Re: Rear fog question

[Chuck Simpson <csimpson@zeltech.com>]

Yo!

Here is an email I sent earlier this year about the rear fog lights and part
numbers:

Well... I finally went to the VW shop lastnight and
purchased two VW wire connectors and two reverse-light
bulbs for a grand total of $7.55.

The install wasn't as easy as I had hoped.  Running that
damn wire up through the trunk and into the trunk-door
was a pain in my ass!  I think the installation took a total
of 2 hours to complete from start to finish.  But I must say
I'm really glad I did it.  I like to look.  I like the safety.

If anyone is interested... here are the updated part numbers:

VW connectors:    000-979-133  ($2.51 each)
Bulb 1073:        N-017-732-2  ($1.10 each)


Note:  Each wire connector consists of a wire with connecting
pins on each end.  Just cut both wires in half and you have four
wire connectors to crimp onto the wire you run from the EuroSwitch
to the trunk, and from the left rear bulb housing to the right bulb
housing.

-Chuck Simpson
'98 White Jetta GLX-VR6
EuroSwitch / Prog. wiper relay / REAR FOG LIGHTS!!!  :)


Well... there you go.  Just use the connectors for the wiring harness on the
EuroSwitch and Rear Fog light assembly.  Run a single wire from the front to
the back and crimp that wire to the VW connectors you bought from the
dealer (and you do use #12 pin on the EuroSwitch).

Good Luck!

-Chuck...



On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, you wrote:
>Hey, folks.
>
>   Been a loooong time since I last posted. My car's been on toy hiatus 
>through some very rough financial times.
>
>   But I got some more car toys the other day (thanks, Andy @ ND!). Which 
>ones? Smoked front signal reflectors and smoked "dummy" reflectors. They 
>match my previously-installed smoked side-marker lights and the OEM 
>smoked taillights. Looks superb on a black Jetta.
>
>   The other item I bought was the Euro-spec headlight switch. Oddness, 
>though, with that. I installed it easily, put in the relay jumper bar so 
>allow the front fogs to turn on with the parking lights. Simple. I went 
>to hook up the rear fogs (cutting the holes for the bulbs with a pocket 
>knife was about as difficult as it was stupid, I'll admit), realized I'd 
>forgotten to get that 3-slot plug from the VW folks. Now, here's the 
>oddness.
>
>   On the driver's-side, the plug was already there and wired. It looked 
>as though it was waiting only for a bulb. I plugged the bulb in, but the 
>lamp didn't light when it ought. I guess I'm missing a step. I checked 
>the instructions I'd saved from previous emails by leah@erinet.com and 
>tofer@foxinternet.net (via my old pal, Kevin Ng (Mister Badges)). No 
>mention there. My guess? I have to run a wire from jack 12 on the back of 
>the Euro-spec switch to somewhere in the fuse box. Is this correct? I 
>know I don't have to run it from there to the rear fog, because it's 
>already wired and plugged-in!
>
>   So my quest for tomorrow morning is to drive up to the VW parts folks 
>and pick up one of those plugs for the passenger's-side fog. In the 
>meantime, can any of you folks tell me if and how I do need to run a wire 
>from connector 12 on the headlight switch to somewhere else?
>
>   Thanks in advance!
>
>-T 
>'84 JettaGLi (rather modified and rather fun) -197,000 miles
>'95 JettaGLX (slowly achieving its intended styling and ready for rear 
>fogs) -73,000 miles
>
>Zip-zap ... zip-zap ... it's Tom ... Tom Boyer ... cyng@lamere.net!
>         ... who cares?