DIY- Scion Frs Fog lights

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Originally Posted by imravenit

so i have to send an inquiry first on there website?

Yep, it's weird but it works. I ordered mine a week ago, shipped yesterday. Appears to blow Nigel out of the water in terms of speed, price, and communication so far. I'm tired of waiting so I ordered from both people.

[terrypm]

Originally Posted by t00n3wb

So are you running then to turn on with the head lights?

Yes. Some of us did that. We tapped into the passenger side front fender light with the white wire from Nigel's wiring harness instead of installing the switch. The fog lights come on every time the parking lights or headlights are turned on.

The first post of this tread by Juanito08 has an excellent you tube video of the installation.

[t00n3wb]

Originally Posted by terrypm

Yes. Some of us did that. We tapped into the passenger side front fender light with the white wire from Nigel's wiring harness instead of installing the switch. The fog lights come on every time the parking lights or headlights are turned on.

The first post of this tread by Juanito08 has an excellent you tube video of the installation.

Alright thanks a bunch. I'm kind of new to this but i want the fog lights to be my first modification so yeah! Thanks guys

[draggin_az]

I bought my bezels from amayama on the 29th of march. they were shipped from japan and showed up today. I can't get shit from CA to shit that fast. def a happy customer.

[Juanito08]

Originally Posted by t00n3wb

So are you running then to turn on with the head lights?

I'm running them to turn on when the side markers turn on, super easy and no switch to worry about

[imravenit]

damn im still waiting for there reply.. i inquired yesterday.. anything im doing wrong? ;(

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Originally Posted by imravenit

damn im still waiting for there reply.. i inquired yesterday.. anything im doing wrong? ;(

It takes a bit, just wait. It took a while for me too but once they've got their money they work pretty fast.

[Zagmeister]

Originally Posted by post_break

It takes a bit, just wait. It took a while for me too but once they've got their money they work pretty fast.

That is my experience with Amayama, too. Ordered on Tuesday, shipped on Thursday and now I can track it on Japan Post - instant gratification. Amayama is a first class operation, with quick turnaround times and clear "terms and conditions" section on Amayama's website.

By contrast, check the competition’s "terms and conditions" section on their website. If you find anything other than white space - "Let me know".

The best thing - in my experience - about my order from the competition - was cancelling it. Ten days after payment delivery on PayPal, I did not even get an answer for my PMs inquiring about an estimated shipping date.

I knew that "will be ship" was not happening! Not in my life time anyway.

[imravenit]

i keep submitting an inquiry about the part numbers but im not getting any reply back or i am not able to pay for them at all? how is everybody getting fast response?

[draggin_az]

installed the fogs today. the only pain in the ass part I ran into was the bottom bolt. the bottom hole is smaller so I had to literally "screw" it in. then it's such a small space I had told a wrench with channel locks bc the socket would fit in there.

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You used too large of bolts, you need to just secure it with nuts and bolts.

Here is my car after the install yesterday, so much better.

Also, the gap with the forester fogs is a feature!

The gap allows for air flow since the forester fogs use H11 bulbs, they put out more heat than the wimpy BRZ fogs. Hence the glass.

[imravenit]

anybody got a hold of amayama ? maybe someone here who already established an account with them can order me a set of the covers and ill jusy pay you

[imravenit]

Here is everything you need to know how to install a fog light on your frs..

Here's all the references I used..
FRS Fogs using BRZ Stalk http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29263

Fog Light Powered with Factory Stalk and BCM http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=33025

Scion Frs Fog Lights http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27581

for more information and guide please visit these threads above..



Parts Needed:
1. L&R Fog Lights $84

-2 Outback Fog lights Part #84501AJ00A
http://www.subarupartsforyou.com/cp_...p?partid=19073

L&R Fog Light Cover $25

RH Fog light cover - SU00301518
http://www.amayama.com/search/?q=su00301518

LH Fog light cover - SU00301519
http://www.amayama.com/search/?q=su00301519

BRZ Stalk Switch $60
Item#: 83115FJ070
http://subarupartsforyou.com/cp_part...p?partid=23294

H11 Harness $15-25
Any h11 harness you prefer, wether you buy one from amazon.com or get Nigel fog light harness kit.

Mounting Hardwares $5
You need 4x m5 or m6 Allen bolts, 4x m5 or m6 washer, 4x nylon m5 or m6 nuts.

