DIY 01-03 JDM Civic Fog Lights

[deucescorner]

Sucks about the bulb and wiring problems.. I'm sure I'll run into wiring difficulties with mine as well.

About the gap, please post a picture of it. Maybe I can help you fix it...

thanks man, i'll post pics tomorow morning i gotta get up early to go looking for switches, the right light bulb and sealant for my headlight.

i just saw some pics of your car, it's looking noice, hopefully you can help me get my fogs to look as flush as yours, looks like a professional job

 

[Russianred]

thanks man, i'll post pics tomorow morning i gotta get up early to go looking for switches, the right light bulb and sealant for my headlight.

i just saw some pics of your car, it's looking noice, hopefully you can help me get my fogs to look as flush as yours, looks like a professional job

Thanks man!!

Check page 23 right now for my pics. the bracket I used and position of the length of the screw blah blah.. do you get what I wrote? let me know. If you don't get it I can try to explain better and formulate an MSPaint picture or something.

 

[deucescorner]

Thanks man!!

Check page 23 right now for my pics. the bracket I used and position of the length of the screw blah blah.. do you get what I wrote? let me know. If you don't get it I can try to explain better and formulate an MSPaint picture or something.

wow, you made it look so simple, i understand the steps, i'm going to try that clip you installed 'cause that is exactly where i have my gap. If i understood it correctly you screwed the clip to the fog and then the bumper?

 

[Russianred]

wow, you made it look so simple, i understand the steps, i'm going to try that clip you installed 'cause that is exactly where i have my gap. If i understood it correctly you screwed the clip to the fog and then the bumper?

No, I pushed the fog in with my hand and held it there while I screwed the screw on the clip which is on the side. The screwed screw then went into that square space behind the light, and since i had been holding it in with my hand, when I let go, the screw/clip trick held it in tightly.. make sense? If it still doesn't i'll draw a picture in a minute. The clip/screw is not screwed into the fog, the length of the screw simply prevents the fog from moving out.

 

[deucescorner]

No, I pushed the fog in with my hand and held it there while I screwed the screw on the clip which is on the side. The screwed screw then went into that square space behind the light, and since i had been holding it in with my hand, when I let go, the screw/clip trick held it in tightly.. make sense? If it still doesn't i'll draw a picture in a minute.

oh, so your using the pressure from the screw to kind of stretch the foglight and another thing; is your driver side foglight kind of close to your rad?

 

[Russianred]

oh, so your using the pressure from the screw to kind of stretch the foglight and another thing; is your driver side foglight kind of close to your rad?

I'm using the natural pressure from the light wanting to make the gap and protrude, to push against the screw after it is clipped to the side and fully screwed it, it makes a barrier. So push the light in, screw in the screw, let go of the light, and it puts pressure on itself & the screw in the way prevents the gap. pic is ****ty, but it may help.

 

[Russianred]

It's kind of hard to relay over text... easier to just show. I'll tell you though - just be creative with it, think about it for a little bit. Don't settle for a poorly installed light, it can be done well

Also - the clip pictured there is like a V indent in the side there where the screw sits, so when the pressure from the light happens after u release it, the screw/clip stays put, and holds the side in place.

Both fog lights (ends of bulbs) ended up being the same distance from the radiator, which is like 1"-1.5".

 

[deucescorner]

It's kind of hard to relay over text... easier to just show. I'll tell you though - just be creative with it, think about it for a little bit. Don't settle for a poorly installed light, it can be done well

Also - the clip pictured there is like a V indent in the side there where the screw sits, so when the pressure from the light happens after u release it, the screw/clip stays put, and holds the side in place.

Both fog lights (ends of bulbs) ended up being the same distance from the radiator, which is like 1"-1.5".

ok so it's thre pressure from thre V at the inner foglight that preventing it from protruding

 

[deucescorner]

thanks so much Russianred, i will definitely pick up the pieces tomorow and try it out, cause right now i just don't feel satisfied, i'll update you tomorow

 

[Russianred]

Sounds good man, and like I said - if it doesn't work out this way, then just be creative, think about how you can use physics and simple items to prevent the gap. Good luck let me know.