Need help Fog lights on a Bugeye

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  1. Rexwagon
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    I need some help here. My Foglights will not turn on. I Removed my HID's, Installed new Bulbs.

    The bulbs work fine. My foglight switch lights up when I push it into the on position but the fog lights dont work. I checked the fuses and the wiring behind the dash. Everything is good with the wiring behind the dash with the switch.

    I dont know where else to look.
     
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    What kind of ground do they run? I could bring my meter by and check it out for ya.
     
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    If your switch lights up, they should work. Maybe your bulbs are bad.
     
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    I am not sure what kind of ground they run. but if you want to stop buy you can
     
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    Also they did work when I had the HID's in for the whole time untill about 2 weeks ago and then they stopped working, So what are the chances that both bulbs burnt out at the same time?
     
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    You still live right by the mall right?
     
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    Not very good. You didn't mess with the High Beam relay did you? Do your normal high beams work right now?
     
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    yeah the normal beams work fine and I didnt mess with the relay. I was one of the lucky ones that my fogs worked with the HID's installed. I just installed the HID's and then bam foglights stayed on. but now they dont work at all.
     
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    Could just be as easy as a loose connection. Did you check all the wiring?
     
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    What???

    You have something messed up then. Could be an issue with the HIGH BEAM relay, not just the low beam relay. Check your operation of the High beams and make sure they work.
     
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    Yep highs work. I checked the fuse in the main box under the hood and everything was good there.
     
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    wiring was all good. i checked the back of the fogs too.
     
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    well bookem is coming over so going out to work on it some more. I will keep you posted
     
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    I forgot to do this once, so I'll mention it. Did you put in and connect the bulbs the right way?
     
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    Yea, I'm interested in knowing what the issue is here.
     
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    I assume that the headlights are in correctly because they look like they only go in one way.
     
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    well during this we found out that one was burnt out so I replaced them both, but they still didnt work. we tested the wiring with a voltage tester. still couldnt figure it out. so we gave up for the night
     
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    ^^So, are they getting voltage at the bulb?
     
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    yes they were. the wires were tested at the bulb and they were getting power
     
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    That doesn't mean that the circuit is complete.
     
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    relay has power too?
     
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    I think we checked the relay, I know we pulled it out and stuff. After a while the wiring got all confusing to me, so for now i am giving up for while.
     
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    make sure to check your grounds. also does your dimmer switch work? wierd question but one of your fogs share the same ground.
     
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    if i'm not mistaken
     
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    yep dimmer works
     
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    You need to check the voltage under load. You could have a lame relay that still gives 12v with no load, but as soon as you turn it on, bam it goes to .5v.