Fog/spot lights

[fabfiveferg]

Just a quick question about wiring of spotlights. I know I should really wire them properly and have a seperate switch in the cabin for them. I even have the switch.

Realisticaly that's far too much hassle for me, so what I was thinking was I'll just wire them into the relay for the side lights.

Is this a ridiculous suggestion and why so?

[MX5Steve]

as far as i know its iliegal to have them on (when not foggy) I remeber the guards stopping the boy racers for it.
You would probably have to disconnect for NCT.

[Ivan]

as far as i know its iliegal to have them on (when not foggy) I remeber the guards stopping the boy racers for it.
You would probably have to disconnect for NCT.

It is illegal and only w*nkers, boy racers and toyota landcrusier people
drive around with there front fog lights on when there is no fog.

[fabfiveferg]

Excellent. What if I just call them spotlights.

[Ivan]

Excellent. What if I just call them spotlights.

well spot lights should only be on with your full head lights

[mrges]

Hello fabfiveferg,

I think regardless of what you call them (spots or fogs), if they are on the car they have to be in working order to pass the NCT.

mrges

[fabfiveferg]

What's an NCT

[Ivan]

Hello fabfiveferg,

I think regardless of what you call them (spots or fogs), if they are on the car they have to be in working order to pass the NCT.

mrges

I didn't think so, if you have extra lights on the car and they don't work
it will pass. I had front fogs on the mr2 that don't work but it still passes.
as extra lights are not a legal requirment.

[Steve]

Fergal,
If you have the factory switch in your dash, have a root about in the mouth of the car and see if you can see any dangly wires (ooh matron). I discovered my car was prewired for them when I went to fit my fogs.

If not, def us a new relay, run a fused wire to the blue 12v connector on the passenger wing in the engine bay for power.

Steve

[fabfiveferg]

Cheers Steve I will check for those wires. There is a 'spare' switch in the cabin that seems to serve no purpose. there is an led on the switcgh that only lights up when the lights are switched on.

I asked Ivan before but he said they were probably something to do with the speakers in the headrest. Does this make Ivan a big eejit?

[Ivan]

I asked Ivan before but he said they were probably something to do with the speakers in the headrest. Does this make Ivan a big eejit?

Well you are a bigger eejit for asking me in the first place!!

[mrges]

Dammit - seems I may have had a "mature moment" earlier.......if they're fitted they have to work for the MOT (so possibly not the NCT). I fitted spots to a Chrysler Avenger - went to MOT it and one of the "fails" was front spotlights not working. Instead of taking them off (after all, they had cost me all of £12) I wired them up to a toggle switch in the dash, and on the re-test they failed again, because they must come on with the main beam (not as stand alone lights!). Thankfully Mr. MOT told me to run a wire from the switch to the fuse for the main beam and come back........then it passed.


Wasn't so lucky the following year when I only noticed the sills were virtually non-existent on the morning of the MOT - and proceeded to roll up some newspaper, stuff it in what was left of the sills then smother it in lashings of isopon and sprayed the whole underside grey (it was the only paint I could find). I knew it wasn't going too well when, over the tannoy, the inspector summoned his workmates to look at what he had found, and proceeded to throw lumps of isopon and newspaper out from the pit. This, and the leaky rear brake cylinders consigned the car to the great scrapyear in the sky.


mrges