Woah, woah, woah...
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1995 C36 AMG, 1998 C43 AMG
Woah, woah, woah...
So, it's been long talked about on this forumn: foglights. Differences between the switches on 36's and 43's, ways to turn certain bulbs on on the 36's quad foglight set up, and how NOT to turn on the rear fog when turning on the apron fogs. Thru all the arguments that have arisen out of these discussions, one thing has always been clear for C36 owners: You can't have the headlight fogs AND the apron (bumper) fogs on at the same time, that is the whole point of those $50 relay boxes attached to the headlight harnesses. But I was checking out a YouTube vid of a euro C43 and look what I saw...
My mind has been blown
Anyone have any insight? Is this a Euro thing? Or am I just freaking out over 20 mins of electrical DIY?
My mind has been blown
Anyone have any insight? Is this a Euro thing? Or am I just freaking out over 20 mins of electrical DIY?
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1997 C36 AMG
So, it's been long talked about on this forumn: foglights. Differences between the switches on 36's and 43's, ways to turn certain bulbs on on the 36's quad foglight set up, and how NOT to turn on the rear fog when turning on the apron fogs. Thru all the arguments that have arisen out of these discussions, one thing has always been clear for C36 owners: You can't have the headlight fogs AND the apron (bumper) fogs on at the same time, that is the whole point of those $50 relay boxes attached to the headlight harnesses. But I was checking out a YouTube vid of a euro C43 and look what I saw...
My mind has been blown
Anyone have any insight? Is this a Euro thing? Or am I just freaking out over 20 mins of electrical DIY?
My mind has been blown
Anyone have any insight? Is this a Euro thing? Or am I just freaking out over 20 mins of electrical DIY?
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From: Chapel Hill, NC/Montreal, QC
1995 C36 AMG, 1998 C43 AMG
No it's not the highbeam. If you look closely, his low beams are on, his headlight foglights, and his apron fogs. I'm aware the fogs work with the highbeams.
Also best way to get rid of the rear fog is to take out the fuse labeled "rear fog" under the hood! This may be different on other years, but on the 95 this fuse controls the fog portion of the taillight, so the bright second filament doesn't come on, but everything thing else works exactly as it should
Also best way to get rid of the rear fog is to take out the fuse labeled "rear fog" under the hood! This may be different on other years, but on the 95 this fuse controls the fog portion of the taillight, so the bright second filament doesn't come on, but everything thing else works exactly as it should
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Those Are usable, but a fuse is definitely the easiest to take out and put back in at your will. And if you put a single filament in but turn the rear fog "on" won't it burn out the bulb much quicker.
