How to Install Aftermarket foglights in your 8G
k.....I finally bout my Angel Eye Fogz and Installed them today. I am using the Hella Optilux 2500 Angel Eyes. So this tutorial is for the hellas. This Tutorial is for a 02-03 G. But I gues it can work on the 99-01's as well.
Tools needed:
Screwdriver
Pliers
Electric Drill
Pre-Drill Bit (dont know the size...small (as small as the screw lol)
Sheet Metal Screws
1/2 inch washers
22-18 guage wire tap-ins
Razor blade
First thing you do is take out the 2 screws on the side plates next to the foglights on each side. Then remove those side plates. Now you will have access to the foglight housing. Remove the four bolts that hold the housing to the car. Next thing I did was take the OEM fog light out of its housing. You will have to remove a screw that is screwed into the fog light itself. Also you will have to unlock that lever thing and take that off of the housing.
Ok so you've got that done! Now here comes the tricky part. Mounting the new foglights into the orignal housing.
First thing i did was put the bracket that came with the Hella Optilux onto the foglight. I had the bracket pushed all the way down (since it can move up and down). Tighten the screws on the bracket to make it tight enough where it wont be easy to move. If you keep them loose enough you can angle them yourselves. With that done... I Put the fog and its brack flush up againt the inside of the housing.
First thing i did was put the bracket that came with the Hella Optilux onto the foglight. I had the bracket pushed all the way down (since it can move up and down). Tighten the screws on the bracket to make it tight enough where it wont be easy to move. If you keep them loose enough you can angle them yourselves. With that done... I Put the fog and its brack flush up againt the inside of the housing.
You might need another person here helping you since i had my dad help me out.
Make sure you are clearing the existing holes on the bracket!
Figure out where you think is a good location in the housing. Next hold the bracket the plastic housing in place with needle nose plier(hold tight). Take you drill and you are going to create 2 new pre-drilled holes. Go Through the plastic and through the metal. It will take a little while to finally break through. That metal is pretty tough. Create ONE hole first.
Here is a pic of the first hole...
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Next, place you bracket back in the housing and line up the holes and put you screw and washer tight the the housing.
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Now that you have your first screw secured you might feel it is kinda flimsy....but you def need another screw in there. So again hold the bracket to the housing with the pliers and predrill another hole and follow the same precedure. Oh and make sure you are clearing the existing holes on the bracket
Here is a pic with both of them on:
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Now the fog light is fastened really tight!!.
Now do the same thing to the other side. Its not to hard it just takes some patience. If you rush it will come out messed up!.
Now the easy PART!!! The Wiring
It is very simple....
Take a razor and cut the plastic loom on the stock fog wiring and with you wire taps tap the Red wire from the stock fog wiring to the Whiite wire of your After Market Fogs. Then Black to Black. Now for the yellow wire run it all the way up to the turn signal and cut the plastic loom off of the wires ( make sure you dont CUT THE WIRES) and you will see a green wire with a red stripe and tap the yellow into that green/red stripe wire. Do that for both sides and you are done..
Oh and dont forget to get Zip ties or something to tie up the extra wire to the car so its not dangling...
here are some more pics.....
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Night Shots! ( need to buy bulbs that will mathc my HID looks kinda funny (Blue HIDs/ yellow fogs lol)
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GOOD LUCK!!!