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NewBeeR/T
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10/22/2005
16:05:59
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 Subject: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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I just bought an 01 Dakota R/T,and my factory fog lights isn't working,I thought about getting some aftermarket fog lights off of ebay,but don't wanna have all kinds of wires struding through my engine bay,can i wire aftermarkets into my factory harness,or should i go with the harness for the kit,i want it facotry looking as much as possible without a little switch you have to double-side tape on you dash?some 1 help me out on the best direction to take on this,what size is the factory fog lights,its a 4" round isn't it?
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NewBeeR/T
Dodge Dakota
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10/22/2005
17:41:10
|  RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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bump
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NewBeeR/T
Dodge Dakota
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10/23/2005
07:22:14
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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anybody
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Forseti
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10/23/2005
18:27:06
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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Why are the fog lights not working ? bad bulbs? bad switch? bad relay?
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NewBeeR/T
Dodge Dakota
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10/23/2005
20:23:09
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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iam assuming bad bulbs.But could be switch,harness or rely.
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pete
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10/23/2005
20:37:19
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yes, they are 4" round lites. however good luck troubleshooting the fogs... could be a multitude of things. most common is a bad headlight switch. after much agony i just did the aftermarket thing and hid the switch out of sight. its pretty easy shouldnt take more than an afternoon, some creativity is involved with the brackets, but any of the 4" kits will work just fine.
sorry i couldnt help more, but good luck
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NewBeeR/T
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10/23/2005
23:21:15
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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thanks pete
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SinCity R/T
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10/24/2005
14:18:49
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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I would try to find out why your current fog lights are not working before trying to rip everything out - Dodge didn't leave a convenient way to mount aftermarket fog light brackets inside of those holes.
First off check the fuses under the hood, then check the fuses on the side of the dash on the driver's side. Use a multimeter if possible because sometimes the breaks can be hard to spot on the little fuses.
After that, check the bulbs and see if they're blown out - all you have to do is reach up from below the bumper and twist the socket to pull them out from behind.
If that doesn't work then check the headlight switch, quite often the contacts can fail. If that is working ok then check the relays.
SinCity R/T
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NewBeeR/T
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10/25/2005
00:09:16
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but hell the facotry foglight(s) meaning 1 light is so damn expensive,hey pete what way did you intsall your aftermarket fog lights??do you have a picture??
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Forseti
Dodge Dakota
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10/25/2005
16:40:42
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Replace the bulb .. not the whole damn thing ......
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pete
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10/26/2005
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email me pete102580@yahoo.com and i will TRY to get you a picture. im deploying overseas in a week and quite frankly -i dont have much time to mess around but if i have mye camera at a time i find myself crawling under my truck, and have your email readily available- ill hook u up.
--its pretty obvious what needs done, once you have all the parts in front of you.. i cut up the stock brackets a touch, and got a bunch of washers to center things up
just email me and ill get you pics if i can
pete
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NewBeeR/T
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10/26/2005
08:45:14
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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Forseti........my housing (both)has weather cracks,that needs to be replaced.
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rixdakr/t
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10/31/2005
00:25:18
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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To answer your question. First i would unplug the factory harness from the fogs and get a voltmeter and make sure your getting voltage to the lights. If your not i would go with ohming out the switch and fuse for the fogs making sure the switch didnt fail in the open position. Next i would locate the relay under the hood and check all the contacts on the cube relay make sure the coil on the relay isnt burnt out which wont allow the normally open and normally closed contacts to open or shut when the coil is energized. hope this helps you out. Im not a car mechanic. I do hvac so i am pretty good at troubleshooting electrical schematics cuz thats all i do. Im just trying to save you some money on those fogs you may not need to replace if its just a simple problem. If its just the bulbs just remember to wear gloves so you dont touch them with your hands the oil from your hands will pop the bulb instantly once they are powered up. hope this helps you out.
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rixdakr/t
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10/31/2005
00:31:21
| RE: 5.9 R/T Fog Lights
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you should be able to just chop the factory harness connector splice in with a weather tight connector and just hook up your power and ground so you can still be able to use your factory switch. If your trying to add more foglights just splice into the existing harness with the power and ground and throw some black wire loom to cover the wires on their and a couple zip ties and itll be lookin good.
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NewBeeR/T
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10/31/2005
01:16:44
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ok..thanks
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