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Sorry if it's been discussed, I tried searching but didn't find anything. The fog lights on my 87 GT keep blowing fuses as soon as I try to turn them on. I put in a 30 amp fuse instead of the 15 amp and it didn't blow the fuse but it caused the headlights to severely dim and eventually flicker, I turned the fogs off right away to avoid any electrical damage. Anybody have any ideas?

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immediately remove the 30amp fuse. I see people try this all the time and it is severely unsafe considering you can overload the circuit and cause a fire. Try looking for shorts. Exposed bare wire making contact where it shouldnt.

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Yea I removed it right away, I know what it could do. I'll have to check the wiring deeper, from the wires I could see, everything looked ok.

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Stock wiring and fogs or are they aftermarket?

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Stock

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You need my headlight mod

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did you wire into the parking lights or jump to the headlight switch?

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figured it out, wiring to the pass. side was shorting, rewired, now works.

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