Aminorjourney
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So I took the plunge and picked up a switch for factory-style front/rear fogs. My ultimate goal is to implement front-fogs in the lower grille as some others have done, but have it tied to the light switch.
So far, it's just the switch install, and some FORsacn tweaks, giving me front fog IPC telltale and auto-cancel for front fogs for when I actually install them. I will need to wire up a custom loom between front fogs and BCM -the factory manual seems to suggest it should work if I run the appropriate wires. (and relays)
The rear fog light switch and tell-tale have been enabled in FORscan, but they're not toggling on the IPC like the Front fog. Interestingly, I had a play yesterday evening with FORscan and was able to track the switch registering as a rear fog switch push (momentary only, so it showed ON when pushed and off when released).
I was also able to send the IPC the correct CAN code via FORscan to turn the tell tale on and then off again, so if for some reason my plan of trying to get it working factory-style doesn't work, I can program something on the can bus to latch the rear fog and activate the tell tale, using an aftermarket relay if required.
It's late, and I'm tired, and it's been a week - but hey, have a video. Turns out the light control cluster is modular, and we can switch out our bed lighting switch to keep a factory look.
So far, it's just the switch install, and some FORsacn tweaks, giving me front fog IPC telltale and auto-cancel for front fogs for when I actually install them. I will need to wire up a custom loom between front fogs and BCM -the factory manual seems to suggest it should work if I run the appropriate wires. (and relays)
The rear fog light switch and tell-tale have been enabled in FORscan, but they're not toggling on the IPC like the Front fog. Interestingly, I had a play yesterday evening with FORscan and was able to track the switch registering as a rear fog switch push (momentary only, so it showed ON when pushed and off when released).
I was also able to send the IPC the correct CAN code via FORscan to turn the tell tale on and then off again, so if for some reason my plan of trying to get it working factory-style doesn't work, I can program something on the can bus to latch the rear fog and activate the tell tale, using an aftermarket relay if required.
It's late, and I'm tired, and it's been a week - but hey, have a video. Turns out the light control cluster is modular, and we can switch out our bed lighting switch to keep a factory look.
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