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How to install Angel Eyes
Fog-Lights on your Honda del Sol
Overall this
installation is very straight forward and requires no
special knowledge to complete. I have personally
completed this install in far under an hour, however I've
done it several times. This "How-To" is a basic compilation
of
that knowledge so your install will go easily and your
results will be what you wanted.
STEP ONE (disconnect the negative terminal of
your battery)
Basic Automotive sense says to disconnect the
negative terminal of your battery before working on any part
of your car
that includes electricity. That means these! Just loosen the
nut on the connector for the Negative terminal and pull it
free of the battery.
Important
Note:
(If you still have your factory Honda radio
and it's equipped with an Anti-Theft password, make sure you
know what it is!
Disconnecting the power to your vehicle will arm it.)
STEP TWO (Remove the front bumper)
In order to get to the factory fog light
location you will need to remove the front bumper.
At the front of the bumper (where the front tip of the hood
sits when it's closed) there are 7 Philips Screw/Bolts that
need
to be removed. Take them all out and set them in a safe
place to keep from losing them. After the Screws/Bolts are
out
the black metal retainer that was held down by the bolts can
be removed. Put it to the side as well.
Next there are a couple small bolts that connect the bottom
of the bumper to the car. (I think they're 10mm bolts).
Simply
unscrew these and set them safely aside.
Finally there are two more screws to remove, but they are
hidden. There is one at each of the back corners of the
bumper. They connect the bumper to the fenders. If your
wheel well cover is still intact you'll need to take a
couple of
the plastic screws out and pull it slightly to the side to
get to them. (don't lose your wheel well screws!) Unscrew
them
and set them aside.
So we removed:
7 Screws Bolts at the top front of the bumper
and the Retainer that they were holding down.
2 Bolts under the bumper
2 Hidden Screws/Bolts at the back corners of the bumper
(connecting the bumper to the fenders)
At this point the bumper is ready to be removed! Just pull
it lightly from the front and set it to the side.
STEP THREE (remove the factory foglights)
Carefully unplug the wiring harness at the back of each of
the foglights (you may find it easier to do this after
unscrewing the brackets.
There are only 3 bolts connecting each foglight bracket to
the front bumper support. Pull the entire assembly away and
set it to the side. (you wont need them any longer).
STEP FOUR (Test Mounting)
Important Note: This phase of the install
will determine how your final project turns out! Take your
time!
Take the Fog lights out of the package (the included bracket
should be attached) Take the new lights out of their
Place both of them
in
the stock fog-light locations and "TEST FIT" the front
bumper by placing it back over the lights. They should sit
just far enough forward to look like this from above:
Because the fog lights are not yet bolted down they will
move freely. Take your time adjusting each one until it sits
how
you would like it to when the project is completed.
Carefully hold the light down and remove bumper (it's best
to have
someone else remove the bumper while you hold the light
where you want it.) When the bumper is gone (and you're
SURE the fog light is still where you want it) take a pencil
and make a mark through the screw holes in the fog-light
mounting bracket. I recommend doing this one at a time for
each light.
Take a drill with a bit just a little smaller than the
screws you want to use and drill out the holes that you
marked on the
front bumper support. Personally I only drill out ONE hole
for each light. That allows you to adjust the light just a
little
more after you've put the bumper back on (the bumper will
hold them firmly in place and keep them from shifting).
Take the your new fog lights and remove them from their
small brackets (one philips screw on each side).
Secure the brackets to the bumper support using a screw in
each of the holes you just drilled. Then re-attach the new
fog lights to their brackets.
Test fit the bumper again to ensure that the lights are
indeed where you want them to sit. If not make adjustments
and
re-secure the lights.
Here's some pics
of the lights installed in the correct location - hopefully
this will help you guys when you're installing them
yourselves.
STEP FIVE (Wiring)
The wiring harness that comes with your
lights has a LOT of wires. Lets get them sorted out.
There are two clumps of wires. The first one has the
connectors that hook directly into the fog lights. These are
color
coded so just match up the colors, plug them together and
you're done with that half.
The second set of wires connects to the first. Plug them in
together to create one long strand.
The second set of wires has just a couple wires that you
need to hook up.
LARGE RED WIRE WITH FUSE IN LINE: Connect this directly to
your battery terminal.
YELLOW WIRE: (gives the juice to your Angel Eyes) Cut off
the end of this and expose some of the wire. Remove your
front right corner light and disconnect the wiring harness
that runs to the OEM corner light. You can simply insert the
exposed end of the white wire into the socket that connects
to the Stripped RED wire on the wiring harness for the OEM
corner lights and plug the corner light back in.
WHITE WIRE: Cut off the end of this wire and expose some of
the wire. This wire will need to be tapped into the original
power for your OEM Fog Lights. The power for the OEM fog
lights runs through a red stripped wire on the original Fog
Light Wiring Harness. Cut that wire and connect the WHITE
wire using Electrical Tape(worst), Crimps (better) or Solder
(best).
The extra RED wire from the second clump of wires doesn't
need to be connected to anything. Just cut off the end of it
so it doesn't ground out on anything.
RELAY: There's a small little black box that came with your
lights. Just plug that in and you're done with the wiring.
(Note: You do not need to use the small switch that comes
with these lights. Connecting the Angels Eyes in the way
shown above will allow them to work like the factory
intended.)
At this point you can test out the lights to make sure
they're working. Remember, the Angel Eyes will come on with
the
Parking Lights and the Fog Lights will activate exactly like
your OEM ones. If you have any problems go back over your
wiring and check the connections. Feel free to hide the
wires and zip ties them out of the way.
STEP SIX (Putting it all back together)
Basically you just need to
re-attach your bumper at this point. Follow the directions
for removing the bumper, but go in
the opposite direction.
Now you're done!
UPDATE:
Several
customer have reported that their lights point too far UP
when installed. This is usually due to installing them too
far forward on the bumper support. Here's a couple more pics
that should help you guys in the placement of the lamps.
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