Re: Cherokee foglight and auxiliary lighting question
 

On Feb 10, 11:49 pm, Jason Halsey <jayhal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Have an 01 Cherokee that i want to add foglights and auxiliary led
> lights to. Opened up the dash and there is a pigtail to plug into the
> stock foglight switch behind the blank in my switch bezel. Pigtail
> seems ot have power as the back light to the switch comes on with the
> headlights, but no power running through the switch,as the "on" light
> doesnt come on. I assume this is because i dont have the necessary
> relays for fogs installed. Found a source for a second switch and a
> stock foglight wiring kit. My question is what is the easiest way to
> wire the fogs and the supplemental lights. Should i wire the fogs using
> the existing pigtail or use the entire kit to wire the fogs and use the
> pigtail to wire the leds? or vice versa. The leds dont need a relay so
> i was planning to wire those straight. Next question is what do the
> wires in the pigtail go to? I know its probably power ground power to
> load and a wire for the backlight to come on with the headlights but i
> dont know which wire is which.
> any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

I bought my foglights and wiring on ebay from Jeepsareus, comes with
a
factory switch and wiring necessary to hook them up, but does not use
the factory pigtail that comes with the Jeep. Took me about 2 hours to
install the wiring.

Kevin in Iowa
99XJ

Re: Cherokee foglight and auxiliary lighting question
 

On Feb 10, 11:49 pm, Jason Halsey <jayhal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Have an 01 Cherokee that i want to add foglights and auxiliary led
> lights to. Opened up the dash and there is a pigtail to plug into the
> stock foglight switch behind the blank in my switch bezel. Pigtail
> seems ot have power as the back light to the switch comes on with the
> headlights, but no power running through the switch,as the "on" light
> doesnt come on. I assume this is because i dont have the necessary
> relays for fogs installed. Found a source for a second switch and a
> stock foglight wiring kit. My question is what is the easiest way to
> wire the fogs and the supplemental lights. Should i wire the fogs using
> the existing pigtail or use the entire kit to wire the fogs and use the
> pigtail to wire the leds? or vice versa. The leds dont need a relay so
> i was planning to wire those straight. Next question is what do the
> wires in the pigtail go to? I know its probably power ground power to
> load and a wire for the backlight to come on with the headlights but i
> dont know which wire is which.
> any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

I bought my foglights and wiring on ebay from Jeepsareus, comes with
a
factory switch and wiring necessary to hook them up, but does not use
the factory pigtail that comes with the Jeep. Took me about 2 hours to
install the wiring.

Kevin in Iowa
99XJ

Re: Cherokee foglight and auxiliary lighting question
 

On Feb 10, 11:49 pm, Jason Halsey <jayhal...@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
> Have an 01 Cherokee that i want to add foglights and auxiliary led
> lights to. Opened up the dash and there is a pigtail to plug into the
> stock foglight switch behind the blank in my switch bezel. Pigtail
> seems ot have power as the back light to the switch comes on with the
> headlights, but no power running through the switch,as the "on" light
> doesnt come on. I assume this is because i dont have the necessary
> relays for fogs installed. Found a source for a second switch and a
> stock foglight wiring kit. My question is what is the easiest way to
> wire the fogs and the supplemental lights. Should i wire the fogs using
> the existing pigtail or use the entire kit to wire the fogs and use the
> pigtail to wire the leds? or vice versa. The leds dont need a relay so
> i was planning to wire those straight. Next question is what do the
> wires in the pigtail go to? I know its probably power ground power to
> load and a wire for the backlight to come on with the headlights but i
> dont know which wire is which.
> any help would be appreciated.
> Thanks
> Jason

I bought my foglights and wiring on ebay from Jeepsareus, comes with
a
factory switch and wiring necessary to hook them up, but does not use
the factory pigtail that comes with the Jeep. Took me about 2 hours to
install the wiring.

Kevin in Iowa
99XJ