^ FWIW wire them yourself, the stock wiring while adequate is just that-adequate. I have very powerfull lightbar on my work van that we totally wired ourself with all 14 gauge or better wire. No chances and its held up great. I also wired all my offroad lights, all 14ga too.
Thicker the wire better you are so long as you dont go nuts. Most stock wiring its 18ga and imho barely enough.
Marc<br />96' T100 SR5 4x4<br /><br />Other rides:<br />00 Honda 416EX
Just bought a set of the Piaa 510 Fog lights off ebay for $165.00.:P
2000 Toyota 4runner with some goodies.
i have them running through this switch:
as number 1. number 4 is the lights on top. 2 and 3 arent used yet... got that fancy switch thing from autozone, got a HUGE discount because it was open box. its good for 10 amps of draw, so basically all it does is provide a switching source for some 30 or 40 amp relays. great thing is it turns off when i turn off the truck (wired to the acc) and dont come back on when i restart the truck.
Last edited by Seanz0rz; 08-25-2013 at 06:00 PM.
2005 Lexus LX470 - Stock for now...
1998 Toyota 4Runner SR5 V6 4x4 + a bunch of goodies. Lifted, Locked, Illuminated and Armored. Winner,"Best Offroad Truck" - 2010 Pismo Jamboree. It's been upside down and still drives me to work.
My set of PIAA's came in today and I have a question or two.
I'm going to be using the factory fog light switch and not the one supplied with the lights. On the back of the factory switch there are three prongs which one is the power, the ground and the netural?
PIAA switch wiring (white - power, red - netural and black ground correct)
Everything else is prewired except the power to the switch which needs to run to a source (obivous.
How should I wire the power to switch?
Thanks
2000 Toyota 4runner with some goodies.
What factory switch do you have? Is it on the stock or is it a toggle with orange light? It's it's the latter there are three prongs, labeled 1, 2, 3. Two of the prongs are silver and the last a copper color. One prong ( number 1 I think) is the ground for the orange light and the other two for the lights (power interrupter).
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If it is the switch on the stock I have no idea. I've never followed the wires from my stock but there is no light on it. I imagine these are wired into the headlight circiut as well as the factory fogs turn off with the high beams.
Yep, that's the switch.
How does that correspond with the wiring that is prerun to the piaa switch though (black, red, white)?
2000 Toyota 4runner with some goodies.
I would find a voltmeter and figure out the polarity.
But hey, these guys already did it: http://www.4x4wire.com/toyota/4Runner/tech/switch/
* Top prong should be connected to the ground wire
* Middle prong should be connected to the "hot" power wire
* Bottom prong should be connected to the wire for the relay
Find out which wire is what for the PIAA lights, then its simple.
Marc<br />96' T100 SR5 4x4<br /><br />Other rides:<br />00 Honda 416EX
Does/did your 4runner have fog lights from the factory. If so are you no longer using them (just the switch)? This is kind of what I'm getting from you. I'm also getting that the new lights are pre wired. Does this mean they are hooked up with a relay?Originally Posted by ttora4runner
Are you planning on just plugging your new lights (just the lights) into the factory harness? If so just take out your old lights and/or splice your new lights into the factory harness on each side and you're good. Only problem I could see is that if the new lights pull a lot more than your factory lights. If so just rewire using the instructions that came with your new lights and use the Toyota switch instead of the one that PIAA gave you.
Here you go. Everything is prewired with the kit all I have to do is make the connections to the battery and run power to the switch. Which is the question I have, how should I run power to the switch (I don't have factory fog lughts)?
The switch that came with the lights is being axed in favor of the factory switch.
2000 Toyota 4runner with some goodies.
Oh, Ok. You got a switch for this project. I get it. I thought maybe you already had the factory fogs. Install those puppies just like they show in the instructions. Don't cut anything as they look good to go. Well you might have to unplug the switch from the harness and it the prongs into your new switch as shown above.
It looks as if the harness has a relay. It's the little black box that has 4 wires going into it. Unplug everything from the relay taking note where everything goes. Mount the lights in the pockets. Then run the wires where you want them (it'll be much easier now that everything is unplugged from the relay). From the looks of your setup I'd mount the relay on the fire wall or somewhere on the sheet metal under the hood. This will keep it protected and dry. Connect the wires from the lights to the mounted relay (where they were before you unplugged everything). Run your switch wire through the rubber grommet in the firewall on the drivers side and pull wire through. You should have only one wire. Next run a wire from the 12V switched fuse spot that is in the fuse box by your left knee. On my 1999 4runner it is the upper left empty spot but use a volt meter to make sure it is in fact switched. That wire goes from that box to one of the prongs on the switch (the copper one or the middle silver one). The wire you pulled through the firewall goes on the other prong (the copper one or the middle one-either way will work but if it's backwards the orange light won't turn on when the lights are on-ie. on is off and off is on). The left over prong on the switch needs a wire from it to ground. This is for the orange light.
Next you need to ground the relay. I believe it's prong 30 from the relay. Now all that is left is to connect the battery to the relay. I say do this one last because it gives you time to go over everything before you hook it up to power. Once it is hooked up to the 12v you're good to go.
Hope this makes sense.
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