Installing Fog Lights
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Re: Installing Fog Lights
I did KC ones by myself with ZERO knowledge on a '99 TJ and it was
easy...here come some stream-of-consciousness tips. Looking right above
your battery, there's a little plate against the firewall that's easy
to screw things into. Just pull out one of the screws, put the cubical
thing (relay) over it, screw back in. Connect the negative side of your
battery LAST. For the switch inside the cab, I don't know if you'll be
using the stock Jeep one that's already there, but to add a different
one (i.e., route the wires into the cab from the relay for the switch
you throw to turn the lights on) there's a pre-drilled hole in the
firewall with a rubber gasket you can push the line through by the
driver side feet-get on your hands and knees and look under the
dashboard on that side and you'll see it. One last caution: the weenie
little holes the factory drilled in the bumper are NOT big enough for
the foglamps I bought, and maybe won't be for yours. I had to drill a
much bigger hole and put spray primer so it wouldn't rust before
putting the lights in. Also, route all the light wires through your
bumper. It's tubular. Not counting the drilling/priming, it's a 1.5
hour job max. LAST IMPORTANT THING: at some point you have to join 2
wires with a little square thing that actually cuts through the wire
insulation to join 2 wires. DO THIS ONLY ONCE! Once you do it the first
time, you can't go back. I tried to, and water got in a shorted out one
of my lights.
easy...here come some stream-of-consciousness tips. Looking right above
your battery, there's a little plate against the firewall that's easy
to screw things into. Just pull out one of the screws, put the cubical
thing (relay) over it, screw back in. Connect the negative side of your
battery LAST. For the switch inside the cab, I don't know if you'll be
using the stock Jeep one that's already there, but to add a different
one (i.e., route the wires into the cab from the relay for the switch
you throw to turn the lights on) there's a pre-drilled hole in the
firewall with a rubber gasket you can push the line through by the
driver side feet-get on your hands and knees and look under the
dashboard on that side and you'll see it. One last caution: the weenie
little holes the factory drilled in the bumper are NOT big enough for
the foglamps I bought, and maybe won't be for yours. I had to drill a
much bigger hole and put spray primer so it wouldn't rust before
putting the lights in. Also, route all the light wires through your
bumper. It's tubular. Not counting the drilling/priming, it's a 1.5
hour job max. LAST IMPORTANT THING: at some point you have to join 2
wires with a little square thing that actually cuts through the wire
insulation to join 2 wires. DO THIS ONLY ONCE! Once you do it the first
time, you can't go back. I tried to, and water got in a shorted out one
of my lights.
#22
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Re: Installing Fog Lights
I did KC ones by myself with ZERO knowledge on a '99 TJ and it was
easy...here come some stream-of-consciousness tips. Looking right above
your battery, there's a little plate against the firewall that's easy
to screw things into. Just pull out one of the screws, put the cubical
thing (relay) over it, screw back in. Connect the negative side of your
battery LAST. For the switch inside the cab, I don't know if you'll be
using the stock Jeep one that's already there, but to add a different
one (i.e., route the wires into the cab from the relay for the switch
you throw to turn the lights on) there's a pre-drilled hole in the
firewall with a rubber gasket you can push the line through by the
driver side feet-get on your hands and knees and look under the
dashboard on that side and you'll see it. One last caution: the weenie
little holes the factory drilled in the bumper are NOT big enough for
the foglamps I bought, and maybe won't be for yours. I had to drill a
much bigger hole and put spray primer so it wouldn't rust before
putting the lights in. Also, route all the light wires through your
bumper. It's tubular. Not counting the drilling/priming, it's a 1.5
hour job max. LAST IMPORTANT THING: at some point you have to join 2
wires with a little square thing that actually cuts through the wire
insulation to join 2 wires. DO THIS ONLY ONCE! Once you do it the first
time, you can't go back. I tried to, and water got in a shorted out one
of my lights.
easy...here come some stream-of-consciousness tips. Looking right above
your battery, there's a little plate against the firewall that's easy
to screw things into. Just pull out one of the screws, put the cubical
thing (relay) over it, screw back in. Connect the negative side of your
battery LAST. For the switch inside the cab, I don't know if you'll be
using the stock Jeep one that's already there, but to add a different
one (i.e., route the wires into the cab from the relay for the switch
you throw to turn the lights on) there's a pre-drilled hole in the
firewall with a rubber gasket you can push the line through by the
driver side feet-get on your hands and knees and look under the
dashboard on that side and you'll see it. One last caution: the weenie
little holes the factory drilled in the bumper are NOT big enough for
the foglamps I bought, and maybe won't be for yours. I had to drill a
much bigger hole and put spray primer so it wouldn't rust before
putting the lights in. Also, route all the light wires through your
bumper. It's tubular. Not counting the drilling/priming, it's a 1.5
hour job max. LAST IMPORTANT THING: at some point you have to join 2
wires with a little square thing that actually cuts through the wire
insulation to join 2 wires. DO THIS ONLY ONCE! Once you do it the first
time, you can't go back. I tried to, and water got in a shorted out one
of my lights.