Fog lights without headlights?

[Huw Powell]

Lloyd McClelland wrote:
> 
> 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,

remove the relay, jump the two little slots with a short wire with males
on it or a scavenged A/T relay bypass thing.  

one caveat - they won't turn off when you turn your highs on anymore. 
not that you're gonna get flashed with those lights, even in traffic...!

> 
> >
> >> 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
> >
> >http://www.humanspeakers.com/audi/
> >
> >http://www.humanthoughts.org/
> >

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Huw Powell

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