fog lights

[mrbeanieca]

Hi everyone, is it possible to make the fog lights work indenpently of the main lights? Right now the main lights must be turned on first before I can turn on the fogs. Can I just round the flog lights swtich to the ground, or do I need a replay to achieve this?

Thanks,

Erik

[cnh1990]

In the USA fed version you can turn on the fog lights by having the marker light switch on. Some use the fog lights as daytime or wet weather driving lights instead of the mains.

[bojangles]

HAHA this brings up my first experience with Lotus dealers.
I got my car and it needed daytime running lights to come into Canada. I asked the dealer how they do that. They said that the fog lights on all the time is the factory solution and there is a kit available.
I ordered the kit for 200 bucks... (no sense skimping on this car - so I thought)

I eagerly awaited until the package arrived...
the box had a sheet of instructions - and a 2 inch long piece of wire with a spade terminal on each end.
Remove relay - plug in Jumper wire.

Anyway the fog light relay is in the front compartment and is easy to re-wire. so it gets its main power with ignition on and not headlight related.
I am not sure if the trigger wire ( from the switch ) comes on with the key or with the headlights. but all in all there is nothing special about the circuit. All components are easy to get at. If you are not familiar with this type of wiring. I would go to a decent car audio shop and ask them to do it. They should not charge more than half an hour of labour. (The actual labour is 10 mins once you have it all figured out).

[andrewp1989]

That's Lotus to the tee . . . . $200 for a length of wire with a spade connector.

This posting reminds me why I support the alternative sources for Lotus parts.

AP

[judgea]

On my 87 G-type, I did as cnh1990 suggests--wired to my parking lights, I think they're called--the first click on the light switch, my fog lights come on without engaging my headlamps (headlamps are 2d click). I added these foglamps to my G-type; not from factory.
I can thus engage foglamps without raising my headlamps. Any auto-electrician should be able to easily do it for you, run the wire from installed foglamps, then I believe we went through the passage for the clutch or brake hardware, then up into the housing where the light switch is.

[cross-eyed-twit]

BLIMEY :shock:

I would have sent it back as unsuitable.
That sounds like a complete rip-off