So i'm looking to get either the rally innovations fog conversion or jdm fog surrounds. I already have a set of Piaa 520's and was wondering, once I get the surrounds and brackets sorted out, can I just plug the 520's up to the factory fog wires? I believe the piaa's are 85 watts, which i assume is more than the factory fogs, will that make a difference?

Thanks for the help

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85 watts is a little too much for the factory wiring to handle. i would use a relay and a wiring harness with at least 14g wiring.

also you may want to think about running the lights with your highbeams, depending on the beam pattern. i am not familiar with the light output of the piaa 520s, but if they are a driving beam i would strongly reccommend you wire them up to turn on with the higbeam switch.

i can help you with wiring, just give me a shout.

85 watts is a little too much for the factory wiring to handle. i would use a relay and a wiring harness with at least 14g wiring.

also you may want to think about running the lights with your highbeams, depending on the beam pattern. i am not familiar with the light output of the piaa 520s, but if they are a driving beam i would strongly reccommend you wire them up to turn on with the higbeam switch.

i can help you with wiring, just give me a shout.

Thanks for the help!

They are fog pattern, so I planned on wiring them up the same way as the factory fogs and using the factory button

I should get the housing sorted out in the next couple weeks

Thanks for the help!

They are fog pattern, so I planned on wiring them up the same way as the factory fogs and using the factory button

I should get the housing sorted out in the next couple weeks

just make sure you use a high quality bosche relay when you do the wiring work.

dont use the crappy autozone or knock off relays.. they are very susceptible to shorts and fires.

This is an old thread, but I had a new question, so instead of starting a new thread I'll continue here...

I mounted up the Piaa 520's with no problem and they have been working great for the last 6 months or so. The kit came with a Piaa wiring harness, relay, and switch which I used to install them.

After stringing the wires behind the fender and back into the cabin I followed the Piaa instructions and spliced (i'm not sure if that is the right word) the factory fog light wire together with the Piaa wires using a supplied connector clip thingy Piaa supplied to get power.
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii221/MjolnirJK/help/piaaWire.jpg

So the Piaa's now work the same way the factory fogs did (they turn off when the high beams are on) and they are on their own switch (supplied by Piaa)...if I push the original factory fog button, the button lights up but nothing happens. The piaas will go on only when using the piaa switch

sooo... thats the background :D now for my question...

could I reconnect the factory fogs, all of the original wiring is still there, and use both the factory fogs and piaas at the same time? Will doing this cause a short somewhere? Is this dangerous? :confused:

sorry for the long post I just thought I should explain what I have going on before asking my question, Thanks in advance for any responses

I'm guessing that since the stock systems use a "switched" ground setup, the piaa wiring diagram is based on a "switched" positive.

I'm not sure what you desired finished setup is, but...
I believe you could modify the wiring on the piaa's to work with the factory switch.
Unfortunately you would need one of the electrical gurus help you with that one.

dm

Thanks for the response.

I currently have the PIAAs working on their own switch, which is fine, I don't want to change that.

I would like to add additional fog lights, possibly the stock fogs mounted in a different location or another set. The stock fogs wiring is still in the car.

I was wondering if I could merely hook the stock fogs back up to their original wires and run them same as they came from the factory, or whether or not this would cause a short in the system somewhere?

I do not think this should be a problem because the PIAAs are on their own seperate wiring harness which is connected directly to the battery. So the two sets of lights should therefore operate completely independant of one another.

I realized after my initial post that the only place the stock wires and PIAA wires are connected is for their respective switches. This was merely to tap into power for the PIAA supplied switch.

Please correct me if anything is said is wrong or if my understanding is flawed. That's why I wanted to ask others opinions, as a check to see if I screwed up. :D