HOW-TO: Install HID/Fog Lights

Posted January 11th, 2002 by v33k

Objective:  Install aftermarket HID and Foglights on EK sedan

About the mod:

By adding a pair of aftermarket foglights or upgrade to HID headlights, you can increase night driving visibility. It also looks cool. :)
 

Difficulty level:  Easy to Medium
 

Tools Needed: 

assorted screwdrivers
Socket wrench with assorted sockets
Drill
cutting knife

Parts Needed:

Aftermarket foglight kit
HID kit + 20A fuse
Some grease
Tape or plastic tie

Time Needed: one afternoon
 

DISCLAIMER: This is only a installation that performed by me, not by professional. Therefore, I am not responsible for: (A) Wrong procedure. (B) The results of installation. (C) Any damage (car , your life or anything) during or after the installation (D) any other reponsiblilities
 


Fig 1: foglights wiring diagram
Usually the aftermarket foglight kits come with wireharness and relay. Basically following the wiring diagram will get your job done.
 
 


Fig 2: HID wiring diagram
Also, HID kits come with everything, wire harness and relay.
 


Fig 3: This is my HID kit by Philips. It has a black weather housing to protect the ballast as well, a very good kit indeed
         (pair of D2R bulbs not shown)
 

Step 1: If you want to do a good job, removing the front bumper and grill is a good idea.
Check out the article done by slvr-bullet (aka Steve) here .
Follow the step and remove the front grill. You just need to remove 4 more screws under the bumper,
green arrows on Fig 4, then the whole bumper can be removed.

For HID, remove the headlight housing as well. 4 bolts need to be removed on each side.
Red circles on Fig 4

Fig 4: bumper and grill are being removed
 

Step 2:  Place the HID ballast, I put it inside the side fender

Fig 5: HID ballast

Step 3: Rung the wire, the best way is too follow the factory wire.

Fig 6: Wiring, white one is for foglights, big black one is factory, and small black one is for HID
 

Step 4: Place the relays and make sure the relays won't get wet. Therefore I put some grease and tape up to protect them.
Red Circle: HID relay, already greased and taped
Green Circle: Foglights relay, greasing up.

Fig 7: 2 Relays, HID and foglights
 

Step 5: Organize the wires, stable down the relays, Ground the wires
Green Circle: Foglights relay, taped and greased
Red Circle: HID relay
Yellow circle: HID connector connected with the H4 factory headlight connector
Green line: HID and Foglight wires, following the factory wires
Red line: Foglight wire that goes through firewall and inside the car for switch
Blue Arrow: factory ground point.

Fig 8: Wires Harness, relays, factory ground point
 

Step 6:  Install a switch, I didn't use the switch that came with the foglight kit. I bought another one from Radioshack. $5 :)
This switch will light up when turned on.
You need to hook up the switch with 3 wires. Ground, Power, and foglight harness.
You don't need to fish all 3 wires through the firewall, only the wire from foglight harness is needed.
You can hook up the ground wire on any metal surface inside the car.
And I got the power from fusebox (Fig 10 and 11)

Fig 9: The Switch
 

Step 7: Take the power from crank and hook it up with the switch (This way, foglights will automatically turn off when engine is shutdown)

Fig 10: Fuse box at the driver side kick panel
 

Step 8: for HID, take out all the fuse that are not needed. and upgrade the 10A fuse to 20A on No. 21(which is where my HID kit took power from)
The arrow on the following diagram indicates where you take power for the foglight switch.

Fig 11: Fuse box
 

Step 9: Mount your foglights, anywhere you want and hook up the wires with foglights and +battery, test it.

Fig 12: Foglights are installed and bolt down to the frame of the car.
 

Step 10: Test and make sure everything works. Put everything back together, bumper grill, headlights

Fig 13: Finished product.




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