finally installed some aftermarket foglights on my 740 turbo wagon...




I used Hella Micro-DE foglamps, with Hella Yellowstar H3 bulbs.



(that picture taken before I recessed the back of the lamp into the skirt so that it would adjust level).

 

nice!

where did you get those?

 

sweet! did you just drill holes into the bumper? how did you get the power to it?

 

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I got the single microde lamps for $50 each, instead of the kit w/ the harness for $135. my 740 was already wired for fogs, I just needed to replace the rear-only foglight switch with a front/rear one from a upscale 940, and install a relay in the relay panel, then wire these to the stock fog wires that were tiewrapped to the headlight harness.

yeah, drillled a hole for the bolt and another for the cable in the bumper skirt. and I had to dremel out a recess/hole so the back end of the light could go higher so the beam would be lower.

 

How can I add a power source in my 240? And I guess I would need a separate switch for the front fogs then? Is there a specific relay that is needed for this?

 

afaik, a 240 isn't wired for fogs, so you're on your own. hella sells these with a harness, you connect to the battery, the harness has its own fuse, and relay, comes with a switch you can put somewhere on your dashboard (or find a volvo switch and mount and use that instead), and you connect a 'control' wire to the low beam (or parking lights, if you want to be able to run the fogs without the headlights, and/or with the highbeams)

 

Interesting. My 91 740 has the rear fogs too. Good to know as I bought a set of Bosch Pilot fogs that I want to eventually put in mine. Looks like it should be a fairly easy process. Thanks for the tips!

 

look behind the headlights, there should be a 2-pin connector plugged into nothing tiewrapped to the headlight harness.

you'll need to get the 3-position fog switch to replace your 2-position rear fog switch, and the foglight relay that plugs into the mani relay panel behind the glove box, middle row, 2nd position from left.

 

I had to cut a hole in the front bumper underskirt, so the back of the lamp could go up, so it sits level. I used a dremel with a coarse sanding drum to shape it. I don't have new pictures, but picture the back of this light recessed into the bumper skirt...



ignore the white streak on the bumper. I had bronze wet-brushed, and wet sanded the front bumpers to remove the faded white surface, but missed that spot on the bottom corner, and I need to rough-sand that whole skirt down..