Hey all, just to say, I finally finished my fog light replacement today. For anyone else doing it:
Firstly, removing the front bumper is actually super easy -
- remove 4x philips flanged screws in the wheel arches
- Pop the bumper sides out where they meet the bottom of the front wings, straight out to the side
- Remove the push clips and rubber weather strip from the top of the bumper
- remove the one remaining push clip in the middle of the top of the bumper
- Hop under the bumper and remove the 2x flanged philips screws under the bumper, (at each 'fang' of the bumper
)
- Then remove the many push clips along the lower edge
- Pull the bumper sharply forwards from underneath, and boem, it's off. Just be aware it clips under your headlamps as others have said.
As mine is a euro car, I had an extra complication in the form of headlamp washers attached by a hose leading under the screenwash bottle - they don't give you much slack but you can pop the hose out of its clips and swing the bumper to the side without disconnecting.
I removed the old factory fog assemblies including their brackets, drilled out the hopelessly corroded screws holding the brackets to the lamps, cleaned up and repainted the brackets, and installed the Morimoto fogs - they fitted the bracket perfectly. (they also give you new screws!)
I then replaced the rusted out adjustment screws with some hex headed stainless screws (45-50mm ones) an put them back on the car.
To make refitting the bumper easier, position the bumper on the car, being careful not to trap any of the clip holes under the radiator panel - make sure they're all visible from the top. Then, pop the one top central clip back in, and it'll hold eveything central while you reverse the removal process.
Finally, you're not done until you align the new lamps!
To do this Honda give you tiny access holes in the undertray under the fogs where you can reach up and turn the adjustment screws - clockwise brings the lamp aim upwards - I had to use a long hex headed allen key and sense of feel to find the screw, but it's totally possible. (A ramp to look up the hole would have saved me some time but it's doable on the driveway too). The factory adjusters are philips, and if you're in the UK, horribly rusted by now.
Anyway, here's some photos!
Restored/Painted Brackets and new LED housings
New and old next to each other
Old fog assemblies if anyone needs to see them
Bumper off, and pulled to one side with the washer hose still connected
Drilling out the old screws - what a pain!
The Beam pattern - (Yellow LaminX film)
So impressed with the optics in these things - incredibly wide, low beam with no annoying other drivers - just the 'perfect' foglight in my opinion.
