Fog lights without headlights?

Ti Kan ti at amb.org
Tue Feb 27 21:09:23 EST 2001


Huw Powell writes:
> > By the way, US cars' fog lights are controlled via a relay such that they
> > don't come on until your headlights are turned on to low beam.  However,
> > there is a modification that can be done to override this and allow
> > them to be turned on without turning on the main headlights.  Check
> > audiworld.com for details.
> 
> Or just say how here... pull the relay adn jump the, um, 30 and 87
> terminals - the ones that form a "T".  Then the fogs will be on whenever
> the ignition is on.  including with the high beams...
> 
> Or, dig around under the fuse box, get to the two wires going to the
> relay (one is from the hi/lo switch, the other a roundabout ground) and
> connect them to the *high* beam output (from anywhere you can find it)
> and the *parking light* output (ditto).  Now the fogs will only  work
> when the parking lights are on and the highs are off.  Pix will follow
> when I do this to my 90Q...

What you describe here is not the same as what's on audiworld.com and
would probably not apply to the current A6 model.  Here is a link to
the audiworld article for the new A6 mod:

	http://www.audiworld.com/tech/elec43.shtml

-Ti
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