting them.

Alternately, if you've already got fogs, then fit a HID kit and you won't ever need to use the fogs again.


footnote - unless of course you just want them to look cool and drive round with them on in all weathers?

[mikey362]

actually ill use them abit during the summer i do a fair bit travelling to manchester and back using snakes pass n wood head pass and at night on there you can never have to much light... he says after a near miss with a dear lol

[Big Dave]

actually ill use them abit during the summer i do a fair bit travelling to manchester and back using snakes pass n wood head pass and at night on there you can never have to much light... he says after a near miss with a dear lol

In that case fogs won't help you at all. You need lights to see into the distance so you've got advance warning of what's ahead, not fogs which will only give you light a couple of feet in front of you.