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ac223mal · 06-19-2009, 12:40 PM

Anyone else not get the proper headlight switch. I have the a 2SS with fog lights that I can't turn on. The center of the switch is missing the fog light button and it will not push in. Anyone else have this problem?

rolnslo · 06-19-2009, 12:41 PM

Your 2SS doesn't have the RS package, does it?

CamaroHutch · 06-19-2009, 12:44 PM

I bet you have the RS package which utilizes the fog lamps as Daytime Running Lights... no option for fog lights on the RS

Hylton · 06-19-2009, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac223mal

Anyone else not get the proper headlight switch. I have the a 2SS with fog lights that I can't turn on. The center of the switch is missing the fog light button and it will not push in. Anyone else have this problem?

You don't have foglights.

greenrail · 06-19-2009, 12:56 PM

No disrepect here, but, Take a look at your owner's manual. It is all spelled out in there.

The "Fog Lights" with the RS Package are DRL's.

Either way, you will enjoy this car. I can't say enough good about mine.

ac223mal · 06-19-2009, 01:17 PM

Yes, I have the RS package. So your telling me that I can not use the fog lamps at night, and the only time they work is during the day. I am not complaining, I love the car. Figured that you would be able to use the fog lamps at night.

montej23 · 06-19-2009, 01:20 PM

The RS package only allows the FOG LIGHTS to work during the day that is it, Now i am sure there is a smart guy out there that will figure out how to wire it differently

MontyCarlo · 06-19-2009, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac223mal

Yes, I have the RS package. So your telling me that I can not use the fog lamps at night, and the only time they work is during the day. I am not complaining, I love the car. Figured that you would be able to use the fog lamps at night.

Technically, we're telling you that you don't even have fog lights. You have daytime running lights located where one might expect fog lights to be.

Hylton · 06-19-2009, 01:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ac223mal

Yes, I have the RS package. So your telling me that I can not use the fog lamps at night, and the only time they work is during the day. I am not complaining, I love the car. Figured that you would be able to use the fog lamps at night.

Quote:

Originally Posted by montej23

The RS package only allows the FOG LIGHTS to work during the day that is it, Now i am sure there is a smart guy out there that will figure out how to wire it differently

To not confuse everyone, please refer to those lower lights in RS cars as Daytime Running Lights.

Number 3 · 06-19-2009, 01:27 PM

And I believe you will find that driving at night the HIDs are so good that having a fog lamp on would make no difference. Like throwing a glass of water into the lake.

ac223mal · 06-19-2009, 01:32 PM

Thank you for your help and clarification! I also apologize for wasting your time. I have tried very hard to not ask dumb questions, by doing proper research and reading on here. So thanks for taking easy on me and helping me out.

stovt001 · 06-19-2009, 01:32 PM

I like the analogy #3. Ha, guys, so should we make a smiley that says "RSs do not have fog lights!"? I see this as having the potential to be as common as "are those the real headlights?"

stovt001 · 06-19-2009, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by ac223mal

Thank you for your help and clarification! I also apologize for wasting your time. I have tried very hard to not ask dumb questions, by doing proper research and reading on here. So thanks for taking easy on me and helping me out.

Honestly, that isn't a dumb question at all. The RS lighting has been really confusing for a lot of us, because we all had a very different understanding of what it would be before production started. We all thought the halo rings would be the DRLs, the fog lights would be fog lights and everything could be turned on and off at will. We were wrong, and it is still taking us time to sort it out. Cheers! And feel free to keep asking questions!

montej23 · 06-19-2009, 01:45 PM

There is never a dumb question especially when learning more about your car and its potiential.

06-19-2009, 12:40 PM	#1
ac223mal Drives: car Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: location Posts: 571 View My Garage	Wrong Headlight Switch Anyone else not get the proper headlight switch. I have the a 2SS with fog lights that I can't turn on. The center of the switch is missing the fog light button and it will not push in. Anyone else have this problem?

06-19-2009, 12:41 PM	#2
rolnslo Rolling along... Drives: 2011 2SS/RS SGM Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 4,366 View My Garage	Your 2SS doesn't have the RS package, does it? __________________ 2011 2SS/RS Synergy Green A6

06-19-2009, 12:56 PM	#5
greenrail Comic Curmudgeon Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS-2010 VW CC Sport Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Near Chicago, IL Posts: 2,392	No disrepect here, but, Take a look at your owner's manual. It is all spelled out in there. The "Fog Lights" with the RS Package are DRL's. Either way, you will enjoy this car. I can't say enough good about mine. __________________ Member Illinois Camaro Club His Name is Rosie - "Speak Softly and Carry a Big Stick!" - If you know who said that, then you know the genesis of his name.

06-19-2009, 01:27 PM	#10
Number 3 Hail to the King baby! Drives: '19 XT4 2.0T & '22 VW Atlas 2.0T Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Illinois Posts: 12,301 View My Garage	And I believe you will find that driving at night the HIDs are so good that having a fog lamp on would make no difference. Like throwing a glass of water into the lake. __________________ "Speed, it seems to me, provides the one genuinely modern pleasure." - Aldous Huxley

06-19-2009, 01:32 PM	#12
stovt001 Drives: 2006 Cobalt, 2004 Taurus wagon Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: California Posts: 3,810	I like the analogy #3. Ha, guys, so should we make a smiley that says "RSs do not have fog lights!"? I see this as having the potential to be as common as "are those the real headlights?" __________________ "It's kind of fun to do the impossible" - Walt Disney There's a great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of every day There's a great big beautiful tomorrow Just a dream away

06-19-2009, 12:44 PM	#3
CamaroHutch Drives: 2010 Camaro 2SS RJT Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Southern Indiana (Louisville Area) Posts: 357	I bet you have the RS package which utilizes the fog lamps as Daytime Running Lights... no option for fog lights on the RS __________________ Ordered Jan 09 2SS RS RJT Delivery?? 5/27/09 #10630 AFTERMARKET: Hurst STS Borla ATAK Catback

06-19-2009, 01:17 PM	#6
ac223mal Drives: car Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: location Posts: 571 View My Garage	Yes, I have the RS package. So your telling me that I can not use the fog lamps at night, and the only time they work is during the day. I am not complaining, I love the car. Figured that you would be able to use the fog lamps at night.

06-19-2009, 01:20 PM	#7
montej23 Drives: 2011 VR Camaro Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 974 View My Garage	The RS package only allows the FOG LIGHTS to work during the day that is it, Now i am sure there is a smart guy out there that will figure out how to wire it differently

06-19-2009, 01:45 PM	#14
montej23 Drives: 2011 VR Camaro Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Arkansas Posts: 974 View My Garage	There is never a dumb question especially when learning more about your car and its potiential.

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