DIY: EDM Rear Fog Install

[jamescardenas07]

Items Needed: -EDM Fog w/ Garnish & Bracket (eBay) --Coupes, use one off a EK9 or 4thgen Prelude (i used one off the 4thgen prelude) --Sedans, use one off a DC2 since they have an angle (check jdmland.com for pics) -07-08 Honda Fit Combination Switch (35255-S5K-F12) -30A Bosch Relay (eBay, get one with the pigtail) -30ft of 16G Wire (20ft going to the fog and 10 going to relay, switch, grounds, etc) 1. Disconnect the negative terminal on the battery 2. Make a template using the lip of the garnish. This will be used to cut the hole. (i used masking tape & a sharpie) 3. For the coupes, place the template a bit higher than this. If you go any lower it will interfere with the crash beam. For the 04-05 sedans, place the template here. not to sure about the 01-03 sedans yet. (thanks for the pic 03civicdopejmd from honda-tech) 4. Using a dremel w/ a cut-off wheel, cut inside the line and test fit the garnish. If trimming has to be made, do it in small increments with a sanding bit. 5. Remove the garnish behind the steering wheel. There are 3 screws on the bottom. 6. Remove the old combination switch. There are 2 screws. Once that is removed use a small flathead on the little notch to expand the switch housing so the switch can be pulled out. 7. On the connector, add 2 pins to the locations in red. (you can get pins from another honda at your local junkyard) 8. Slide in the new switch & re-attach the 2 screws and the connector. 9. Remove the access panel to the fusebox and the coinholder. 10. Find a place to mount the relay. I mounted mine behind the coinholder. 11. Here’s a simple wiring diagram to show you where everything goes. 12. I got the 12v where my front fogs gets its 12v. 13. I routed pole 30 from the relay thru the driver's side door sill & rear panel. 14. At the foglight, i used quick disconnects in the event i have to remove my rear bumper 15. Finished product. Modified by jamescardenas07 at 1:18 PM 10/24/2008

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[Harlowe]

Good writeup man!

[LatinEM2]

Nice nice

[OVNI_CIVIC]

yes! very nice, im not sure i understand tho, what are the 2 pins for? where do they go to?

[00falcon]

very nice. i thought you just hooked it up to your fog switch or another oem fog switch.

props for this! i'm guessing the reminder tone goes off if you accidentally leave it on?

[jamescardenas07]

Originally Posted by OVNI_CIVIC

yes! very nice, im not sure i understand tho, what are the 2 pins for? where do they go to?

they go here (see the red dots in the connector)



one of the pins go to the relay and the other goes to a 12v source. doesn't matter which one. (check wiring diagram)

Originally Posted by 00falcon

very nice. i thought you just hooked it up to your fog switch or another oem fog switch.

props for this! i'm guessing the reminder tone goes off if you accidentally leave it on?

i did wire it to a oem fog switch

[homelessEm2]

NICE! clean and simple. glad to see more peeps gettin into the DIY and bein creative...props to you sir

[EMjoy81]

nice DIY!

A painted frame from the rear fog looks much better by this color :-)




with a black car it doesn`t matter that the frame is black.

so go and make it

[03civicdopejmd]

i think you may have it in the wrong spot for the 04-05 bumpers, unless there different on coupes but this is how the 04-05's should look, which is the way imma do it sorry to blow the bubble

[jamescardenas07]

Originally Posted by EMjoy81

nice DIY!

A painted frame from the rear fog looks much better by this color :-)



with a black car it doesn't matter that the frame is black.

so go and make it

very nice. i have a question for you. can you turn on your rear fog independently or does the headlights have to be on?

Originally Posted by 03civicdopejmd

i think you may have it in the wrong spot for the 04-05 bumpers, unless there different on coupes but this is how the 04-05's should look, which is the way imma do it sorry to blow the bubble

the coupe is different. dark_maul has a 04 and his is in the same location as mine. btw, is the 01-03 sedan rear fog in the same location as the 04-05?

[jamescardenas07]

BUMP. added 04-05 sedan info

[EMjoy81]

the foglight only lights up, when the headlights are switched on

and additional a controllamp lights up beside the other controllamps,
like the controllamp by switching on the fullbeam of the frontlights

but the front fogs you can switch on seperately from the rear fog light.

[jamescardenas07]

ah yea. i seen the rear fog indicator on a edm cluster someone was selling on 7thgen. does the switch i have look like yours?

[EMjoy81]

yes, it looks identical

[jamescardenas07]

mind taking pics? along with the rest of your interior?

[EMjoy81]

uuups, sorry, i didn`t saw your answer

the next days i make a few pics of the oem interiour for you

[jamescardenas07]

thanks

[dopejdmes1]

this is where i put mine on an 01-03 sedan

[SuckMyDOHC]

Rear foglights go on the driver side, regardless of LHD or RHD.

Originally Posted by 03civicdopejmd

i think you may have it in the wrong spot for the 04-05 bumpers, unless there different on coupes but this is how the 04-05's should look, which is the way imma do it sorry to blow the bubble

[03EXHondaOKC]

Where can I buy a kit and how much do run for?

[03EXHondaOKC]

Got my answer, Thanks

[trang_man]

Very nice.

[tunerkid7]

got mine on the way woot!!

[ApexRR]

nice, what about to install the rear fog on both sides?
what do you think, will it look nice or just too much if there are 2 in the rear spoiler?

[It Wasn't Me]

Originally Posted by ApexRR

nice, what about to install the rear fog on both sides?
what do you think, will it look nice or just too much if there are 2 in the rear spoiler?

You could install two rear fog lights, but there's only supposed to be one.

Two would look stupid. (IMO, of course.)