Found this in the Exterior Mods section. And yes, this does work for the SVT's.


http://www.focushacks.com/index.php?modid=12

 

it doesn't work for mine. example: should it just work right after you do it or do you turn the car on...etc. explain more please. still new to the scene. I did everything that was on the link but didn't work.

 

Question on this (I hope it's okay to pull up an old thread rather than starting a new one...): Does anyone have any experience doing this? My husband made the little breaker jump thingie per the directions on that website, and I'm nervous about installing it because that means there'll be no breaker for the fog lamps - will doing this install increase the liklihood of causing something to burn out or otherwise fail?

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any advice.

 

Its not the fuse you want to jump but the relay in the fuse box under the hood.

 

Works just fine.

 

^^Second that, been working great for me since I got the car almost 2 years ago.

HIDs + 9005's in the fogs + high beam mod + fog light mod = teh midnight sun :evilgrin:

 

Wow I've been on here for 7 years and I just read something that I have no clue what it is.....
What's the high beam mod :dunno:

 

Way cool. Thank you all so much for the info!

 

its when the low beam and the highs stay on together. also the fogs are on as well so there are 3 different light sources at one time. its awesome. lol

 

Oh I understand. Good thing I have the Machs then :thumbup:

 

I am with Luckyboy. I just did it to my SVT and it doesnt work. I made the connection from slot 3 to 5 (the two parallel slots) and it didnt work. Then I tried the other end of the switch and connect 3 to 4 (4 being the middle slot in the row of 3) and that didnt work either. With both tries the lights worked as if the relay was still there. Fogs on only with the low beams. Can anyone help?

 

Go CAREFULLY inspect the work you did. My guess is your one relay off. It WILL work if your fog lights turn on with the switch.

 

That would make sense because there was no change in the lights. I figured if I had it hooked up wrong the lights wouldn't even work. I'll try it again.

thanks.

 

Sorry that I am waking up an old thread but I felt the need to help out some others:

I had read most of the posts about the Fog Light Modification, however, none of them worked for me. I have a 2004 SVTf with EAP (and HIDS). Opposite to the typical Focus Fog Light Modification, I had to "CLOSE" the relay circuit, not keep it open. I have no idea on which connectors in the fuse box to jump but eventually I just took some #24 speaker wire (with the plastic cover on) and jammed it in between the relay contact back and those two small teats on the relay to keep the circuit closed on the relay. I guess that I could have used some type of "conductive" material between the relay points to provide the same effect instead of jamming the points together but for the moment it works. You just need to keep the contacts closed.

FWIW, the fog lights are on even when your high beams are on. Some states frown on this. HIDs plus high beams plus fog lights brighten up the horizon. Caveat Emptor.

I hope this makes sense.

Hampton

PS: Don't mistake the fuel pump relay (#7) for the fog light relay (#13) like I did. This is experience talking.
PPS: Oh, the ignition has to be full on not just half on for radio and etc.

 

uh I have a EAP SVT and the focus hacks way of doing it works fine for me

 

On the SVT's with standard lights, ditto on the fog light mod being a good one and perfectly safe. There are other upstream safeties in the system so no worries. I bypassed my relay so I can leave all lights on when on high beam. Not so I can use them with the parking lights only.

As far as the high beam mod goes, my experience isn't so much with the mod on a Focus but with using both filaments in a single H4 type bulb at the same time. I had a problem with a bad headlight switch in my Discovery while on a road trip. I couldn't get it to switch to high beam normally and when I did ALL the lights went out. (It was just a bad switch). However, what I did since it was dark and I had to continue driving was to hold the spring loaded "high flash" on whenever I needed more light. This may not seem to relate but after doing this off and on between Phoenix and Vegas, one of the bulbs exploded. You don't want to have to clean the inside of the headlight, trust me. It was quite a mess. I really don't think this mod is advisable unless you only plan to use it for very short periods...very short. Just add a set of lights or put in higher output bulbs or something along those lines.

 

I have an EAP and the fog light mod worked fine also...

Later on I rewired the fuse box to get rid of the jumper wire; and I whipped up my own relay harness to run high watt fog bulbs, plus I made it so the fogs cut off with the high beams.

 

this thread made me remember i hadnt done this yet on my new SVTf so i did it today at work instead of actually being productive :lol:

 

Man, ya gotta love it when ya get paid to do personal stuff.

 

Old thread...I know. I checked out the Focus Hacks link and, because I'm an idiot and need the "XXX for Dummies" version of everything, none of what I read on the Focus Hacks site made sense to me! Does anyone have a pic of the mod so I can see what it SHOULD look like before I fry my entire fuse box? Thanks!

 

It's the yellow wire loop.

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Thanks!

 

I'm sorry to bring up an old thread, but I just got a 2004 SVT. I am trying just trying to figure this out. I did the jump for parallel connectors, but I did notice that I do not have a relay in R14 for the HID's. Is that my problem?

Thanks, Kramer.

 

There should be a relay in the RL14 spot (the grey one just above the fog light bypass wire in the pic above). The Focus wiring diagrams don't show what the relay is for however.