Fog lights VAZ 2109 - selection, installation and configuration

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Appearance of fog lights on a VAZ 2109:

Installing fog lights on a VAZ 2109 is not difficult if you know how to read simple diagrams and have basic installation skills. The connection diagram is standard, and if you look closely, you will even see the wiring that lies in the engine compartment, goes to the button in the cabin and to the fuse box.

But don’t be happy, these wires do not always allow you to connect the fog lights - the age of the car and outside interference in the wires laid at the factory have an effect. As a result, installation in this way becomes impossible, and we have to resort to extreme measures. So, let’s look at the process of installing fog lights on a VAZ 2109, 21099 and 2108 car in order.

Reasons for installing fog lights

There are two main reasons why car owners install fog lights:

functional;
aesthetic.

From a functional point of view, fog lights on the VAZ 2109 increase the safety of vehicle operation, and this is always a worthwhile endeavor. This increase is achieved by improving visibility in difficult road conditions. The fog lights of the VAZ 2109 perfectly complement the main headlights. When driving in fog, a situation often occurs when the lower boundary of the fog is above the fog lights, but below the main headlights. In these cases, PTFs are the only means of illuminating the roadway.

In the dark, PTFs located closer to the road perfectly illuminate the side of the road. This helps keep the car on the main part of the road surface, preventing skidding during emergency braking. Finally, simply increasing the luminous flux by switching on additional lighting fixtures improves driving comfort, especially when driving in conditions of heavy snow with blizzards or heavy rain.

The aesthetic reason is less significant. Due to the installation of PTF it is difficult to stand out from the crowd - many people have such headlights. Unless it will be some kind of exclusive fog lights, which then it makes sense to install at a service station. It’s difficult to make a twenty-year-old car look sharply fashionable with the help of PTFs, but installing them certainly won’t make things any worse.

Video “Visual and detailed instructions for installing foglights”

How to properly install fog lights on “nines” - the main points and visual instructions are given below (the author of the video is the Ramanych channel).

Installing fog lights on the VAZ 2109 will ensure safe driving on highways at night, especially at speed. The light of fog lights is simply irreplaceable in inclement weather, during fog, snowfall and heavy rain, as well as for illuminating roadsides. If you continue to use high beam headlights during fog, you risk getting blinded. Experts will tell us how to install fog lights on a VAZ 2109.

Installation of VAZ 2109 fog lights requires the availability of appropriate parts and materials, which, by the way, can be purchased in a ready-made kit. This set includes:

– a relay with a block and already crimped wires using terminals;

– the ends of the wire from the relay have both a narrow terminal and a terminal with ground, where there is a special hole;

– the kit also contains power wires from the mounting block to the headlight. The ends of these wires are also crimped with terminals. There are pads at the other end of the wire. One wire of the block is connected to the fog lamp, the second is ground.

Installation kit

To implement the project you will need:

two fog lights with mounting brackets;
normally open relay for connecting lighting devices;
button for turning on fog lights;
single-core wire with a cross-section of 1 sq. mm, approximately 4 meters long;
fuse 16A;
connection diagram;
contact blocks - if they are not included in the kit with headlights and relays.

If you already have something from this set, purchase the rest. And if you have to buy everything, then consider purchasing the entire boxed set. It includes everything you need, and there are also detailed installation instructions.

Connecting fog lights on a VAZ 2109 will require certain tools. You will need a 10 mm wrench, a screwdriver, side cutters, a shoemaker's knife for stripping wires and electrical tape. This is the minimum set. It is sufficient if twisting technology is used to connect wires.

Another option for connecting PTF, which most experts recommend, is soldering all connections and using heat-shrinkable materials for insulation.

What you need to buy

If you are installing fog lights (VAZ 2114, you can watch the video in the article), then first of all, of course, you will need lighting equipment. You need to select according to the characteristics of the car. For example, in VAZ models such as 2110, 2112, 2114 and 2115, there are plugged technological holes in the bumper, and accordingly it makes sense to purchase lights based on their shape.

But the classics 2108 and 2109 do not have such holes, and you need to take equipment with mounting posts. When installing fog lights on a VAZ yourself, you need a standard coil of wire 5 meters long. General purpose relay with 4 contacts. Power button suitable for the type of instrument panel. Male and female connectors for wires.

