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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:40 PM
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Wiring front running lights, eh?

My Canadian model 93 was wired from the factory so lights came on in front (forget if parking or fog or...) when the engine was on. I think it is a good safety design to increase visibility to other drivers without rotating up the torches. Especially with small and dark sports car..

Is there an easy way to wire my US model to do the same thing? Like the fog lights come on whenever the engine is running?

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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:46 PM
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If you follow the wires for the fogs you probably find that they join up with the headlight switch somewhere, because they don't come on w/o the headlights on. So if you can disconnect them form the headlight wires, and connect them to wherever the headlight wires connect to...?

I have no idea about electrical **** really, just guessing.
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Old Jun 5, 2003 | 09:52 PM
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btw, love the canadian "eh?"

off topic but heres a funny joke I heard.

Canadians needed a name for their country, so they decided to take a bag, put all the letters of the alphabet in it, and pull out there. It went like this:
C eh? N eh? D eh?
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 02:16 PM
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Did canadian models and US models have different wiring harness or electrical setup?
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 02:32 PM
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Just find a source that is powered by an ignition source and hook into it for your lights. Ignition on = lights on. If you dont think you are getting enough power to the lights from your source throw a relay in there powered from the battery and triggered by the ignition source and you are good to go.

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