DRL-Fog Light Hack

[Lew]

You might want to raise the new fog lights. They are set to shine low. I raised my LED's up 10 full turns. They look much better set a little higher.

[savinor]

My 2000S fog lights are not adjustable.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by savinor

My 2000S fog lights are not adjustable.

Yes they are. All 986 headlights are the same and all have adjustable main beams and fog lights.

[soxfan1966]

Oh, and I did raise them (or at least I think I did, used my hand to see where the beam was as I turned the adjustment screw). I did reach side 10 turns. Not really sure if it made much of a difference, maybe from further away it does.

[Lew]

I pulled up to my garage door and adjusted the fog lights. Ten turns makes a big difference.

[tonythetiger]

Performed this hack on my 2002 and 2001 booster s.
the hack worked perfectly on both cars, then after a day, on the 2001, DRL stays on all the time with ignition on. The headlights don't toggle the fogs off. 2001 has litronic headlights, but the circuit is identical.
I'm figuring the relay is stuck, yeah?
Anyone else have this?

[gonzzo]

FYI....

Back in the day, I remember I had a small piece of a ziptie wedged behind the headlamp switch knob, it was just wide enough to keep the fogs on as DRL's, I'll have to see if I can do it again now that I have the boxster again.

Hope this helps someone....

[Troy.Boxster]

I tried this hack today but came across a problem. Everything works correctly except the shield solenoid is activated (or not activated, not sure what the normal position is) so my projectors (thanks Fred!) are fully on when I turn the headlights on. Activating the brights doesn't change anything. Flashing the brights turns off the fogs when the headlights are off, so that works as expected. Has anyone with Fred's projectors had a similar experience or otherwise have an idea of what may be causing my problem? I'm assuming this has something to do with how the projectors are wired, but that's a guess.

[particlewave]

Originally Posted by Troy.Boxster

I tried this hack today but came across a problem. Everything works correctly except the shield solenoid is activated (or not activated, not sure what the normal position is) so my projectors (thanks Fred!) are fully on when I turn the headlights on. Activating the brights doesn't change anything. Flashing the brights turns off the fogs when the headlights are off, so that works as expected. Has anyone with Fred's projectors had a similar experience or otherwise have an idea of what may be causing my problem? I'm assuming this has something to do with how the projectors are wired, but that's a guess.

It's because of the low load of the high beam solenoid. If you want it to work properly with the fog lights as DRLs, you'll need to add a load resistor in parallel with the high beam solenoid (the same type of load resistor used to fix LED flashers).

This fools the car into thinking that a normal bulb is in the high beam socket.

[Troy.Boxster]

Originally Posted by particlewave

It's because of the low load of the high beam solenoid. If you want it to work properly with the fog lights as DRLs, you'll need to add a load resistor in parallel with the high beam solenoid (the same type of load resistor used to fix LED flashers).

This fools the car into thinking that a normal bulb is in the high beam socket.

Thanks Charles, you are a rock star! Perhaps I'll just use the LED spars I bought as DRLs and use the fogs as my high-beam flash when I don't have the headlights on.