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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 05:48 PM
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Hey, I have that too!! I'm doing the fog light dance...I am going to the wrecker tomorrow and searching.

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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 05:52 PM
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Interweb high five! I'm excited that I'm going to be able to wire in my fog lights how they should be from the factory and not have to do aftermarket stuff (except from that plug to lights themselves, but that doesn't really count, that's basically just extending the wire), and that all of the relays will be factory and I won't have to wire any in. I'm so relieved.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 06:22 PM
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Oh! That's where your relay is. mine's somewhere differet, hahaha
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 09:36 PM
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Sorry guys but that single wire plug is not for the foglights!!!
Gilber the one you took a pic of from the passenger side should be the plug.
It will be a 2 wire plug. The colors may not always match a wiring diagram.

I would look more for a plug matching the passenger side one.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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I would look more for a plug matching the passenger side one.
Where would they hide it though? I was under my car and did not see it.

Also, the guy I got the harness from on VS bought it OEM to wire in fogs on his 94 and I sent him pics of this plug and he confirmed that it was for the fogs.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 10:12 PM
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Well it must be something new I have never seen.
Is he sending you an inside out outside harness?
If the inside harness that should point out right away he could be wrong.
I should be doing an oil change on mine tomorrow. When I have it on the lift I will try to remember to take pics of where the wiring goes off the foglights and post it for you to see. This way you can take a closer look for it.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 10:18 PM
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Alright, I did some searching, found a picture of the kit, which just so happens that the pic that I found is from the guy that I bought it from, so this pic is what I bought, everything except for the harness from the actual fogs to the plug that I just posted pics of.

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PICTURE OF NECESSARY HARNESS KIT FOR 94 AND EARLY FACTORY SPECIFIC 95 850 WAGONS:

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The very top harness with the plugs is what I'm not getting (and the trim rings). Since I have the plugs still in the fogs with some extra wire, I'm just going to my a harness.

Learn something new everyday, news to me.
 
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 10:29 PM
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I will still try to snap a pic tomorrow so you can double check.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 12:39 AM
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Man, this is like soap opera............LOL
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 01:03 AM
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It looks like we are correct.. but I am still not sure.

We'll find out.

Gilber - Install the switch and relay and then hook up a small headlight or lamp of some sort up to the wire and then also the negative battery terminal. this will lead us to what it is for sure.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 06:24 AM
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Originally Posted by blackbrick
Man, this is like soap opera............LOL
Lol. The spanish channel type too.

Originally Posted by Legendsecko87
It looks like we are correct.. but I am still not sure.

We'll find out.

Gilber - Install the switch and relay and then hook up a small headlight or lamp of some sort up to the wire and then also the negative battery terminal. this will lead us to what it is for sure.
I don't know about you guys, but I'm pretty confident that this is it. The guy I got the kit from and who's picture that is knows his stuff, I'm not saying that you don't Tech, but right when I showed him a pic of the clip he instantly said that was it. This is OEM equipment here, not some aftermarket stuff to wire in the headlights messing up existing wiring harnesses. There is also a lot of information in that thread I posted the link to that backs it all up too.
 
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Old Mar 5, 2010 | 03:59 PM
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Old Mar 6, 2010 | 11:27 AM
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That looks like a lot of wires in the harness in comparison to what I had... I took one out of a 93 and it was black and only had 4 wires in plugs 1 2 5 6. If this is legit i hope it works! Were you able to test it out?
 

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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 05:04 PM
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I haven't tested it yet. I was planning on working on the car this weekend, but that didn't happen. And I have midterms next week so I'm not going to have any time this week or next weekend. Oh well, what are you going to do? So spring break will be a all out mechanics marathon since I'll have two full weekends and a week with no homework to work, and my goals are pretty high:


All suspension
Paint rear bumper
Paint fender edges
Install fog lights
Finish and mount Tethys
And finally get the R bumper fully installed

And then get an alignment.

So, we'll see, it's a lot, but it should be do-able.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 08:29 PM
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That's easily doable! Tackle one or two of them off a day and your set!
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:15 PM
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Yeah, the biggest one will be wheels and suspension, the other stuff is pretty simple. I will be finishing the wheels this week and weekend though so the paint can set before tires get mounted, so at least I can post some pics of that.
 
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Old Mar 7, 2010 | 09:28 PM
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Suspension is a breeze. Front suspension all you really need is a spring compressor, vice grip, and the correct wrenches. Rear suspension, Jack stands, a jack, and yeah. The rear suspension is the easiest.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 12:23 AM
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Hey I had my wheels off this weekend to replace a lower control arm and sub frame bushing, just thought I would snap a picture so you can see how the 215/45 17s sit on the rims.
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 01:15 AM
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Damn, what tires are you running? Looks like pretty aggressive tread
 
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Old Mar 8, 2010 | 06:38 AM
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Originally Posted by boxpin
Hey I had my wheels off this weekend to replace a lower control arm and sub frame bushing, just thought I would snap a picture so you can see how the 215/45 17s sit on the rims.
that's not too bad, I think I'm going to go with 205s

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Suspension is a breeze. Front suspension all you really need is a spring compressor, vice grip, and the correct wrenches. Rear suspension, Jack stands, a jack, and yeah. The rear suspension is the easiest.
Yeah, I know the suspension is fairly easy, it's just all the tired bolts I'm worried about. I'll have to get under there sometime this week and spray everything down with PB.
 
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