is it semi easy to install fog lights on a 2002 accord 4 door?

 

i dont think its that hard...go to h and a accessories. they usually have directions you can download.

 

oh ok thanks man

 

if its the OEM honda kit is shud b easy with the instructions but if its aftermarket kit....u'll prolly need xtra parts...esp if u bought it off EGAY [:@]

 

no its oem

 

i didnt know there were spots to put fog lights, on my front end it looks like there is but looks like I would have to cut the bumper to put them there, also would have thought car would have come with them since it came with every other option known to man...

 

did you ever get to install those fog lights? what kind did you have? i have these (pic below) and i want to know if they were similar and how hard it is to install, thanks



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from what I've read, OEM fog lights are a PITA to install because they want you to wire them through the stock switches and stuff so they go on with low beams and off on high beams ..... also so they go on and off with the headlight switch.

I'd use the OEM switch because it looks right, but I'd do the wiring myself. I'd use an inline fuse off of the battery and a relay to pick up an acc signal. That way, the fog/driving lights will go on and off with the car when the switch is left on. They don't need to be disabled when you have high beams on and also, this way they can double as daytime driving lights. This way is also a lot easier than the OEM wiring that I read about.

For the battery and lamp leads, you should use 16 AWG or better ..... or just use 16 for the whole install. Also, a 15A fuse. That gives you enough juice for about 150 Watts.

 

Falkore,
Could you explain "an inline fuse off of the battery and a relay to pick up an acc signal" in easier words...?
So exactly where do you have to connect the wires?
And in stock wiring, they go off when high beams are on?
Thanks.

 

Mike ..... do you know how a relay works or how to wire them? It is basically a switch that instead of flipping a toggle, it turns on or off when a trigger current is present. A relay has 4 contacts if it is n.o. or n.c. or it can have 5 contacts if it can do either/both. To hook up what I described above, a lead is run from the fused side of any accessory power lead to the trigger portion of the relay. The other side of the trigger is grounded. On the load side, a fused power lead is run from the battery to the relay and on the other side of the relay, to the lights.


here, 85-86 is the trigger and 30-87/87A is the load side.

inline fuse



another type (glass fuses)