Front fogs as headlights is it legal?? Options

[gaznabz]

I have just bourght a front bumper with fogs but rather than connecting them to the fogs i was thinkg of connecting them to my front lights instaed is this legal and would it pass a moty??

[MCCORNY11]

i asked ages ago if anyone knew of bulbs that would fit in the fogs to make them less brighter so they could be on when i drive but was burnt down

[shawdreamer]

I have just bourght a front bumper with fogs but rather than connecting them to the fogs i was thinkg of connecting them to my front lights instaed is this legal and would it pass a moty??

yes its ilegal without lense amd glass modification as fog lights dont disperse light correctly and the ntensity is to great.

no, never in a million years will it pass.

[gaznabz]

I have just bourght a front bumper with fogs but rather than connecting them to the fogs i was thinkg of connecting them to my front lights instaed is this legal and would it pass a moty??

yes its ilegal without lense amd glass modification as fog lights dont disperse light correctly and the ntensity is to great.

no, never in a million years will it pass.

gutted hahaha never mind! will they pass if they dont work as foggies??

[Jordan99940]

I have just bourght a front bumper with fogs but rather than connecting them to the fogs i was thinkg of connecting them to my front lights instaed is this legal and would it pass a moty??

yes its ilegal without lense amd glass modification as fog lights dont disperse light correctly and the ntensity is to great.

no, never in a million years will it pass.

Shawdreamer you may be the man to help if i wire my spots up to indicators will there be a bulb that i can just replace from the fog to a orange bulb if you get me?

p.s. sorry for thread hijack

[gaznabz]

ok as i am not allowed to use my foggies a snormal headlights how do i wire them up as foggies??

[PeeWee]

Topics merged, we really dont need a seperate topic to continue this.

[heavyrightfoot]

ok as i am not allowed to use my foggies a snormal headlights how do i wire them up as foggies??

you will need the switch (pm me if you need one), ad the wiring is usually there behind the dashboard and behind the front bumper

I have just bourght a front bumper with fogs but rather than connecting them to the fogs i was thinkg of connecting them to my front lights instaed is this legal and would it pass a moty??

yes its ilegal without lense amd glass modification as fog lights dont disperse light correctly and the ntensity is to great.

no, never in a million years will it pass.

Shawdreamer you may be the man to help if i wire my spots up to indicators will there be a bulb that i can just replace from the fog to a orange bulb if you get me?

p.s. sorry for thread hijack

The only bulbs that will fit in the fog light and white bulbs, unless you make another hole in the casing for an indicator bulb

[Danzetec]

If you can change the bulbs to the small push-fit sidelight bulbs they would be legal as sidelights

[shawdreamer]

If you can change the bulbs to the small push-fit sidelight bulbs they would be legal as sidelights

there are low intensity bulbs available for fogs thar fall into the sidelight catagory (they often cost more than brighter bulbs tho iirc)

as for wiring them up as standard fogs, I made my own loom which isnt as complicated as it sounds, just wire, a 2-way switch and a automobile relay, wired with the relay to the switched-live headlights wire so that the fogs can only be used in conjunction with the headlights as is the norm and legal requirement for british roads.

to change the bulbs into indicator bulbs, wire into the indy circuit and use some high temp orange tint spray till desired level of colour. (did see some on Egay a while back)

[Frazer_d]

Sorry for pulling up an old topic but...

I wired my foglights into my full beam, I just used a relay, job done.

Better vision at night, looks good and they don't blind anyone on the road as you only have your dip on when there is on-coming traffic.

Basically spot lights, I got spoken to by the police one night and they gave my car a check over, checked all my lights and they never said anything when I put my full beam on.

For the mot, I just simply un-plugged the relay and plugged it back in after she passed.

Cheers,
Fraz

[kitted_escort]

i am sure that u will not b able to pass a mot with the fogs as head ligt due to the watts an all that kinda stuff, plus they r bright n u might dizzle other drivers n make they crash

[Frazer_d]

Better vision at night, looks good and they don't blind anyone on the road as you only have your dip on when there is on-coming traffic.

For the mot, I just simply un-plugged the relay and plugged it back in after she passed.

[stevmo3691]

Better vision at night, looks good and they don't blind anyone on the road as you only have your dip on when there is on-coming traffic.

For the mot, I just simply un-plugged the relay and plugged it back in after she passed.

wired up like they are driving lights which should be legal for mot

its pee easy to wire up fog lights. even i can do it, and i did it on 2 cars that never got front fogs on any model (91 corolla exec and 95 rover 214sei)
and have to remember i'm officially retarded having spunked 5K on my escort and it still looked like a scrap heap special a very polished one mind

This post has been edited by stevmo3691: Aug 23 2010, 11:03 PM

[manifest]

I've been pulled over a couple of times and told to turn my fogs off at night, the police told me it would dazzle other road users.

Tells you what though they're bloody good for a bit of extra light when used on very dark roads, combined with full beam it gives you a brilliant view in the dark.

Why dont you just wire them up as normal fogs mate, its a usefull function to have?