What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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My 99 Sport didn't come with fog lights, and I wanted to add them. The switch wire was there, and when a switch was plugged into it, would even light up. However, there were no terminals in the relay box, and no wiring that would go to the lights themselves. The dealer installed fog light kit included all the wiring from the battery to the switch and to the lights, along with a stand alone relay. It also included the switch and 3 space switch plate.
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Thank you for going through all that trouble but I did confirm that I don't even have terminals for relays in the three spots towards the overflow reservoir side. I do have a relay, AC, farthest from there. So I could not have done it that way even if I was smart enough to figure it out like you did. Can I post what you did on my thread for the fog light install? Since your Jeep does have terminals in that one relay spot means others might too. They could do it your way to hook a 12V run source for the factory switch. I assumed that if your '97 to '01 XJ did not come with fog lights then it would be like mine. As usual I was wrong. LOL. Promise to give you credit in the thread. LOL.
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Sure, you can post it to you thread. I barely have time to work on the jeep, let alone document everything I do. I did notice that the jeep also appeared to have part of a harness for the fog lights (I'm guessing). If you look under the lower rad support (facing the engine) there was a harness that stops in the middle. If figure 4 above connected directly to the fog lights, then it looks like it would plug into that harness. Also it did not have a blue wire on the other end of the headlight harness though...weird because the original bumper was not cut out for fog lights either. Also my jeep did have a/c at one time, but i can tell it was removed by the previous owner.
http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f177/...-00-a-4224930/
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I finally got my wiring figured out so I can use a factory fog light switch for my led light bar on the bumper. My xj did not come with fog lights, so I picked up the panel and switch at the jy. Thanks to my wire tracker I got at harbor freight. Now the light bar works independently without the key on. It was pretty simple...I placed a jumper in the fuse box and attached the trigger wire to the blue wire behind the drivers side headlight. I used the wiring harness that came with the light bar. It had one of those stupid stick on push button switches with 3 wires (I only used the red wire). I ended up cutting the yellow wire off of the relay since I'm not using that switch. I only had to run wires under the hood. Oh and I removed the cigarette lighter for an eBay usb plug. Now I just have to tidy up and secure the wires then I'm done for today.
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Year: 97
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My 97 has that panel except the left USB port is a cigarette lighter. I'm thinking the USB port is aftermarket replacement for the cigarette lighter. As where it would fit other than the bottom of the center dash panel I'm not sure.
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I just went to the local pick-n-pull JY and searched every Jeep Cherokee 97-01 until I found one that had 3 spots open. I did replace the cigarette lighter socket with the USB port I bought on eBay. Most panels you will find will be 2 open spots for switches and 1 blank spot. Im not sure how it would fit under the dash. You might want to check these switch plates out on eBay though.
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https://www.shapeways.com/marketplac...&q=jeep+bezels
Edit: Just found this on Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-2001-J...RaVSOq&vxp=mtr
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Originally Posted by Ralph77
Any '97 and up that came with factory fog lights will have that panel. Check out wizardpc on this forum or his site. He makes all sorts of panels that will work in '97 and up XJ's.
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplac...&q=jeep+bezels
Edit: Just found this on Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-2001-J...RaVSOq&vxp=mtr
https://www.shapeways.com/marketplac...&q=jeep+bezels
Edit: Just found this on Ebay.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1997-2001-J...RaVSOq&vxp=mtr
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finally got my new ish cooper discoverer stt pros mounted. I'm pretty happy with them. A little louder than the AT3 naturally but nothing I can't tolerate
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Ran her through the $6 automatic wash bay. Dried her off and detailed her quick with some spray wax. All nice and shiny now. Till the next time I take it out. LOL.
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Originally Posted by 5-Speed
Always breaking things.... Does it run better now?
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Had a spare 15 minutes so I changed out my rear bump stops. Not that I think they'll really make a difference on an XJ with a 3" lift and 31" tires. I was just tired of seeing the old ones when I went crawling around underneath.
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snap... I don't blame ya... that would've bugged me too. lol