First of all let me say thanks to rollinmyda and sammyloski for their help on the rear fog light issue. I finally got the time to do the install and promised a write up so here it goes…and I hope it helps others as well since there isnt much information about the rear fog lights installation.
Things needed:
EDM rear fog light from EF with bracket
1 OEM DA foglight switch
15-20ft of 16 gauge wiring
male and female bullet connectors
drill and dremel
a grinder with a cutting blade
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remove the bumper by removing the 2 side screws on each side and 4 12mm nuts, 2 inside the trunk area and 2 underneath the trunk area…make sure to also disconnect the harness for the license plate light and remove it along with the bumper.
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since my bolts on the bumper support were hard as hell to remove and stuck…i soaked them with wd-40…but after that rmove all the bolts that you see connected to the bumper…and also make sure to disconnect the 4 bullet connectors that go to the license plate lights since they will be on the bumper and the harness is attached to the bumper support.
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If you have an OEM honda bumper you should have a place to mount the bracket it should look like a little plastic ledge protruding outward from the bumper…thas where the top of the bracket goes…see the pic
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After aligning the bracket with the ledge we need to mark the area of the foglight that needs to be cut out…the measurements are 6.5in long and 2.5in in height…see pic
the easiest way to mark the lines is taking the foglight garnish (the black part) and tracing the lines the outer edge and the inner edge…we need to drill out the inner edge since the outer edge will be held up against the bumper. -
what i did was drill it out using a small drill bit and multiple holes and then using a dremel just connect the drilled holes to cut out the fog light holes…see pic
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The hole that i measured was measured leaving some margin for error…so after the hole is cut you will ahve to smoothen out the plastic and keep on filing it till the fog light goes thru…and dont make it too big that the fog light goes thru it with barely any force…you want it a little tight so it stays firm…see pic
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After the light fits now comes the hardest part which is to cut a hole in the bumper support so the rear of the fog light can sit inside it…see pic
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After the hole has been cut with the angle grinder you need to test fit it and see if enough metal was cut out for the rear of the fog lamp to clear…see pic
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After the fitment is fine the finished product of the bumper with the rear fog should look like this…
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Now comes the wiring part…there are 2 wires comming out of the rear fog light one is green (positive) and the other is black (ground)…what I did was ground the fog light by connecting another wire to the rear fog light and put a round terminal at the end of the wire and hooked it up to the bumper support hole where one of the 12mm nut was hooked up to hold the bumper to the car…the positive wire I extended it and to route it inside the car the location I chose was the side vent that opens up feed the wire thru there and pull it thru the trunk area…
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Now install the bumper back on the car and now the wiring part comes to power the rear fog light…The wiring diagram I went off of was drawn by sammyloski…and it is the correct way of doing it since you want to be able to turn it off and on with a switch…see pic
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The power source that will power the switch will be drawn from the panel above the fuse box…the location that I chose will let you power it with a switch and turn it on when the parking lights are on…#4 location on the fused panel…see pic
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Grab the switch and connect the wires as shown in the wiring diagram above…see pic
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Ground the switch on one of the bolts on the dashboard and run the output wire underneath the carpet and underneath the drivers side door floor panel thing (the plastic piece that you see when you open the door on the bottom)…remove that and put the wire underneath there and route it all the way back by hiding it underneath the rear seat and such…and when you get the wire to the rear connect it to the postive wire of the rear fog light that was already routed in the trunk…
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Connect everything and check your connections and turn it on the end result should look like this…see pics
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Enjoy a cold beer and admire the hard work ahaha…but it is pretty bright and I installed the fog light switch in place of the cruise control switch since mine didnt work anyways. Everything looks OEM and perfect.
Hope you guys like it and I hope it helped everyone out to whoever wants to do it in the future…if you have any questions feel free to email me at nirmal.naik@gmail.com
Very informative.
