Installing Fog lamps on a '79 question

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Am about to install a pair of fog lamps on my '79 Beetle Conv. Wiring includes an inline fuse, relay, and switch. From what point or terminal can/should I get my 12v power from?

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[Lingwendil]

On my 73 I piggybacked key-on power from the wire feeding the defroster switch in the dash, and pulled battery hot for the relay from the back of the infused side of the fuse box, since you are using your own fuse anyway, keeping it from burdening the stock fuses.

How are you mounting them? Here's how I did them on my 73, but you've got the beefcake bumper shocks so I'm not sure what would be elegant and easy.

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Have a pair of large Marchal fog lights that want to mount them on/behind the bumper as you did. There are 2 OEM holes on the bottoms of the bumper that I intend on fabricating small U shape brackets to mount the lights on.

[gt1953]

What I did was to bring a 10 gauge wire from battery to the trunk area. Fused at the battery of course. From there I now have a source of 12 volt power for what ever. When adding the fog light I used a automotive relay for the fog lamps and fused it over course.
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[cfvwtuner]

When I had my big bumpers, I used an exhaust clamp around the bumper shock and made by bracket off of that.

[APPLEGREENVW]

Here is a photo of 74 & up bumpers with fog lights.

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[rockerarm]

Hi and WELCOME.
The opinion of a separate wire from a battery source sounds good to me. Install fuse as close to its voltage source as possible. As far as a switch goes, the late super beetle had a plastic panel below the speedo and had a location for a factory rocker switch, if one could be found. I would imagine your state has laws governing when a fog light could be on, meaning with low beams only, but may not draw too much attention if wired otherwise.
Nice project, good luck.
Hope this helps, Bill.

[Mudpump]

If you actually need fog lights they should be mounted under the bumper to be fully effective. They're more driving lights on top, though maybe more aesthetic there

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[Rome]

I also ran a new wire from the battery to the trunk on my '77. Crimped/soldered a large-eye terminal at the wire end for the battery + clamp nut. Wire was 12 gauge. Remember, if wired correctly, the fogs are not on when the high beams/driving lights are on, so you can even do fine with a wire which is the same gauge as the factory high beams (14 gauge?). I ran the wire along the right heater channel along the floor. There is an approx. 1" hole factory-stamped in the inner fenderwell a few inches forward of the front door opening and above the heater channel, where I pulled the wire up into the trunk. Carpet hides all wiring.

Used a conventional (Radio Shack, etc.) 4-terminal work relay for the fog light circuit, and another for the driving lights. For the fogs, the relay was wired:

terminal 30 gets the power from the battery wire,
87 goes to the fog lights,
85 goes to ground,
86 is a small wire (18 ga. is enough) piggy-backing onto one of the low beams, going to a toggle switch on the dash as the master on/off.

86 is the trigger wire for the relay, so that when the low beams are on, the fogs can be switched on. When the low beams are switched off when going to the high beams, the trigger wire current goes to zero, and the fog light relay goes dead.

After driving the Beetle with this configuration on warm weekends for nearly 15 years, I used the fogs less than a handful of times. I removed them about 8 yrs ago. But the driving lights remain in place.

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[Evil Clown]

How do I figure out if these are 6v or 12v?
Just setup one to 12v charger and it lights up. Edit:
It blew out the bulb on 12 so, guess it's tha 6v
The other one is broken...
This is only thread I've found on fog lights...

BTW, I didn't paint the light rings
One wire goes to the battery?

It has a 1133 bulb as far as I can tell...

Don't know what it went on

Anyone seen this type before?
If it's 6v, can it be converted?
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[Mos6502]

Pull the bulb out, and see what the base looks like. It might be a British Pre Focus bulb "BPF" if so there may be a 12v equivalent. Those are spot lights by the way, not fog lights.