Installation of headlights and wiring

The standard bumpers of the VAZ 2109 provide special places for mounting fog lights. If your car still has its original bumpers, it is best to fix the headlights in their original places. If they were changed, consider fixing the fog light brackets not to the bumper, but to the car body. Attaching to a bumper, especially a non-standard one, increases the risk of misalignment. This may result in blinding oncoming drivers and the risk of losing lights. Do not forget about the requirement to place the PTF no lower than 25 cm from the road surface and no further than 40 cm from the vehicle’s overall dimensions.

Even if your car has never had fog lights, the VAZ 2109 PTF connection is provided for by the design. The fuse box has standard fuse locations. Moreover, the factory equipment of the “nine” includes installed wiring that allows you to connect the PTF. If it is preserved, you can use it. If not, you will have to lay it again.

Start with the right fog light. Connect the wire to the harness running under the radiator. Connect the left headlight and route the wire to the relay. Run a wire from the relay through the fuse box to the button in the passenger compartment. Power the second wire of the button from the ignition switch so that the PTFs do not light up when the ignition is turned off, even when the button to turn them on is pressed.

Need for installation

It’s good when on the latest model cars everything is initially provided for these lighting devices. All that remains is to buy equipment that corresponds to the technological description, and without further ado, insert it into standard niches, connecting the wires provided by the manufacturer.

What if there is none of this? You can go to the nearest car service center and pay the technician to wait for the results of the work. Well, after reading this article, you can do it yourself. The main thing is to have at least some skills in working with the tool.

PTF power button

The choice of installation location for the fog lamp switch depends on whether your car has a high or low dashboard. If it’s high, you’re lucky, your option has a standard place for the PTF switch on the VAZ 2109. It is located to the left of the steering column between the rear fog lamp switch button and the rear window heating switch button. This place is closed with a plug. To install the button, remove the decorative panel covering the left speaker of the audio system and remove the speaker itself. This will give you access behind the dashboard necessary to install the button. Connect the PTF activation block and the indicator block for this activation, and then install the button in place.

If you have a low panel, it will be more difficult to install the button. There are two options. The first is that you can parallel the activation of the PTF with the activation of some other system, for example, rear fog lights. The second is to organize a special place for this button. Such a place could be a muffled socket under the central air duct of the ventilation system, next to the heated glass switch of the fifth door.

To install the button in the low tidy, you will have to dismantle the panel located between the central nozzle of the ventilation/heating system and the heater controls.

Tools

Here again, everything depends on the car model. But in any case, you will need a screwdriver, pliers, a test lamp and a crimper for the male-female terminals. If necessary, wrenches to secure the lights. By the way, you can purchase ready-made terminals with wire sections.

In principle, this is even more convenient than clamping these terminals yourself, but you definitely need to tighten them with simple pliers. By the way, for the relay, you can purchase a ready-made plastic platform with 4 10 cm wires coming out. Fog lights (VAZ 21099), the installation of which can be done independently, requires the need for wiring. So, everything is at hand, you can start.

Installation materials and requirements

So, first you need to stock up on the following tools and materials:

Directly fog lights.
About three meters of single-core wire (red) with a cross-section of 0.75 squares.
Relay with normally open contacts, a metal plate for fastening and a block with wires.
Button (most likely, it is already installed next to the heated rear window switch).
At least five screws.
Screwdriver, 10mm wrench, utility knife and pliers.
Heat shrink insulation and electrical tape.
16 Amp fuse and socket for it.

Carrying out the process

If you have a VAZ 2106, installation of fog lights can be carried out in a short time. First you need to install the lights themselves on the car. Here everything depends on the imagination of the car owner. Some people attach them near the radiator grille, some hang them under the front bumper, and some hang them on the bumper. This is a personal matter.

The main thing is to securely fasten it, this is what installing fog lights (VAZ 2114) with your own hands is all about. Now installation of electrical wiring. You need to secure the relay in the engine compartment to turn it on. And there are no special restrictions here, the main thing is that wires can be connected to it, and away from the exhaust manifold and radiator. That's all the requirements. And now attention is the most important thing! The main trick here is to connect the button and relay correctly.

If you purchase VAZ 2115 fog lights, you can install such equipment yourself. A standard general purpose relay has four legs numbered - 85, 86, 87 and 30. Regarding the relay, any car enthusiast should know that contacts 85 and 86 are an electromagnetic coil.

