ds2000
25th September 2006, 08:26 AM
Hi all,
Well my car didn't have a fog light on it, at all, so I thought I best get one installed. I had fogs on the front and wanted to use the front switch for the rear light as well and not have some nasty out of place thing in the car.
Hopefully this'll be of some use to a few of you :)
Well, here's how you do it:
What you need:
3m of Electrical Cable (I used house hold plug wire)
1 Red Bulb (I used glass paint from an Art shop for mine)
1 Wire Coat Hanger/old aerial
Long nosed pliers
Knife or Wire Strippers
Soldering Iron & Solder
Insulation Tape
Right onto the install:
1) Remove the rear light - 1 screw, note if the fog light isn't in the middle of the car, MOT regs state that it has to be on the off-side:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyr0&outx=640
2) Remove the reverse bulb and put in your painted red one, now put the car into reverse to test it works:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyrz&outx=640
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyty&outx=640
3) Disconnect the battery, now cut the red (live) wire to the reverse light:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt1&outx=640
4) In the back of the boot, towards the bottom of the spare wheel well is a rubber grommet, you need to put your electrical cable through here (This requires some finesse, I used a piece of wire to pull it through:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt3&outx=640
5) Using the long (snipe) nosed pliers pull the cable through the hole where the reverse light sits:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt2&outx=640
6) Solder the end of the new wire to the red wire, obviously bulb side and not car side :yes
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytf&outx=640
7) With that done, insulate it up:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt5&outx=640
8) Next, remove the top of the centre console and disconnect the fog light switch; you should have something that looks like this:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyts&outx=640
9) You'll need to get the new wire to the switch, this is the biggest PITA, I decided to route it under the boot trim, under the seat and then under the carpet to keep it all neat and tidy.
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt7&outx=640
I used an old aerial to pull the wire under the carpet:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt8&outx=640
10) You need to splice into the yellow wire:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytc&outx=640
11) Put everything back together and admire your work, I've since coated the bulb a few more times and its now actually red :Thumbsup! :
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyta&outx=640
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytb&outx=640
:D
Cheers
Dave
Well my car didn't have a fog light on it, at all, so I thought I best get one installed. I had fogs on the front and wanted to use the front switch for the rear light as well and not have some nasty out of place thing in the car.
Hopefully this'll be of some use to a few of you :)
Well, here's how you do it:
What you need:
3m of Electrical Cable (I used house hold plug wire)
1 Red Bulb (I used glass paint from an Art shop for mine)
1 Wire Coat Hanger/old aerial
Long nosed pliers
Knife or Wire Strippers
Soldering Iron & Solder
Insulation Tape
Right onto the install:
1) Remove the rear light - 1 screw, note if the fog light isn't in the middle of the car, MOT regs state that it has to be on the off-side:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyr0&outx=640
2) Remove the reverse bulb and put in your painted red one, now put the car into reverse to test it works:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyrz&outx=640
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyty&outx=640
3) Disconnect the battery, now cut the red (live) wire to the reverse light:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt1&outx=640
4) In the back of the boot, towards the bottom of the spare wheel well is a rubber grommet, you need to put your electrical cable through here (This requires some finesse, I used a piece of wire to pull it through:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt3&outx=640
5) Using the long (snipe) nosed pliers pull the cable through the hole where the reverse light sits:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt2&outx=640
6) Solder the end of the new wire to the red wire, obviously bulb side and not car side :yes
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytf&outx=640
7) With that done, insulate it up:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt5&outx=640
8) Next, remove the top of the centre console and disconnect the fog light switch; you should have something that looks like this:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyts&outx=640
9) You'll need to get the new wire to the switch, this is the biggest PITA, I decided to route it under the boot trim, under the seat and then under the carpet to keep it all neat and tidy.
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt7&outx=640
I used an old aerial to pull the wire under the carpet:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyt8&outx=640
10) You need to splice into the yellow wire:
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytc&outx=640
11) Put everything back together and admire your work, I've since coated the bulb a few more times and its now actually red :Thumbsup! :
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhyta&outx=640
http://images.fotopic.net/?iid=yjhytb&outx=640
:D
Cheers
Dave