Toyota Celica Fog Light Re-Wiring

Splicing Wires:
Take both wires you are going to splice together and cut off about 1/4 to 1/2 an inch of the sheething, then twist the 2 parts of exposed wire together and wrap them in electrical tape. You can also use the crimping connectors, just strip 1/4 inch of the sheething and put it into the connector, then squeeze tightly with plyers, then do the same for the 2nd wire. this prevents the wires from comming apart and also prevents them from touching anyhting that can cause a short. if using these connectors, i would recommend(since the wire is so thin) to cut the sheething off to about an inch, and fold it over 1/2 way to give the connector something bigger to crimp down on. just make sure no expesed wire is sticking out of the connector.

Tools:
1. wire cutters.
2. flat head screw driver.
3. wire strippers, wire cutters work if your careful.
4. A 6 foot piece of wire, 14 guage wire should be fine, as long as it is not solid.
5. Electrical tape (or crimping connectors, i would not use wire nuts, they may rattle around and may noise.
6. Fuse puller (located in main fuse box near battery in engine compartment)
7. Straightened coat hanger (optional, not needed)

WARNING: Do not have the car running while working with electrical components. Disconnect the negative terminal on the battery to be safe.

Step 1: You want me on my hands an knees? (Locate and remove the Fog Light Relay):
The relay is on the passanger side kick panel. You may have to move the plactic covering to get to it, it should bend out of the way easily. Then, pry out the relay holder with the flat head screw driver.

Step 2: "Wire 3a is..." *SHOCK!* "HOT!" (The wiring):
Take the thinner red and white wire that is connected to the relay. It is the one that if closest to the frnt of the car when the relay holder is in the white housing. Cut the wire about 2 inches from the end of the relay holder(see above picture) and tape off the longer piece of wire, it is no longer needed.
Now, take a piece of wire(5 to 6 feet long) and attach it to the thin red and white wire.(see bottom of page for how to attach 2 wires together) Run that wire to the driver side kick panel, and keep it out of sight and away from where your feet wil touch it, especially on the drivers side. the coat hanger can be used to pull it through the center consol, but you can pull out the carpeting and reach your arms through.

^ New wire (green) with relay unmounted, --- New wire (white) with relay mounted ^

Step 3: Do I look good in this? (How do you want your fogs to come on?):
You have a choice here, they can come on when:

1. You turn the key to ON (the only exterior lights that will be on are your fog lights)
or...
2. When you put the parking lights on (Fog lights will turn on when you have the tail lights on(parking lights, they will work when the headlights are on as well)

You decide this, and follow the rest of the instructions.

Step 4: Seeking Therapy (more electrical work):
Now that you decided how you want your fog lights to come one, find the black cover over the fuses in the driver side kick panel. Then pull one of these 2 fuses out and attach the wire you jut ran to either of the 2 legs on the fuse:

1. Fuse # 2 (top row, middle fuse)
or...
2. Fuse # 9 (bottom row, third fuse)

Now that the wire is wrapped around one of the fuse legs, take the fuse and put it back into its holder with the wire at the top, commin out to the side. The Fuse will not go in completly, because the wire is preventing it from doing so, but it is in enough and is being held firmly in place, it should not come out on its own. You may want to put electrical tape over the fuses to hold it in place as a safety precaution. Make sure there are NO exposed wires anywhere. A wire could touch another wire or ground surface and cause a short.

Step 5: Does this make my ass look big? (Testing):
Reconnect your battery if you disconnected it, and turn off the fog light switch. Turn the car to ON, turn off the radio, if you wired it to fuse #2, press the fog light switch and you will hear a click from the fog light relay(on the passanger side). If you wired it to fuse #9, turn your light swich to either parking light(2 clicks) or to your headlights(3 clicks) and press the fog light switch, you should hear a click from the fog light relay.

Step 6: The End:
You're now done, if it didnt work, go back and check your connections and everything again, otherwise it works. now you can drive with your fog lights on and have your headlights down, and you can keep the fog lights on when the high beams are on.