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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: JMallows on 01 December 2005, 14:01
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Hi everyone, just a little bit of help, a fairly easy question probably?!
Just about to buy a pair of fog lights and brackets, but i dont know how to fit them!! I'm going to wire them into the high beam lights, so electrically theres not a problem.
If anyone could post some pictures as well, i'd much appreciate it!
Thanks
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is this on a small bumper? if so god knows! are they vw fog lights?
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Out of interest why do you think its a small bumper golf!?!
Is it because of the old pics in my sig?!
(Look at the subject ;) )
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ha ha oh yeah!! well i started to answer as though it was a big bumper then yeah i looked at your sig and changed my answer?!?! :laugh:
anyway, there are some square holes in the bumper iron that you pop a bolt into from behind which holds in place while you tighten the nut up. it helps to put the nut/bolt in and tighten them a bit then the brackets slide in and then tighten down. easy but is easier to do with the bumper off the car... in fact it might only be possible with the bumper off. the nuts/bolts should come with the lights.
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He's told me that the lights only come with lights, and bracket. I have a load of nuts and bolts laying around at home, i'm sure i can find something to fit it!! No loom either...:S
What you just said doesn't actually make a lot of sense to me, is it obvious when i get the bumper off?! I really don't want to take the bumper off though, its a bit of a b!tch :(
I completely understand the small bumper thing now... ;) Thought it would be something like that...... new sig is on the way soon... ;)
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yeah it is obvious where they go. with the bumper off the fogs can only go in one place and the holes should be lined up with the holes on the bracket. to take the fron bumper off its only 4 bolts and you'll have to get on your back to put the fogs in anyway if you decided to leave it on.
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Had to put both fogs back on mine during the summer! She'd had a bit of surgery on the front end after my brawd wrapped her around a Ford Escort :cry:
Anyway, as opposed to taking off the bumper, remove the indicator lenses and the attached power cable and you'l be able to see the top of the plate where the fog bracket attaches to - there is a square hole there for the fixing bolt. It's still a bit fiddly but it can be done - although that was in july not decembrrrr!
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easier with the bumper off :smiley:
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alot easier with bumper off which in itself is easy as its only four 17mm bolts
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I fitted one without removing the bumper, easy if you can get the car up high enough.
otherwise, bumper off.
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Cheers everyone, i'm going to have a quick look later on sometime, see if i can make any sense of it... :D I'm still wainting for pictures from the seller anyway, so not going to have them for a while!!
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how do you wire the fogs into the full beams??
tim.
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Please don't wire your fogs to the high beams, not only is it almost definitely illegal but is completly pointless when you can easily run the wire a bit further to the stock fog loom plug hanging under the fusebox ;)
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Wouldnt have thought it was illegal, as they are only driving lights.... Wouldnt be pointless as i dont have the sopt lights in my grille, so may inmprove light a bit!
how do you wire the fogs into the full beams??
tim.
Easy, connect the live from the bulb on the fog, to the live on the main headlight, and disconnect the existing loom for the fogs... :S Make sense? :S
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Won't improve your light a lot! My front fogs are soooo dull, maybe its my bulbs or something?
I think driving lights are allowed provided there is a switch to turn them off. My mate has a landrover with massive racks of spots on it, the MOT men weren't happy with so he fitted a switch so he can choose whether to have them on with full beam or not.
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Hmmm, thats worth thinking about i suppose!!
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But whats the point in doing all that when you can just run 2 wires to the plug under the header tank, and not only have it perfectly legal but also as VW intended :)
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I really cant see the problem with having the fogs as driving lights, instead of the spots?! :S If i wired the fogs into the fog light loom, they'd never get used, its never foggy!!
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You do realise the fog light switch has 2 clicks, 1st turns on the fronts only, and the second turns on the back one as well? ;)
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Yeah, but i only want the lights to come on with high beam though, theres no point driving around with fog lights on unless its foggy...;)