Installing Fog Lights

A relay will be required... did they come with one? You may be able to use OEM wiring if the SE's had optional lights.

I would not hesitate to install them exactly the way the directions tell you to install them.

Gee, thanks for the insightful reply. The back of the small package has some hard-to-read diagrams on it for the wiring... THUS my question. wow..

Yes, it came with a relay (I'd assume that's what the big block with the four prongs is..).

You need a relay, UNLESS you already have fog lights that are coming off and these are replacing them.

Route the + from the battery to the CONTACT of the relay, then from the other contact of the relay to the lights themselves. Be sure to fuse this wire as near as practical to the battery, and as an extra safety measure, between the relay and the lights, near as practical to the relay. The idea being that if the wire frays between the power source and the load, the fuse will blow before the rest of the wire melts. The fuse next to the battery is mandatory, the other fuse is anal.

Next, find a hot lead in the existing lighting circuit that goes to the LOW BEAMS. Tap that lead and feed it to the Coil of the relay. You only want the fog lamps on when the main lighting system is on, ideally you want the fog lamps to go off when the High Beams are on, but I am not certain that the Low Beams go off when the High Beams come on, or if the High Beams are simply added to the Lows. Either way, the Low Beams will enable the relay when they are on. Route the ground of the coil to the switch. When the lights are on, AND the switch is closed, the fog lamps will light. If the lights turn off, the fogs go off, if the fog switch goes off, the fogs go off. In a perfect world, the fogs will also go off when the High Beams come on.

Be sure to use wire that can carry the current load from the battery to the lights. The lighting kit includes wires, the heavier wire is used here.

I did KC ones by myself with ZERO knowledge on a '99 TJ and it was easy...here come some stream-of-consciousness tips. Looking right above your battery, there's a little plate against the firewall that's easy to screw things into. Just pull out one of the screws, put the cubical thing (relay) over it, screw back in. Connect the negative side of your battery LAST. For the switch inside the cab, I don't know if you'll be using the stock Jeep one that's already there, but to add a different one (i.e., route the wires into the cab from the relay for the switch you throw to turn the lights on) there's a pre-drilled hole in the firewall with a rubber gasket you can push the line through by the driver side feet-get on your hands and knees and look under the dashboard on that side and you'll see it. One last caution: the weenie little holes the factory drilled in the bumper are NOT big enough for the foglamps I bought, and maybe won't be for yours. I had to drill a much bigger hole and put spray primer so it wouldn't rust before putting the lights in. Also, route all the light wires through your bumper. It's tubular. Not counting the drilling/priming, it's a 1.5 hour job max. LAST IMPORTANT THING: at some point you have to join 2 wires with a little square thing that actually cuts through the wire insulation to join 2 wires. DO THIS ONLY ONCE! Once you do it the first time, you can't go back. I tried to, and water got in a shorted out one of my lights.

Neat set of lights, where did your wife purchase them. I need a set for my TJ.

TomT

Neat set of lights, where did your wife purchase them. I need a set for my TJ.

TomT

Is there an echo in here?

Thanks, and yes it came with a relay. A nice little "auxillary lighting kit". Problem is they tried to cram all the info you typed out onto the back of the package..

She bought them on eBay from a user named gizmosforall (just do a search for the username). She said she was very impressed with his customer service (and she's picky!).