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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 06:44 AM
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Factory Fog Light Mod

Just a FYI, I had my fog lights set up to stay on with the high beams by the dealer and just wanted to let averybody know that it also makes it so the low beams stay on as well. All I can say is it a huge improvement over the high beam only set up.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:57 AM
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I have a hard time believing a dealer would do this when it is illegal.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 10:36 AM
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I think it's only illegal in a few states.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Dodgezilla
I have a hard time believing a dealer would do this when it is illegal.
A buddy of mine is a tech, so it was not an issue. Same thing as installing a bright box.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 10:45 AM
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When you melt your wires see what they say then...

I wouldn't advise of running all lights at once, the lighting system isn't really capable of holding that much juice. I've seen many cases of overloaded wiring and it can destroy your whole electrical system.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 10:53 AM
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When you melt your wires see what they say then...

I wouldn't advise of running all lights at once, the lighting system isn't really capable of holding that much juice. I've seen many cases of overloaded wiring and it can destroy your whole electrical system.
I would find that hard to believe as that is the way they are sold in other countrys, unless they has a different wire harness for the export trucks. How would it be any different then running a brite box?? There are also several people on here running it.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 11:19 AM
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Would be a nice smarty option! cough! cough!
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 12:51 PM
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Would be a nice smarty option! cough! cough!
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The bullydog tuner does it.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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I don't think it's going to burn the wires out. My truck has both high or low with the fogs from the factory?
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 01:52 PM
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I would think the fuses would blow before the wires burned. Isn't that what the fuses are for? If you start blowing fuses then you know it's a problem.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:17 PM
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It is noteworthy that a number of briteboxes have indeed melted down taking harnesses with them.

One can do a search on this site to find the threads/posts on this.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:43 PM
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It is noteworthy that a number of briteboxes have indeed melted down taking harnesses with them.

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Well unless they make a different harness for a truck the gets sold in Canada or Mexico I should be fine as they have that feature enabled on them. I dont see how dodge would give a tech the opition to enable it if it would melt down the wire harness.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:03 PM
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As said when you melt your wires down see what they say...I have seen this problem before...I'm not telling you what to do...


and anyways, do you really trust your dealer??? i know i don't trust mine or anything they tell me.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by DR7seclx
Just a FYI, I had my fog lights set up to stay on with the high beams by the dealer and just wanted to let averybody know that it also makes it so the low beams stay on as well. All I can say is it a huge improvement over the high beam only set up.
So how'd they do it then?
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 04:47 PM
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So how'd they do it then?
They put the scan tool on and go into fog lights and enable them if they arent already and select export/mexico/Canada as thats they way they are programmed there. I aslo checked with parts and they dont make a different harness for US trucks so I should be safe. If it burns down then I guess I will have to get a FORD(LOL).
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