October 22, 200619 yr I am putting aftermarket fog lights on my '97 Legacy. I got a used fog light switch from an Outback in a junkyard. The switch has 5 wires in the connector: 2 yellow w/ light blue, 1 white w/ yellow, 1 white, 1 black w/yellow. I don't have a FSM or wiring diagram. Can anyone tell me what the individual wires went to? I will be using a relay to power the lights, and I'll power the relay (with an inline fuse) directly from the battery. I'd like the switch to be powered only with the key on. What's the easiest place to tap into power? Easiest place to tap into instrument lights power?
October 22, 200619 yr Out of curiosity, look around the front fog light locations, the harness should be there. Then all you need really is the OE fog light relay. nipper
October 22, 200619 yr Author Out of curiosity, look around the front fog light locations, the harness should be there. Then all you need really is the OE fog light relay. nipper Haven't found them yet. I have a Legacy L, not an Outback. I do know the rear wiring harnesses are not the same (Outback has a T connector for trailer wiring, my Legacy does not). I suspect it is the same up front and in the dash. Can anybody confirm this?
October 23, 200619 yr Haven't found them yet. I have a Legacy L, not an Outback. I do know the rear wiring harnesses are not the same (Outback has a T connector for trailer wiring, my Legacy does not). I suspect it is the same up front and in the dash.Can anybody confirm this? i'm surprsied you can't find it. SUbaru being a small mfg tends to make one harness for one model. I'ld look at mine for you but its still in surgery. nipper
October 23, 200619 yr [...]I don't have a FSM or wiring diagram. Can anyone tell me what the individual wires went to? You have a Private Message.
October 23, 200619 yr I got the OEM Subaru Legacy Projector Fog Lamp Kit on ebay. It included the lamps, switch, relay and wiring harness. My '96 legacy "L" did not have the wiring pre-installed. I would assume "regular" Legacys do not have the wiring installed in the bumper ( unless they had dealer installed fogs )and that "Outbacks" do. Here's some scans of the installation manual if you were wondering how the oem switch is wired..
October 23, 200619 yr Author I got the OEM Subaru Legacy Projector Fog Lamp Kit on ebay. It included the lamps, switch, relay and wiring harness. My '96 legacy "L" did not have the wiring pre-installed. I would assume "regular" Legacys do not have the wiring installed in the bumper ( unless they had dealer installed fogs )and that "Outbacks" do. Here's some scans of the installation manual if you were wondering how the oem switch is wired.. Thanks for the info. (Thumbnails are kind of hard to read) I checked with my locl Subaru dealer and both the projector and the standard fog light kits are no longer available. Anybody have a kit they'd like to sell me?
October 23, 200619 yr If its an add on harness, you could go to a junkyard and pull one out of a car..... nipper
October 23, 200619 yr Author If its an add on harness, you could go to a junkyard and pull one out of a car..... nipper ...if there was a Legacy with the fog lights in a junkyard here, I'd have already pulled it out by now...but there are none. I was lucky to find even one Outback to get a switch out of.
October 23, 200619 yr Thanks for the info. (Thumbnails are kind of hard to read)I checked with my locl Subaru dealer and both the projector and the standard fog light kits are no longer available. Anybody have a kit they'd like to sell me? The JDM fog kits show up on ebay all the time. search "95-99 legacy fog". Usually from 75 to 200 bucks. Here's one now..although no harness it's in freakin hong kong.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/JDM-Subaru-92-98-Legacy-BG-BD-Projector-Fog-Lights-Lamp_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33709QQihZ016QQitemZ260044776597QQrdZ1QQsspagenameZWDVW Sorry about the crummy pics...I shrunk them 3 times before they would attach....email me and I'll send the original scans from work. BTW, I may be getting rid of my '96 soon and if I do, I'll sell the kit. They really work well and look cool too.
January 26, 200719 yr I am putting aftermarket fog lights on my '97 Legacy. I got a used fog light switch from an Outback in a junkyard. The switch has 5 wires in the connector: 2 yellow w/ light blue, 1 white w/ yellow, 1 white, 1 black w/yellow.I don't have a FSM or wiring diagram. Can anyone tell me what the individual wires went to? I will be using a relay to power the lights, and I'll power the relay (with an inline fuse) directly from the battery. I'd like the switch to be powered only with the key on. What's the easiest place to tap into power? Easiest place to tap into instrument lights power? Still looking for wiring information? I can send you wiring info for Impreza out of FSM. It should be the same for Legacy. Drop me a PM with your snail mail address and I can send it off to you.
January 26, 200719 yr The yellow with light blue go to the low side of the lights, or ground. They supply the low for the edge lighting, the light to show the switch is on. Hook these to ground. The white supplies the ground to the relay, via the yellow with light blue wire when the switch is pushed. Hook this to the ground side of the relay coil. The white with yellow is for switch edge lighting. Hook this to the exterior lighting voltage so the switch lettering is lit when your headlights are on. The black and yellow is your 12 volts to turn the light on in the switch to show it's on. This can come from any 12 volt source that's present with the ingnition on.
January 27, 200719 yr I thank Tiny for the explaination I believe this is what he meant? The problem with my diagram is any time the key is on and the button is depressed the aux lights will be on. Hope this helps
January 29, 200719 yr Yep, that would be it. You could always tie the black/yellow wire to the low beam wire, and it would work as it is supposed to. The small current draw on that line from the fog light switch bulbs and the relay would be minimal.
January 29, 200719 yr T.C., Please correct me if I am mistaken. It is my recollection that the headlamp lighting circuit is a ground control system. e.g. The headlamp's common terminal is provided positive battery voltage by the headlight relay(s). The filament that is to be illuminated is provided a ground by the hi/lo switch in the turn stalk. If this is the case attaching the black/yellow wire to the low beam wire would eliminate the positive voltage to the coil/"ON" lamp. Two grounds do not a circuit make or sumtin like that?
January 29, 200719 yr That would be correct, I guess I should look first, then type. He could go into either circuit feeding the headlights, fuse 26 or 24. Thanks for clearing that up, Skip. I need a glass of wine now.
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