gotitformykid
Junior Member
So I am absolutely new here, not so new to Mustangs over the years. Most recently had a '66 289 4spd car.
Picked up an '05 V6 5-speed, for something kinda economical but to also teach the kid how to drive a stick shift in something I'm not too worried if he tears it up a little.
Ran the search function on the site, can't seem to find any clear-cut information on what I want to do.
Car doesn't have fog lights. Want to add them, as factory as possible, including using the factory (or factory-style) switch, so that when the car is off and the lights are off, the fogs are off. I'd prefer not to hack up the factory wiring harness.
Found a couple grille kits online like the AmericanMuscle halo style ones, but the install looks like it presumes you already have fog lights and are replacing them. But I've also read that if the car didn't come from the factory with fogs, the wiring isn't there. Which is a bit of a problem.
Now, overall I don't really care if the fogs stay on with the brights or not, I wouldn't mind if any time the headlights were on the fogs were on, but I want them OFF when the headlights/running lights are off. But it's my kid's car, I don't want to create issues for him just to make it 'look cool.' (I once had a '99 Firebird that the PO had done a conversion so when the brights were on, all 4 headlight bulbs were on, and I had to re-do the wiring twice because it failed).
I'd like it to be an economical package. I like the AmericanMuscle ones here but not sure how to go about the wiring, since it sounds like there's no wiring currently existing.
Anyone done this before? How did you go about it? Anybody know of some good threads/how-tos on it? As much as I dislike the idea can I just grab power from the low beams? Or will that be too much amp draw?
Any help is appreciated.
Picked up an '05 V6 5-speed, for something kinda economical but to also teach the kid how to drive a stick shift in something I'm not too worried if he tears it up a little.
Ran the search function on the site, can't seem to find any clear-cut information on what I want to do.
Car doesn't have fog lights. Want to add them, as factory as possible, including using the factory (or factory-style) switch, so that when the car is off and the lights are off, the fogs are off. I'd prefer not to hack up the factory wiring harness.
Found a couple grille kits online like the AmericanMuscle halo style ones, but the install looks like it presumes you already have fog lights and are replacing them. But I've also read that if the car didn't come from the factory with fogs, the wiring isn't there. Which is a bit of a problem.
Now, overall I don't really care if the fogs stay on with the brights or not, I wouldn't mind if any time the headlights were on the fogs were on, but I want them OFF when the headlights/running lights are off. But it's my kid's car, I don't want to create issues for him just to make it 'look cool.' (I once had a '99 Firebird that the PO had done a conversion so when the brights were on, all 4 headlight bulbs were on, and I had to re-do the wiring twice because it failed).
I'd like it to be an economical package. I like the AmericanMuscle ones here but not sure how to go about the wiring, since it sounds like there's no wiring currently existing.
Anyone done this before? How did you go about it? Anybody know of some good threads/how-tos on it? As much as I dislike the idea can I just grab power from the low beams? Or will that be too much amp draw?
Any help is appreciated.
