Fog lights without headlights?

Lloyd McClelland lsm6 at northcoast.com
Fri Mar 2 22:18:56 EST 2001


I would like to be able to run the fogs whenever I want  by jumping the 30 &
87 terminals do I do that IN the relay or below the relay ? 1988 80Q with
stock American headlights and you know what that means... Lloyd in Eureka,
Calif
-----Original Message-----
From: Huw Powell <audi at mediaone.net>
To: Audi Quattro List <quattro at audifans.com>
Date: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:00 PM
Subject: Re: Fog lights without headlights?


>
>> 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...
>
>--
>Huw Powell
>
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>
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>




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