Extra Harness Pins, to make a new harness with your h11 connectors, to connect to the signal lights connectors.

http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...=29263&page=12

Or get the full kit at Ishii Motors http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=34078 for $385

2. Start by disconnecting the battery
3. Positive Terminal disconnected
4. 3x fuses for the Horn were taken off. Heres a reference http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showthread.php?t=12257
5. Now take off plastic splash guard underneath the bumper, both passenger and driver sides, there 1x 10mm nut you need to take off and 2 pop offs on each side..
6. take off the plastic cover on passenger side, be patient, you can actually pull it off once you get a corner off.



7. Now same for the driver side just carefully take off driver side plastic cover
8. Here both driver and passenger side plastic covers are taken off
9. Now its time to take the steering wheel off, first you need to take the airbag off. once again dont forget to disconnect battery off. now go to the cabin and push the pin forward the center of the steering wheel on all three holes. while pulling the airbag itself towards you. Reference http://www.ft86club.com/forums/showt...ghlight=Airbag
10. remove the orange, black harness and ground for the horn off the airbag. remove the nut that's holding the steering wheel, then gently pull the steering wheel towards you.
11. make sure to tape the steering angle sensor so it does not move I used a tape to make sure it does not move, basically you want the orange to be visible in the window just like the picture.
12. remove two bolts to take upper and lower plastic steering cover.

Remove the two screws from the wheel covering. Gently remove the bottom cover by seperating top from bottom.

13. now remove the white connector on the steering angle sensor
14. remove all off the sensors underneath, the yellow one is a tricky one you actually need to push it from the end.

Next unplug everything you basically see. Lower left side is a white connector for the headlamp assembly. Lower Center is a white and yellow connector for the steering position sensor. The yellow connector has a specialty lock that has to be slid forward to get it disconnected. There is also a connector to the right side and rear of the steering sensor. There are 3 clips that hold the steering sensor. Unsnap them and gently pull it off. Keeping it clocked to the same location. Keep the yellow indicator in the window.

15. You need to remove the steering angle sensor, so unclip the clip on the 12 oclock position to remove the steering angle sensor
16. Then unclip the clip on the 9 oclock position to remove the steering angle sensor
17. Finally, unclip the clip on the 3 oclock position to remove the steering anlge sensor
19. You need to remove the wiper switch first before you take the headlight switch stalk.*



18. After removing the sensor, locate the clamp thats holding the switch, the clamp is at the back at your 12 oclock, just squeeze the clamp thats holding the original stalk switch at the back and wiggle the stalk out towards you.. It might take some time but be patient and wiggle it in and out towards you. The idea is to push it away first to get it off the notch that's holding it then quickly pulling it towards you.
20. you should see this when you take the original stalk switch while depressing the clamp and pulling it towards you.

To remove the headlamp stalk you need to compress the clamp on the back side and pull up the plastic lock underneath the spring at the 12 O'clock position and gently wiggle it off. Its. not easy.... Once you have it off transfer the turn signal switch to the new stalk and reverse the procedures to put everything back.

The new stalk with fog light switch puts in a new circuit that basically grounds the fog light input to the BCM and activates the outputs to power the fog lights along with turning on the indicator.

21. Then install your new brz stalk switch and pull the red lever once its in position, then install the wiper switch.
22-23. take off the original turn signal lights driver and passenger side harness, and make a new one by putting a new pin on the fourth slot. and tappping into the black wire for ground. Refer to..

Originally Posted by Retro86

okay guys, finally finished. after a couple of noob moves i got my stuff done.

picture time!

female connector with the lock removed, i took out the black wire just to see which female pin to use



This one rght here as you can see there is a blue plug that you need to push out so you can put your female pin connector.



Luckily i remembered i had a couple of these laying around, its not the same one but i tweaked it a little bit to make it fit



as you can see the bottom left of the connector with the orange/red wire goes directly to your fog socket.



ground it out then test it up, shiii works



finally! thanks guys!

24-25. install fog lights. your choice of hardwares. Just so you know the top is larger than the bottom. So you might wanna buy two different sizes of bolts. Also an Allen stylel bolts works best for me.



26. you should now end up with this
27. turn fog light switch on
28-29. enjoy!
30. Also theres a fog light indicator inside the cabin!

If youre having s hard time following you need to read the first three references for you to fully understand what is going on.. Please take the time to do some research... as I did as well.. But I hope these pictures will guide you.. If you have any questions feel free to send me a message!! Have a good one!

To the op's , if you guys have any suggestion on the write up I can make some changes. As I was rushing typing this down..

[lbroskee]

@imravenit thanks for the compilation and the million pics for better detail