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Old 01-23-2010, 11:52 PM
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You need to get the foglight switch ...

The non-foglight switch, while it pulls out like the foglight switch, it is not wired for the foglights. My '99 XL didn't come w/ fogs, but there were wires for the foglights plugged into the non-foglight switch (smalll gray plug on the right side of the headlight switch). There were no pins on the switch side of the plug.
Well darn. I really dont like the look of the Fog-light switch.
 
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Old 01-29-2010, 12:05 AM
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I am going to take a stab in the dark here but I am going to guess that You don't have any kind of aftermarket alarm do you fairlaner. (no need to answer)

just to let you people who have an aftermarket alarm that flashes your parking lights when you arm the alarm, i just tried to do the wire part of this and when I locked/arm'd my truck it flashed my HIDs, I immediately disconnected the mod, I will see if i can find another way to wire it to get the desired results. and I will keep you posted on what I find if anything.
 
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Old 01-29-2010, 12:28 AM
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Follow Raptor's how to about the LED cluster swap, he goes into detail about how to take apart the driver's half of the dash.

https://www.f150online.com/forums/ar...r-97-03-a.html



Is it just your camera/lighting, or do you have a blue dash board?
 
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Old 01-29-2010, 02:47 PM
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Old 01-30-2010, 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by Ace_boy2099
I am going to take a stab in the dark here but I am going to guess that You don't have any kind of aftermarket alarm do you fairlaner. (no need to answer)

just to let you people who have an aftermarket alarm that flashes your parking lights when you arm the alarm, i just tried to do the wire part of this and when I locked/arm'd my truck it flashed my HIDs, I immediately disconnected the mod, I will see if i can find another way to wire it to get the desired results. and I will keep you posted on what I find if anything.
I never considered the effects of the mod on vehicles w/ alarms/remote locks (I've never owned a vehicle w/ either). I'm sure there's some sort of electrical solution for this problem (possible a diode ... I pretty weak on electrical). Ask over in the Electrical Forum, someone over there can probably help you out. If you get a solution, could you post a link to it in this How-To thread?
 
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Old 02-08-2010, 11:23 PM
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Some one help. i cant get my ramp out far enough to chissel it. my 01 screw headlights.
i pulled it apart but cant get my chissel out of the case far enough to chissel the ramp..
ideas?
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:00 AM
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nevermind. i got frustrated and pulled real hard at it and the turn **** popped off the faceplate. got it to come off but now i gota glue my **** back on lol
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:11 AM
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how do i splice the wires together?
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:15 AM
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nevermind. i got frustrated and pulled real hard at it and the turn **** popped off the faceplate. got it to come off but now i gota glue my **** back on lol
Do you have auto lamps on your truck? I want to do this mod to mine, but I need to know if it's any different. I don't have auto lamps.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 12:17 AM
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ya i have auto lamps. i have an 01 tho so i didnt use this article i used the 00-03 link that was in this article.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 07:43 AM
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Does the process change any if I don't have auto lamps?

I still want to be able to turn my fogs on and off with the switch, but I want to be able to do it in both park and head.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 01:04 PM
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no its no different you just skip the autolamps part.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 10:30 PM
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So do I need to pop the collar and file? Or just pop the collar?
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 11:33 PM
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if you want the fogs with your off swith/parking lots/ you will have to file the plastic off. then wire splicing.

if your just wanting to have fogs and brights on at same time just do the splice wiring part and not the physical part.
 
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Old 02-09-2010, 11:33 PM
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Does anyone know how to splice wires? can you walk me through it or post pictures for assistance??
 


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