Fog Lights on with High Beams

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There's a way you can get it to do it for about 20 minutes on the 2011s. You hold the high beam stalk towards you and it keeps the fogs and highbeams on at the same time

How on earth did you figure that out?

Why do they limit this anyway? I rarely use high beams because I can't use my fogs too. Seems like an easy thing to make how the consumers want.

Because most every state has a law that only 4 lights total can be on at one time, so if the fogs are on too then you've got a total of 6 lights running.

I'm curious on that ebay kit, I've been really tempted to buy one all day since reading about it. Guaranteed to work it says, with a money back guarantee so that's good enough for me I think. It don't work - they're getting it back.
 

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yeah, you test it. LOL let me know.
 

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I had my lights ran to breaker switches. I can have all lights on if once if I want.

I'm still working on getting information for JJ.
 

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I drive around holding the stock in sometimes. Never held it that long though usually have to shift
High beams with fogs really helps findIng black horses at night
 

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I had my lights ran to breaker switches. I can have all lights on if once if I want.

I'm still working on getting information for JJ.

oh its on their own switches? That would explain a few things. :D
 

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Well....I bit the bullet and ordered one. That's what I get for leaving funds in my paypal account...

For kicks I wanted to go to the website to see if I could read more about it. Low and behold, on their website they are $14.99 + $15 to ship so I did that and checked out with paypal. I read some reviews on ebay and looks like other people have purchased the fog light kit (didn't see any that were Dodge's though). Still, I figure it's a $30 experiment. Besides, they offer technical support if you need help. :D
 

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How on earth did you figure that out?

Flashed a car at night cause it was going 50 in the fast lane and I could see my passenger side foglight still flickering(went into a ditch to avoid a deer and pretty much destroyed the whole support behind the bumper for the foglights and all that) so it flickers/shakes at highway speeds. Then I found out how long it can last cause a local dirt road has a lot of cows on it that you can't see very well so I held the stalk and it turned off the high beams after about 20 minutes
 

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Just an update, the kit came in the mail on Saturday. You splice one wire into the drivers side headlight, one into the passenger fog light, give it power and mount the relay. Includes step by step instructions and tells you exactly what wire and what color it is to connect each thing to. All the wiring is already connected to the relay and wrapped in that plastic tube stuff. Should blend in easily with the factory lighting - I'll probably zip tie it to the factory wiring and no one will ever notice.

One thing it did say in the instructions is that this will keep the fogs on anytime the lows are on too, not just the highs. If you don't like it that way, you can run a switch from the relay into the cab to control that feature. That's probably what I'll end up doing.

I was going to put it on over this weekend, but had some problems with getting my HIDs installed and thought I had a bad wiring harness so if I need to take it to the dealer I'll wait til I get it back to do this, no sense in taking any extra chances with them noticing that. Weekend flew by and between having a buddy in town and it getting dark early, I ran out of time to finish everything up.
 

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The part I don't get about the fogs with lows is that you can already do that from the factory and turn it off with the factory headlight switch
 

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Thats what I figured it was..........

So its really just triggering from the headlights. Thats lame.
 
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I talked to my electric tech at the dealership about trying to make it work with his scan tools. He said he had never done it, but if it was avaiable he would turn it on for me. I think someone called it a euro flash????? If I could get it this way that would be awesome.
 

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I talked to my electric tech at the dealership about trying to make it work with his scan tools. He said he had never done it, but if it was avaiable he would turn it on for me. I think someone called it a euro flash????? If I could get it this way that would be awesome.

yes it would be! I have heard of it too, just gotta find a dealer that will do it for ya, which is sounds like you have!
 

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For anybody curious, here's the instructions I was sent. Pretty much word for word.


Installation Instructions for 02 & up Dodge Ram High Beam Fog Light Kit.

1) Open hood and remove the driver's side head light. 3 bolts hold it in place. Pull the wiring back from the head light socket to see the wire colors.

2 ) Mount the conversion box to the inner core support towards the top on the right hand side, where the washer bottle bolt is. be sure to install the ground wire. This will be the short wire with the ring terminal.

3) Install a single t-tap on the WHITE wire with GREEN strip from the head light socket. Plug the WHITE wire from the conversion box into this t-tap.

4) Unplug the wiring from the fog light inside the bumper on the drivers side. It will be located on the back side of the fog light. Clean the wiring back and install the 2nd t-tap into the BLUE wire (or the fog light positive wire). Do not connect to the black wire!! Plug the long loomed wire with the BLUE male connector from the conversion box into this t-tap.

5) Run the long loomed wire with the ring terminal to the distribution box. Under the lid on the far left side you will find a 12V positive source. Mount the ring terminal to the power source and close the lid. Tuck any loose wiring back with zip ties. Check your work and you're done!

**You will notice with this kit your fog lights are on anytime your lights are on, not only when the high beams are on. This is an added safety feature to allow for better daytime running lights, not to mention it looks pretty cool set up like this! If you would rather have control of this and turn off your fog lights with your low beams, then you can connect a switch to the RED wire coming out of the conversion box.**

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Haven't put it in yet - been dealing with another issue related to my lights. Once I get that straitened out I'll get this put this on.
 
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I had the dealer hook mine up to their computer and he could not find any options for a euro flash or anything that related to this issue. Guess I will have to order the kit if I want em, but I dont like not being able to turn them off with the low beams. There has to be a better way.........
 

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I had the dealer hook mine up to their computer and he could not find any options for a euro flash or anything that related to this issue. Guess I will have to order the kit if I want em, but I dont like not being able to turn them off with the low beams. There has to be a better way.........

You can turn off fogs with low beams. Just hit the headlight switch button
 
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Post #34.

**You will notice with this kit your fog lights are on anytime your lights are on, not only when the high beams are on. This is an added safety feature to allow for better daytime running lights, not to mention it looks pretty cool set up like this! If you would rather have control of this and turn off your fog lights with your low beams, then you can connect a switch to the RED wire coming out of the conversion box.**
 

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Post #34.

**You will notice with this kit your fog lights are on anytime your lights are on, not only when the high beams are on. This is an added safety feature to allow for better daytime running lights, not to mention it looks pretty cool set up like this! If you would rather have control of this and turn off your fog lights with your low beams, then you can connect a switch to the RED wire coming out of the conversion box.**

Oh you were talking about with the kit. Thought you were talking about from the factory. Misunderstood. Sorry
 

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