Why no fog lights?

[bird67]

I am looking at buying (my second) ti. The one I am looking at has holes where the fog lights would be. My ti has blanks in it. Does it mean that this ti either is missing the fog lights or missing the blanks? Or, did some come this way (ducting? ) I don't see a fog light switch...are the replacement blanks hard to find?

[tiFreak]

you could probably pick up the delete panels pretty cheap from a dealer, I believe foglights came with the sport package or could be ordered separately

[eurohb]

I have fog deletes on my Ti that i got for $20 at the dealer. You can just add Foglights its SUPER easy.

[pdxmotorhead]

Its easy if you just wire them up, if you want the factory harness,, its a all day event....

Dave

[Mad-Machine]

something to know if you can find a Ti in the junk yard (or maybe an e30?) the Ti's fog light switch is diminensionally the same as the Head light switch. You can get the plug from the headlight switch and use that to plug into the stock fog light switch.

Or you can do what I did and use another headlight switch to make a european style fog light switch. First pull us fogs.. second pull is fogs and rear fogs

[vsonix]

Originally Posted by Mad-Machine

. First pull us fogs.. second pull is fogs and rear fogs

took me ages to work that one out... that and the rear wiper lol

[rochey6957]

I put fogs on mine and its set up with just a little switch on the left side of the knee boslter where it has three blank spaces for switchs (like the sedan). I just used an ebay kit that said it would work for any e36. Its wired so that they only turn on if the headlights are on. they dont click off when you switch to low beams but that no big deal. Yeah it wasnt to bad definetly worth it though

[Timberwoof]

Fog lights should be wired in with the low beams, not the high beams.
That is, if you actually intend to use them in the fog. Don't use your high beams in the fog or snow: you'll just light up the fog or snow and hide the thing you're about to hit.

Of course, if you don't drive in the real world and think that lights are just for looks and effect, then do what you want.

[John Firestone]

Originally Posted by Timberwoof

Fog lights should be wired in with the low beams, not the high beams.

Some day you may hit an even thicker fog in which you regret even that wiring. Well, I hope not as it's not the sort of fog you want to get caught in.

In these parts, the front fog lights should, and by law, must be wired so that you can switch them on and everything else off. Otherwise, even the low beams will blind you.

[teetime4one]

i wired mine to my parking lights...seemed to be the easiest way to do it at the time.
now i need to re-wire them...so maybe i'll put more thought into it the second go-round.

[John Firestone]

Oh, that works for thick fog. The one thing else a European 'ti can do is have th e regular headlights on without the front fog lights.

If I remember correctly, U.S. models are wired to partly-have front fog lights because they don't have rear ones.

We aren't allowed fog lights in good weather, which is why I think I might add cornering lights. Since 2005, a car may briefly turn on the nearest fog light to light the way through a turn. This is fun to watch as the UN-ECE regulations require the light to snap on and then slowly fade off.

[Timberwoof]

Fog lights are useful in the city at night: they illuminate the feet of pedestrians who are about to leap out in front of you.

[gantic80]

did you find out what the problem was?

[incision]

if the blanks are missing somre previous owner most likely hit a curb or something head on (probably at low speed if you didn't notice any other damage). I did that once with my 318ti and the blanks went flying like bullets. Took me a half hour to find both of them afterwards but they were undamaged so I just popped 'em back in.

[gantic80]

have any of you guys found out what exactly caused your fogs to stop working besides bulbs, fuses, relays, etc?