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Old Jun 2, 2007
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fog light issues..

i ordered the yellow fog lights from ebay and i got sent the one that its yellowish blue lense and i went through the proses about sending me the wrong thing and the guy was like no thats what i posted up what the **** so now i'm stuck with it. so i put it on my car and not even 24 hours the button broke argh...
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Old Jun 2, 2007
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Re: fog light issues..

you got JDM ion ones. those are sick. get an OEM honda button.
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Old Jun 2, 2007
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Re: fog light issues..

man i order the ebay one too and wire it up and it didnt work..how u get urs to work. lol they also sent me the wrong one too..same as urs..im like **** it..
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Re: fog light issues..

word on the forums is wiring and the button suck but i believe you can get the button from honda directly for like $12 so yeah ^^^let me know how it goes.
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Old Jun 2, 2007
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Re: fog light issues..

stupid ebay lol. theres big difference between ion and yellow lens. you could paint it yourself with krylon yellow stain glass paint. it holds up to extreme heat and you can put many layers til you get the color you want.
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Re: fog light issues..

yeah man ..it made me mad ..how can they not know the difference lol. i guess im gona have to get that krylon yellow stain glass paint... is there a way to get rid of the ion film or just spray over it?
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Old Jun 3, 2007
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Re: fog light issues..

sand it down lol
just get a switch from autozone. its like 3 bucks and it blended nicely to the interior
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Old Jun 3, 2007
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Re: fog light issues..

i dont think the ion can be removed, its part of the lens making process.
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Re: fog light issues..

i just bought a switch from walmart and using that now but i have to manually turn it off and onn now.. not sure how to make it to the alarm now..
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Re: fog light issues..

well i just bought a switch and wiring it to the cigarett plug using the power there. works fine now it wont be on everytime i turn on the car lol
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Re: fog light issues..

so i guess u cant just spray over the len witout still seeing the blue ion
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Re: fog light issues..

does the oem button really works with this ebay kit?
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Re: fog light issues..

well i havent went to buy the oem switch yet...right now im using the autozone switch..im gona get the oem one tomorow and see how it goes.
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Re: fog light issues..

lmk how it goes cause the walmart switch is gay.lol

is it okay if i cant find the fuse cover for the fuse next to the switch?

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Re: fog light issues..

Yea, i've been through two sets of ebay fogs. Right now, I have the ion yellow lens like yours. I threw away the wiring harness for the switch and just made myself that half of it. I wired it to my parking lights because my switches kept breaking for some reason and I didnt feel like replacing them all the time...plus, I don't really care to switch them on and off. I just run with them on when I turn my lights on, which is fine by me. Plus, I live out in the country so cops could give two flying sh*ts about foglights being without a cloud in sight. As for lens paint, I used Vans yellow and it turned out looking even yellower but at certain angles, you can still tell that its an ion lens...its just less noticable as before.
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Re: fog light issues..

*shakes head* Man, there are already threads out there on how to wire these guys up, you guys are really making your life harder then it has to be.

I used the wire harness that it came with, used the connector thats below the passanger headlight (connector is brown), the other end runs through the firewall and is taped to the harness inside the cabin right below the sig lighter, look for it. From there, run power to your non ebay switch, and then to the corosponding spot in the fuse box with an inline fuse.

The downside to the autozone switch is that its manual, and if you have a dipshit attack, you can drain your battery... but the plus is thats its spimple to wire, its easy to mount, and blends very well... I had a friend searching on my dash for about 2 minute when I told him to flip the figlight switch on the left hand side... shoot. I'll go and take a picture of it.
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Re: fog light issues..

come on guys search the forum, just go and purchase an oem switch wire it in and boom your fogs work thats it. dont complicate things
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Re: fog light issues..

u dont even need the oem switch. ive had the same switch as triz in my car and for over a year, and it looks better than the oem switch neway. its wired to only turn on when the stereo has power.
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Re: fog light issues..

i can't find the brown plugs to plug up to the fog light wires
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Re: fog light issues..

did you check near the fuse box?
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Re: fog light issues..

yea i checked everywhere it appears to be no where near the fuse or the lighter plug is there another way to override that?? and will it be safe to override this??
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Re: fog light issues..

Why not tap these into the parking lights and switch from there? Honda wires the OEM fogs to the headlight so you can only use the fogs when the headlight is engaged. I recommend wiring to the parking light so you can run your fogs without having to run your headlamps. They'll run when the parking lights are on. You can still have a switch, but wiring to the parking light(or headlight) is a fail safe unless you leave your lights on. If you don't want to wire them there, you could always tap any switched source (ignition, cig lighter, etc) and they'll still turn off with the car. This way you don't run the risk of killing your battery.

As for integrating the OEM switch, it will work just fine with the aftermarket fogs.
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Re: fog light issues..

oh okay thanks
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Re: fog light issues..

what are the relays for? the two that come with the kit from handaaccessories.com
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Re: fog light issues..

i got a clear lens that didn't come with the correct harness. it came with two of the same harnesses that didn't connect. it sucked ebay ftl
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Re: fog light issues..

got pictures? i can probably help you out. i just installed mine
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Re: fog light issues..

Sheessh! ... I guess I was the only lucky f***cker whose EBAY kit didnt give any COLOR, HARNESS or OEM switch problem even after an year of the Install

Oh wait ... I just remember ... The FUSE that came melted like 15 SECONDS after I turned the fogs ON for the first time



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