Zundapp57 Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Can anyone tell me if the wiring is all ready in the harness if your car didn't come with factory fog lights? Plan on putting them in. Thanks in advance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 It might be. I've combed over a lot of subarus at the salvage yard to figure this out. The L models don't. The LSi models usually have the wiring in place. However it is a separate wiring harness and not integrated into the main harness. I have only come across one 95 second gen LS that had the wiring in place, but it also had the fog lights already installed and the wiring was integrated. Look where the fogs would go and see if the plugs are there. Also look at the rubber plug in the middle of the firewall and you might see a black wiring harness going through it. Finally, the 96 LSi that I found with the separate wiring harness had the fog light switch installed, although the actual fogs were not installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 Thanks for the information Monkeyposeur. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 My 95 legacy L has factory fogs. Also even if ur car doesn't have the original harness for fogs u can always run the wire to ur battery. I made a diagram awhile ago. I'll look for it and show u. Ull need wire, toggle switch, a relay, and a fuse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Grimm, is your L an OB or did you add an OB bumper to your L? Zundapp, you probably have the wiring for the fogs. The 96 LSi that I snatched my wiring harness from had a sunroof and fog wiring. I'm figuring out how to use a stock fog light switch connected to the battery with a relay so I have stock switches but completely independent fogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 My 95 is a L with 2 tone option. Here's what it originally looked like http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/22/ujuveqyn.jpg What it look like today http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/01/22/hytuqybe.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joaks Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 I also have an L with OEM fogs that I installed myself. OEM switch + standard relay for mine. I didn't see a wiring harness in mine. Not too hard to set up though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zundapp57 Posted January 22, 2013 Author Share Posted January 22, 2013 I only see the fuse for the fog lights in the relay panel. Have ordered a oem switch. and oem style fog lights from flea-bay. have wireing schematics from a legacy manual shouldn't be too hard-rewired my XS650 from scratch and have plenty of jegs wiring left over. also plan on installing H.I.D. kit on original Head lights. Have sylvania ultra halogens in now,but they don't last long. H.I.D.'s supposed to have a 5,000+ hr life. Working night shift and driveing threw rural areas with lots of deer I really need good lights. Thanks fellas for all your input. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Don't run hids with ur stock headlights they suck!!! It's worthless in the rain and snow. Can't see nothing. And it's because of the reflective housing. If u want to go hid look into jdm headlights or retrofitting so the hid can have a focused beam instead of a scattered shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joaks Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Are the OEM fogs projector type? I was thinking they would work with HIDS (??) EDIT: I am refering to the type GRIMM had originally. I think the outback type are not. Not sure about the GT type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Yea the small fogs are projectors. So u could run hid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkeyposeur Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 The small fogs are projectors. But I have heard that they can't handle HIDs. I don't know this from experience, it's just what I have read. I have also been told that JDM projectors don't do well with HIDs since they bubble the chrome inside, but I have been running HIDs in my JDM projectors with no problems. I'd do a little more research to be safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Depends on what hid u put in it. I'd go 3k or 3000k I forget how they rate the the bulbs. But it'll be as low as u wanna go. Itll be yellow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I'm pretty sure the gt fogs r both. American I think was just reflective and jdm is projector. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twisty Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Depends on what hid u put in it. I'd go 3k or 3000k I forget how they rate the the bulbs. But it'll be as low as u wanna go. Itll be yellow 3000k is the warmth of the color for the bulb. in contrast, 3000k is yellow, 6000k is pretty much pure white. 8000k is blue (and annoying). the system will either be a 35watt or a 55 watt bulb for the power needs. im going to assume that the crappy chrome inside the projectors cant take the heat of the 55w bulbs, but honestly i have a set of cheap projectors on my daughters civic and there is no issues at all with 55w heating up too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grimmrican Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 3000k is the warmth of the color for the bulb. in contrast, 3000k is yellow, 6000k is pretty much pure white. 8000k is blue (and annoying). the system will either be a 35watt or a 55 watt bulb for the power needs. im going to assume that the crappy chrome inside the projectors cant take the heat of the 55w bulbs, but honestly i have a set of cheap projectors on my daughters civic and there is no issues at all with 55w heating up too much. I second this. I'm running 6000k and 35w hids. Reflective housing for the headlights. Dangerous, shitty during Rain and snow, but looks good..... Just not when other drivers are looking at it lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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