Fog Lights to Brake Light Conversion
By Andrew Gajewski (Copyright © Andrew Gajewski)
In the corrados, the rear fog lights are not activated for the North
American markets. You can do several conversions with them. One is to
just piggy back to the 3rd center brake light and add another set of
brake lights to your car (described here). Another option is to actually
make the rear fog lights work (easy in the US versions) or do both the
brakes and fog lights (these procedures are described in a different
documnets).
You will need about 2-3 meters of wire, 2 female connectors (the type
that is flat) and one of those splicer connectors (joins a new wire to an
existing one). And of course, you will need 2 light bulbs (same as for
the back-up light).
- Open the hatch
- undo the panel on the rear hatch by turning the tabs 1/4 turn with
the screwdriver.
- remove the rear of the light by pressing the two tabs on the side.
- punch out the starred covers to the fog lights.
- put in the new bulbs in the bulb holder.
- re-attach the bulb holder to the light (snaps back to place).
- at one end of the wire, connect the female connector (this will be
the left light).
- now, place it near the light and measure out the distance from one
light to the next (keep in mind that you will feed it through the wire
holders in the hatch).
- bend the wire 180deg, and splice off the insulation (don't cut the wire)
- attach the second female connector.
- measure the distance to the center brake light.
- unattach the connector to the center brake light
- cut your wire to length and attach to the red and black wire using the splicer,
then wrap some electrical tape around it.
- re-attach the connector to the center brake light.
- Connect the rest of the wires to the lights according to the diagram
below.
- re-install the hatch cover.
- test the lights.
