Fogs, or No Fogs?

[Ayles]

I have a smashed drivers side fog light and cant trace the wire up into the fender all that far. Where does it come out in the frunk?

I have been searching and searching. Found a ton of guys whom have deleted the fog lights, but not much info on where the lights actually disconnect from the wiring.

[Jesse16]

The plugs are in the trunk. My lights have two female spade terminals on the light side. Can't remember what the male plug unit was. Just follow the wire carefully to the plug. Right side is down close to the gas tank as I remember on my 87. I did the foglight delete when I painted the car. Painter did a perfect job welding in to match the holes in the valance when it was out. I put the grommets that come to the trunk back in the holes and filled with black rev.. I like it.

[Cook&Dunning]

I have been looking for this thread. I found a pair of fog light grills - they fit perfect in the valence - could be custom made, or could be a production part - I am not sure - built in adjustable, so they would work with fog lights, or instead of fog lights. I stripped them and sprayed with epoxy primer. Has anyone seen these and if so who made them? Thank you

[Ayles]

Originally Posted by Jesse16

The plugs are in the trunk. My lights have two female spade terminals on the light side. Can't remember what the male plug unit was. Just follow the wire carefully to the plug. Right side is down close to the gas tank as I remember on my 87. I did the foglight delete when I painted the car. Painter did a perfect job welding in to match the holes in the valance when it was out. I put the grommets that come to the trunk back in the holes and filled with black rev.. I like it.

Fog lights are out! Thanks for the tips, I was off a little on the wiring I was looking at originally. Easier than I thought it would be!

[McLaren-TAG]

All the cool kids go fog-less.

[RSBob]

Originally Posted by McLaren-TAG

All the cool kids go fog-less.

That one made me smile

[Gretz]

Originally Posted by Jesse16

The plugs are in the trunk. My lights have two female spade terminals on the light side. Can't remember what the male plug unit was. Just follow the wire carefully to the plug. Right side is down close to the gas tank as I remember on my 87.

So all that is required to delete the fogs is to unplug two connectors and unbolt the lights?

[AG81]

Originally Posted by Gretz

So all that is required to delete the fogs is to unplug two connectors and unbolt the lights?

^ you are correct.

[Autoban]

I converted my fog lights to daylight running lights for safety.

Juergen

[JSV798]

My 78 SC never had front fog lights but does have a rear fog light for safety and is I think a legal requirement here in the UK (as someone else has mentioned).
My understanding of the wiring is that when main beam is selected the dipped beam remains on (it certainly does on my car) so that's quite a bit of current flowing through the light switch. And the rear fog light also takes its feed from fuse 6 (left hand dipped beam) so that's even more current going through the light switch. Once I realized this I added relays. Relays also improve brightness of existing lights.

[Harpo]

I just removed mine. Much cleaner look

[billydeakins]

I've been contemplating redoing mine similar to the GProgramm cars, with the 2 rounds in front of a Clubsport style front valence.....already bought the valence from our host, but still contemplating on which lights to use or if I even want to do it....I don't want it to look Pep Boys-y! What do you guys think? And anybody know which size lights they're using....looks kind of like Hella 118 lights to me - top looks like fog and bottom like driving lights.

[spedrcr]

My 2 cents on this question albeit an older thread-yellow lenses on Carrera valance is on point. Love the look during the daytime too with no lights illuminated.

[Jesse16]

Here was mine, I really tried to avoid driving any distance at night so the fogs IMHO where of no use. Considered using the switch as part of an anti-theft scenario but never happened. The lenses take a beating down close to the road so that's a PIA for a car that sees highway miles. I understand better why lens covers are a good idea but then you look like a rally driver. I've hit deer carcasses, truck re-treads, etc. so that whole front valance area needs to be considered consumable.

[ClickClickBoom]

I doubled down and added the rear fog on mine. Can't have too much lighting...I drive day/night, rain or shine, and when visiting the inlaws, transit the dreaded California Central Valley, during all seasons, which includes some of the densest fog known to man, I have seen visibilities of 20 feet.

[4flyboy]

Here's mine, I've purchased another wide body valence and will have the holes welded and paint it. I love the clean look like the red beast below (borrowed)...... helps that we aren't required front plates in Florida.

[scarceller]

How about just replacing the factory fogs with hi quality same size driving lights (hi-beams)?
I recall Cibie selling real nice set of driving lights back in the 80s and 90s for our cars?
I have little use for fogs but I'd love to have extra set of hi-beams.

[kmctm]

My fogs didn't work when I got the car (SC) so I took them off pretty quickly.

For me, the protruding SC fogs are pretty gawky looking, but even the integrated fogs don't look great — there aren't a lot of flat rectangles on the car, so they sort of clash with the design.

Last summer I replaced the valence with a new one without any holes.

[Flojo]

I deleted my fogs... their square design imho does not fit the overall design of the front... much better without

[billydeakins]

Originally Posted by Flojo

I deleted my fogs... their square design imho does not fit the overall design of the front... much better without

Love your car so much Flo!