Current is supplied to it, the core acquires the properties of a magnet and closes contacts 30 and 87. Therefore, you need to fasten it to ground from contact 85 and from 85, run the wire into the interior to the button. Apply “+” to pin 30 with the battery. And already from the 87th contact, bring out two wires, cutting in the fuses. When a VAZ 2110 is available, do-it-yourself installation of fog lights can be done in the shortest possible time.

Connect the button as follows: one contact goes to the relay - pin 86, connect the second to the “+” of the ignition switch, having previously called it with a test lamp. Carefully insulate the joints and you're done. You can use it. Any car enthusiast can easily install fog lights on a VAZ 2109. The main thing is to use the prescribed technology.

Headlight adjustment

Adjusting foglights is a responsible matter. If the headlights are not adjusted correctly, there is a risk of causing inconvenience to other road users and creating a safety hazard. Rough adjustment of the PTF can be done independently. To do this, select a horizontal area near a white vertical wall. The verticality of the wall can be checked by eye, but it is better to verify the horizontality of the site using tools. A two-meter building or water level is suitable for this. Having found a suitable place, place the front of the car against a white wall at a distance of 4-5 meters from it. It will be good if direct rays of bright sunlight do not fall on this wall. Measure the distance from the center of the headlight to the ground. Turn on the fog lights. Measure the distance from the center of the light spot to the ground. The center of the spot should be located 2-3 centimeters below the center of the headlight.

Installation operations

Xenon fog lights VAZ 2109

As you know, there are two installation methods.

First way

There is a popular way to install such lamps in a standard PTF: this is when the entire kit is mounted. For example, a kit from Sho-Me or something like that. Below are instructions on how to do this, without any modifications:

Remove the front wheel fender liners;
We place ignition blocks inside behind the bumper.

Note. Note that in the Kirzhach PTF there will be enough space to install a set of xenon lamps, but in Bosch type headlights, on the contrary, there will not be enough space.

Xenon VAZ 2109

Thus, if you install xenon in a Bosch PTF, the focusing will be disrupted, since the H3 lamp does not have a fixed light source. As a result, Bosch cannot cope with a specific type of lamp and a new light source; it produces periodic reflections, which, in turn, blinds oncoming and even passing drivers.

Note. An incorrectly installed xenon kit will lose its ability to provide normal visibility and lighting in poor weather conditions.

Second way

Yellow PTFs with xenon are installed;
In this case, H3 lamps are first placed in a regular bottle cap, and only then in the headlight of a vase and fixed with sealant.

Xenon VAZ 21093

Note. As for the difference between installing xenon in Kirzhach and Bosch headlights, everything is the same here. In the first case, the beam of light will have smooth outlines, which will even make it possible to legalize the installation of xenon in accordance with all traffic rules. In the second case, the absence of lenses in Bosch headlights will play a cruel joke: there will be light shining beyond the permissible limits, which will again lead to blinding oncoming drivers.

Bottom line

An important part of installing new car lighting is adjustment. After installing and connecting the equipment, all that remains is to set the correct lighting angle and enjoy your trips.

Video on how to install and connect fog lights on a VAZ-2109:

Fog lights on the VAZ-2109: installation and connection method

Appearance of fog lights on a VAZ 2109:

Why do you need PTF on VAZ 2113, 2114, 2115

The fog is located above the surface of the earth (road) at some distance and this gap remains transparent. Thanks to the fog lights (FTL), a beam of light is formed: wide in the horizontal plane and narrow in the vertical plane. It is directed parallel to the roadway. When the fog lights are on, the fog is illuminated from below, which improves road illumination. Thanks to the wide beam, side markings and the curb are clearly visible, thereby reducing the risk of leaving the roadway.

Installing PTF provides better illumination of the roadside and side markings, reducing the risk of leaving the road

Some motorists have the mistaken opinion that fog lights with high lighting efficiency can only be yellow. In fact, the road is illuminated quite well by devices with both white and yellow glasses. The designated colors, compared to green, red or any other, are characterized by maximum light energy in the spectrum. However, it should be taken into account that when installing even the highest quality PTFs, visibility will be no more than 10 m in heavy fog. But since in such weather conditions the speed of movement is low, these indicators are quite sufficient. Sometimes vehicles are equipped with rear fog lights, the purpose of which is to improve the vehicle's visibility when driving in fog.