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Old Mar 25, 2022 | 08:58 AM
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I have a 1995 Dodge ram 1500 and it had fog lights until i sold it and they decided to do away with the wiring for some reason i think. I cant find the wiring. Can i buy the wiring or will i have to redo it myself? Every aftermarket set comes with wiring but they dont plug into the factory switch like i want them to
 
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Old Mar 25, 2022 | 11:38 AM
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You should be able to use the aftermarket wiring with the factory switch. Several years ago, Mopar produced a kit that allowed you to add fog lights to a 2nd gen truck without them. The kit came with everything, including a headlight switch for a later model 2nd gen truck (which wouldn't work for my '96 Ram), so I ran the wires to connect to the old style independent fog light switch I pulled off another early model 2nd gen truck.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2022 | 02:04 AM
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Okay thank you i was just worried about buying 1 and it end up being a seperate switch they provide. i want it to look factory. Most of the ones im seeing come with there own switch.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2022 | 09:17 AM
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You should be able to use the aftermarket wiring with the factory switch.
The factory only used the switch to supply power to the relay that supplied power to the lights. Don't know what the amp rating is on the dash switch is but you should use a relay like the factory did. Actually they used two relays, one for the control and one for the actual lights.
 
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Old Mar 26, 2022 | 12:04 PM
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I forgot to mention that the Mopar fog light kit for the 2nd gen trucks also came with a relay, too.
 
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