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Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 11:57 am
by Dean
Whilst fitting my plasma Gauges at the weekend I found a spot for the switch/rheostat, where two switch blanks were. I took one out and then noticed the others had a bunch of wires connected to it...any ideas what it could be. They are on the main dash to the right of the steering wheel
Thanks
Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:00 pm
by jaylee
Front fogs..? Where there 4 wires?? Could also be part of the redundant/south Japan not fitted "winter pack" loom?
From memory.. Red & black coded..?
Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:38 pm
by g8dhe
Yup its the front fogs, I used the same place for my display controls, just a tiny bit of trimming of the metal plate and remove the central divider.
Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 12:40 pm
by jaylee
Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:58 pm
by Kincaid
g8dhe wrote:Yup its the front fogs, I used the same place for my display controls, just a tiny bit of trimming of the metal plate and remove the central divider.
I'm planning to fit some RING driving lamps over the weekend. I've already purchased a fitting kit with relay etc but is using the existing wiring loom and adding a fuse and relay into fuse box also an option then?
Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:08 pm
by g8dhe
Its an option if all the loom bits are there and can be located, BDC found his connectors down by the bumpers, not sure I have seen a spare relay socket up where the relay is factory fitted however (but I haven't looked that hard either!);

Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:22 pm
by Kincaid
Cheers Geoff, if I don't decide to use the existing loom -I'll at least put the relay in the right place. It's amazing the level of detail on the wiring diagrams

Re: Wired up blanking cover
Posted: Wed Mar 02, 2011 12:42 am
by bigdaddycain
I don't know if my bongo is typical of all others, but my bongo didn't have factory fogs. I found a pair of plugs taped up behind the bumper (further inspections revealed the plugs had never been "plugged", and the tape was filthy and brittle indicating it had been there a long, long time)
I had to chop the plugs and spade the wires as i was fitting aftermarket foglights... Upon removing the blank where the "winter pack" switch should live, i discovered wires plugged into the rear of the blank,when i plugged them into a suitable mazda foglight switch i fired up the fogs, and was surprized that they worked! I never found the relay, but i could hear it clicking when the fogs were switched on!
I'm afraid i can't remember any more details as it was quite a few years ago when the fogs were fitted originally!
