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If your car has
aftermarket wheels or if it’s lowered, you may have to turn the
steering wheel so you can get to the screws in the wheel well. There
will be one short Phillips head screw holding the corners of the bumper
up inside you wheel well. Remove them and place them where you won’t
kick them around and lose them. I usually have an empty coffee can to
put all my bolts in during an installation.
There will be two 10mm
bolts under the car holding the bottom in place. Remove them. Now inside
the engine compartment, there will be about 6 black snap in type clips
holding the top down. Pop the inside rivets up with a panel popper or a
small flathead screwdriver. After you pop them up about halfway, you
should be able to pop the whole rivet off the bumper.
After you have done all
this, the bumper should pretty much slide right off. If not, double
check. You should not have to remove anything else! There is a metal bar
that your bumper used to cover. That’s what you are going to attach
the fog lights to. Line up one side and mark the holes you are going to
drill with a pencil. Temporarily put the bumper back on so you can check
to be sure that the fog light is where you want it. Sometimes after I
line the fog light up, I use double sided tape to hold it there so I can
step back to make sure it’s straight. This is the part that takes the
most patience, but is also the most important part. Make sure it lines
up!
Now you can use a
measuring tape (don’t just eyeball it) and match up the other side to
mark the holes. To drill the holes, you will need a Teflon coated drill
bit or you’re going to be there forever trying to drill into that
reinforced steel. After you drill the holes, you can go ahead and mount
the fog lights, wire it up, then reconnect the battery.
Now making sure your car
is on a flat surface, place a piece of cardboard or use a wall in front
of your car and turn on the fog light switch. Using the wall or board as
your guide, adjust the fog lights so that they are level, and at a
useable level. Tighten the adjustment screws down and double check your
alignment again. That’s it! Clean up your wiring, and reattach your
bumper and you are all set! That wasn’t so hard now was it? Nothing
like the feeling of adding your own personal touch to your car... and
all by yourself!
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