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I can't say for sure about your '02 - you need to post that question seperately for others to answer. It certainly is possible to do it on an '01 Aero Wagon. Along with three other Tech II changes, it took all of 5 minutes to do. I had it done at my 30 day Inspection.
There have been a few posts about this in the past - a link to one follows.
If you have the Tech II change made, the fog lights will operate independently in both the center and right headlight switch positions. They will NOT operate in the left position. When you remove the key, they will go out if the switch is in the right position, and they won't go out in the center position (both parking lights and fogs stay on). One unexpected thing is that I gained the dim Euro "city lights" in the center position - they are little low wattage bulbs that create a pretty glow in the headlights. (This is with the number 35 DRL fuse pulled - with it in place you will always have the regular headlights on, so you would not be able to see the city lights - if your car even has them.)
The fog lights stay on regardless of headlight beam selection, so replacing them with longer range driving lights would work....though it would definitely not be a DOT legal mod, _especially_ if they were very bright pencil beams. In most locales, fog lights are required to go out when you switch to high beam, and driving lights are required to go out when you switch to low beams. IMHO the aux low beam xenons would be acceptable, but I don't know if they would fill in your light pattern the way you desire. You could still get pulled over if a cop saw you switching beams and your aux lights stayed on. All this is due to some silly DOT regulation limiting the number of simulaneous headlights on a car to six - they don't want to have cars going down the road with dozens of lights blazing. This is one reason off-road lights on trucks have to be covered (at night) when they are on public roads..
If you decide to go with high output driving beams rather than aux low beams, the "street legal" approach would be to rewire the new lights with a new circuit that ties the new relay into the high beam power wire, so that it turns the new lights on and off when you select high. The obvious disadvantage of this is that you can't use them any other time ;) Wiring in a seperate circuit for the new lights would entail the risk that you void the saab wiring warranty if you screw up or the dealer gives you trouble - a very unlikely thing, but worth considering. I think, as long as the new circuit looked professionally done, and used a fuse and relay, there would be no problems.
Again, good luck.
posted by 12.82.1...
Fog lights with no headlights post
, Mon, 29 Mar 2004 20:25:59
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