How to install a back fog light

[pawkar]

Dear Friends,I also need to have a back fog light in the car to have my car within EU standards. I have an idea, what about if I use the reverse lights as fog lights as well as reverse lights. I would like that the reverse lights will work as usual when you put the stick shift on reverse it will turn on the reverse lights and then to have a switch for the reverse lights that will make look the reverse lights as fog lights.Does anyone has any suggestions as from where I should get the 12+ voltage for the connection, any ideas please.Warm regards,Pawkar

[engineertwin2]

The way I've typically seen this done is to illuminate either the right or left brake light. If you illuminate the reverse lights, you will potentially blind people behind you. At the most I'd only "activate" one reverse light for this project, but I'd try to stick to the brake lights.It may be possible to wire just one brake light in line with your fog lights, but leave them unaffected at braking...

[northvibe]

so you need like, white/clear lights on the rear while you drive (not in reverse)?

[joatmon]

The Toyota Voltz had one of the white backup lights as a red fog lightThere's a group of Voltz owners that visit genvibe, a bunch in Singapore, maybe one of them can help you figure out how theirs are wired uphttp://forums.genvibe.com/zerothread?id=20463

[pawkar]

Thank you friends for your advice. After reading the European Standards the back fog lamp needs to be red on the same side of the driver and the reverse lamps need to be white. I need to make one of the reverse lights red to make it look like fog light or maybe install a fog light on the third compartment of the back lamp. You can see in the file what I mean.Warm regards,Pawkar

Attached files RearCombinationLamps.doc (35 KB) 

[Whelan]

A back fog lamp is on European cars such as Volvos, Saabs, Audis. I make fun of the people that drive around here with them on when its not even foggy out. I yell out European Taillights, lol. They are simply one or two bulbs in the taillamp that lights up to be brighter (as if you were braking). Easiest solution is to cut the taillamp from behind and epoxy in a bulb, and wire it into the parking lamps. Just make sure its a brighter bulb. Something has to be done to get around this, I mean heck, people can import cars from Germany to here and get exceptions.

[ToolGuy]

pawkar, I can make red back up lenses if you think it may help. I make them just like my fog lamp protectors. See the for sale thread for pics and comments.I am thinking in your situation to remove the assembly. Try and find a socket that will fit but that will accommodate a 2 filament bulb. You can then wire one to the park lamps and the other remains the back up bulb. Not sure if a socket exists but it is worth a try. The other would be to drill anther hole in the assembly and add an dedicated socket for a fog bulb, then you could get a red bulb.

[Sublimewind]

Does it need to be a red lense? You could buy a "bulb condom" in red and have a switch to turn on the reverse lights, without being in reverse... You could buy a stage lighting "gel" in red, cut it to fit inside the lense...