DIY: Fog Light Rewire
04-23-2009, 01:52 AM
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05-02-2009, 07:23 PM
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Awesome, been wanting to do this since my last car. Went with Maniac's method and finished about 10 minutes ago, took a little over an hour to do thanks to poorly timed distractions from my neighbors, dogs, and phone. And of course this being my first time soldering anything I burned my thumb, but it was totally worth it 
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edit: please excuse the poor cell phone night shot, no idea where my camera is.
.edit: please excuse the poor cell phone night shot, no idea where my camera is.
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05-06-2009, 09:26 PM
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I chose to perform the Omicron version for maximum flexibility and it worked perfectly. The clear pictures give confidence but it's still a bit scary when you're about to cut that first wire though.
05-19-2009, 07:51 PM
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05-19-2009, 07:52 PM
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Blame the regulators in the USA and Canada.
They mandate that any front lights ( other than marker lights) must only come on IF the low beams are on too. They are lumped together sa "driving lights".
Yes, this totally defeats the purpose of fog lights.
If anybody wants the appropriate pages from the Mazda RX-8 2004 Wiring Manual faxed to them, send $5 to my Paypal account..
I will fax anywhere in N.America for that..
If you need this email me at:
maurice@harddata.com
They mandate that any front lights ( other than marker lights) must only come on IF the low beams are on too. They are lumped together sa "driving lights".
Yes, this totally defeats the purpose of fog lights.
If anybody wants the appropriate pages from the Mazda RX-8 2004 Wiring Manual faxed to them, send $5 to my Paypal account..
I will fax anywhere in N.America for that..
If you need this email me at:
maurice@harddata.com
Im not sure if its a "stock only or illegal" thing, but whatever.
10-05-2009, 11:24 AM
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I went to do this with my 09. Seems I have the same wire colors, same fuse box and everything but it would not work. I cut the brown wire and tried the ACC method first, but the fogs only came on when the headlights still.
Then I tried MMs method and tried the tail light relay and fuse. neither worked. Any reason why it would not work on an 09? Like I said, seems like I have the same fuse box and wiring. Only thing I can think of is it might not be the brown wire on mine, but. I used the first wire on the right side of the relay, out of the four available.
The wire was a different gauge than the ACC wire so maybe that indicates a change.
Then I tried MMs method and tried the tail light relay and fuse. neither worked. Any reason why it would not work on an 09? Like I said, seems like I have the same fuse box and wiring. Only thing I can think of is it might not be the brown wire on mine, but. I used the first wire on the right side of the relay, out of the four available.
The wire was a different gauge than the ACC wire so maybe that indicates a change.
01-20-2010, 08:52 PM
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I went to do this with my 09. Seems I have the same wire colors, same fuse box and everything but it would not work. I cut the brown wire and tried the ACC method first, but the fogs only came on when the headlights still.
Then I tried MMs method and tried the tail light relay and fuse. neither worked. Any reason why it would not work on an 09? Like I said, seems like I have the same fuse box and wiring. Only thing I can think of is it might not be the brown wire on mine, but. I used the first wire on the right side of the relay, out of the four available.
The wire was a different gauge than the ACC wire so maybe that indicates a change.
Then I tried MMs method and tried the tail light relay and fuse. neither worked. Any reason why it would not work on an 09? Like I said, seems like I have the same fuse box and wiring. Only thing I can think of is it might not be the brown wire on mine, but. I used the first wire on the right side of the relay, out of the four available.
The wire was a different gauge than the ACC wire so maybe that indicates a change.
I have an 09 also. Tried omnicron's method to a tee (brown wire cut, connected to white with red stripe ACC wire with tap in) and it didn't work. The lights functioned like I didn't do anything at all. I rewired back to original. Any successful intalls out there on S2 models?
02-13-2010, 02:16 AM
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This is it pretty simply put after reading this thread for years...
http://www.rx8blog.com/rewiring-the-rx8-fog-lights/
It worked like a champ for me....
If you want a different signal source you will havce to find one that fits your needs...
The Brown wire is like a remote wire on an amp for your subs...
http://www.rx8blog.com/rewiring-the-rx8-fog-lights/
It worked like a champ for me....
If you want a different signal source you will havce to find one that fits your needs...
The Brown wire is like a remote wire on an amp for your subs...
06-12-2010, 06:07 PM
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need help.
I tried to do this, and I think I really fucked something out (shorted out something). The only electric that works in my car are the lights. No radio or starter (chimes and all interior lights still work). Checked starter fuse and it is okay. Any ideas?
Edit: Didn't check the 15a fuse. It was blown. Now all the interior jazz works again but still no starter.
Edit2: Figured it out. Put the fuse for the engine in the wrong spot. Stupid me.
I tried to do this, and I think I really fucked something out (shorted out something). The only electric that works in my car are the lights. No radio or starter (chimes and all interior lights still work). Checked starter fuse and it is okay. Any ideas?
Edit: Didn't check the 15a fuse. It was blown. Now all the interior jazz works again but still no starter.
Edit2: Figured it out. Put the fuse for the engine in the wrong spot. Stupid me.
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06-12-2010, 07:38 PM
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Okay, so I'm hoping that some of you who are more talented than I am can help me figure this out.
Basically, I attempted to do this mod all day today. Every time I would try and test the fog lights my ignition fuse would blow out. I made extra sure both sides were taped with tons of electrical tape, and I triple checked I had spliced the right wires. After the third blown ignition fuse, I restored everything to normal and everything works fine, with the exception of my fogs because I have the wire detached and taped (I bought some taps in case I have to put it back together). Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? I know this is useless without pics, but I didn't have time to take any when I had the mod installed. because I needed to get my windows up before the thunderstorm rolled in. I used the vampire clip method.
Thanks guys
EDIT: I think I figured it out. I cut the right wire, and was splicing to the right wire, but I think I was splicing in the wrong end of the fog wire (the one from the harness) into the ACC wire. This would probably explain all of the blown fuses, because although i don't know what that mistake would do, it probably wouldn't do anything nice to the fuse box. Lesson learned, always double check. My stupidity knows no bounds.
Edit2: Fixed it this morning first thing, mod works great, thanks for the great DIY (Even if I did a **** poor job at following it)
Basically, I attempted to do this mod all day today. Every time I would try and test the fog lights my ignition fuse would blow out. I made extra sure both sides were taped with tons of electrical tape, and I triple checked I had spliced the right wires. After the third blown ignition fuse, I restored everything to normal and everything works fine, with the exception of my fogs because I have the wire detached and taped (I bought some taps in case I have to put it back together). Any ideas what I could be doing wrong? I know this is useless without pics, but I didn't have time to take any when I had the mod installed. because I needed to get my windows up before the thunderstorm rolled in. I used the vampire clip method.
Thanks guys
EDIT: I think I figured it out. I cut the right wire, and was splicing to the right wire, but I think I was splicing in the wrong end of the fog wire (the one from the harness) into the ACC wire. This would probably explain all of the blown fuses, because although i don't know what that mistake would do, it probably wouldn't do anything nice to the fuse box. Lesson learned, always double check. My stupidity knows no bounds.
Edit2: Fixed it this morning first thing, mod works great, thanks for the great DIY (Even if I did a **** poor job at following it)
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06-17-2010, 05:27 AM
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Check the first 6 pages as well as http://koczarski.com/RX8/Mods/FogLight/ReWire.htm