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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 06:38 PM
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Hi,
I am wondering if anyone has a work around the problem of the fog lights on a 2003 FX4 from going out when the high beams on switched on?I would like to have both.
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Old Apr 24, 2006 | 02:25 PM
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your fog lights wont stay on when high beams are on... or at least that is what i have found. i have a 2000 ranger and mine are only one when i have my dims on. there is nothing your can really do about it except get aftermarket lights. sorry.


there is nothing wrong with your truck if that is what your thinkin.
 
Old Apr 24, 2006 | 09:15 PM
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i know there is nothing wrong with the truck, I just the ability to have all the lights on the truck on at once.
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Old Apr 25, 2006 | 06:49 PM
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i really dont think that it is possible. you would have to ask a mechanic or something if it is. but as far as i know i dont think that it is capable of doing so.
 
Old Apr 25, 2006 | 10:02 PM
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I am sure its possible, it always is,lol. I was just wondering if someone had tried it. I am sure it can be done but how hard is the question.
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Old Apr 26, 2006 | 12:26 AM
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Depends how well you know electrical and confident you are with wiring. You can probably find the wires that go to both your high beams and fog lights and come up with a relay circuit. Or better yet, it probably is a relay that breaks the circuit when you click you high beams on. Find that relay and by pass it. But also make sure that is all that relay is for. You may end up bypassing and the fog lights will alwyas stay on. Just need to find the wire and circuit diagram and follow the wires.
 
Old Apr 26, 2006 | 03:11 PM
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Just wire the fog lights to your parking lamps, when you turn your parking lamps on your fog lights will come on, and when you use your high beams the fog lights will stay on, if you do it like this you dont have to run a switch to the cab, this will work for aftermarket fog lights as well, dont run big *** off road lights to your parking lights though, the fog lights wont hurt anything, I had a 2001 and i have a 2004 that i did, its easy and it doesnt hurt a thing.
 
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