The Only Fog Light Thread You Should Ever Post In

[timot_one]

Yeh they look good, but it's a question of all the wiring working, and if the fogs would even fit right.

Sorry I missed this earlier, but I should probably comment.  To be completely honest, the harness may or may not work.  Considering that it is a harness made for a JDM (my assumption from the website you were looking at) Civic, I would take a wild guess that you will not be able to use that harness as plug and play.

[seththekorean]

I guess its not a good seller, but maybe it will help everyone stay away from this one.

Matt (rocket starter) and i got the same fogs. horrid. seller was imotorsport.
horrible fitment ( expected) no fuse, wiring harnesses were disgusting. and you need four mounting bolts on each fog light. i got two total and so did matt. EPIC negative feedback. lol.

[timot_one]

Well, they're not responsible for selling you a shitty product.  If they sold you the fog lights and the sale was fine, they shouldn't be blamed for a shitty product.  If anything, blame the manufacturer.  In my experience, the manufacturers suck ass.  Their harnesses don't match OEM, so you play fucking guessing games with the goddamn wires that you have to connect under the hood.

[unclejud49348]

I think they would look good. Let us know how that works out..

[mnkyman]

I guess its not a good seller, but maybe it will help everyone stay away from this one.

Matt (rocket starter) and i got the same fogs. horrid. seller was imotorsport.
horrible fitment ( expected) no fuse, wiring harnesses were disgusting. and you need four mounting bolts on each fog light. i got two total and so did matt. EPIC negative feedback. lol.

i think i bought from the same seller in the past...i looked at the brackets and harness and compared to the OEM install manual...they were completely different so I messaged him back and said I wanted refund or I'll dispute, so I sent it back and got a refund

i'm going to see about getting the asean fogs (from the other thread)...if not, i'll be hitting you up for those sellers Tim.

[striktlyaccord]

Yeh they look good, but it's a question of all the wiring working, and if the fogs would even fit right.

Sorry I missed this earlier, but I should probably comment.  To be completely honest, the harness may or may not work.  Considering that it is a harness made for a JDM (my assumption from the website you were looking at) Civic, I would take a wild guess that you will not be able to use that harness as plug and play.

You could be right.

[Blackhawk]

57 steps for coupe. Thank god my vents are removable.

-JT

[timot_one]

I could be wrong too.

[striktlyaccord]

I could be wrong too.

Doubtful, lol.  It's just nuts how there'd be over $100 in extra oem parts to purchase for fogs like this.  I guess it'd be fog light harness, fog light switch harness, switch, and a relay (or maybe even 2).

[Philly Steve]

What does everyone think of the OEM-style smoked fog lights?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/FOG-LIGH ... dZViewItem


I already have the OEM kit and would just be replacing the actual housing. I want the smoked lenses to go with my silver and black theme. I'm getting my foglight covers colormatched and i think they'd look cool being black surrounded by silver.

Any word on the quality of these housings? Obviously they're ebay so they're not as good as OEM but I think if i used the nightshades tint spray on the oem lenses it probably would melt.

[driveaccord]

not a fan of those steve but i do like the fogs in the OP

[timot_one]

I like the blacked out fogs.  They'd probably look sick as hell on Rich's car since it's all murdered out.

[Philly Steve]

Ok. Basically I am not satisfied with the options provided by the Honda fog lights when installed correctly, and I don't like the typical DIY parking light mod, so I'm going to modify an OEM harness so that it is set up to run with the parking lights with the use of HID fog lights in mind. With this harness installed the fog lights will do the following:

- Turn ON and OFF with OEM switch
- Turn OFF when parking lights are not on
- Will NOT flash with parking lights when car is OFF


--I'll be using a relay that receives its main power only when the key is in the ACC position (or ON).
--The secondary power will be from the parking lights. This will make sure the fog lights only turn on when the car is on and the parking lights are on.
--The 'device' power will provide power to the fog lights, and will be switched so that I can turn the fog lights on and off with the OEM switch.
--The fourth relay connection is the ground of course.

The typical wiring of the switch in the dash will cause your fog lights to flash when you lock your car if you leave the switch on.
The goal of this harness is to eliminate the flashing even if the switch is left on.


I'll be talking through this with Tim and will post any updates and pictures as I create the harness. If anyone is interested after I am done I can make one for you but I will do a DIY too.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

id need to modify mine too couse i sometimes forget to turn it off and then they come on when i open or close the car

mine run off battery with signal wire for relay taped into parking light wire
so i just need another relay

[timot_one]

That's a good idea that isn't too hard to pull off.  Basically what you would do is wire the relay like this:

87   - 12 volts ACC wire (hot in run) - can be wired to the black/red Accessory wire or white/red 2nd Accessory wire found in your ignition harness
87a - not used
86   - 12 volts parking light wire - can be wired to fog light harness (details coming soon) or to the red/black wire coming from the large white plug above your fuse box
85   - ground - can be wired to ground on the fog light harness or to the chassis
30   - 12 volts fog light switch - blue wire in fog light switch harness

or like this to reduce wires:

87   - 12 volts to ACC wire (hot in run) - can be wired to the black/red Accessory wire or white/red 2nd Accessory wire found in your ignition harness
87a - not used
86   - 12 volts jumped to terminal 87
85   - ground parking light wire - red/black wire  headlight switch in steering column
30   - 12 volts fog light switch  - blue wire in fog light switch harness

I'm also looking at an option of rewiring your engine harnes so that you can reuse all the wiring with the engine harness.  I will have a wiring diagram in a few days.  I'm just too damn busy right now to be able to make something presentable and coherent.