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Old Oct 24, 2007
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2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

I have a 03 coupe lx. I purchased fog lights with the housing for my make and model. Paid $50 for item and shipping together. I installed the lights, fed the wiring according to the HONDA PDF install guide, but it seems that the honda guide has more connectors - maybe because its referring to the stock fog light harness as opposed to an aftermarket one ? Anyways, any help is appreciated as I spent hours on this damn project.

Basically I'm having a hard time figuring out what plugs into where at the fuse box / inside of the car ? The dealer said they will not touch any of it because its after market, not Honda material.

If anyone has these lights installed can you please shed some light and make it simple for me to understand it.

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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

which ebay kit did you get? the one that I got had connectors that matched up to the stock locations...
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

I dont even know where to connect the connectors inside the car. The fogs are installed, and the wiring is fed through to the inside of the car. Now I need to hook up the wires to get power.

Here is the kit is purchased.

http://cgi.ebay.ca/HONDA-CIVIC-01-03...QQcmdZViewItem
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

I did custom wiring with mines.
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

I managed to get power, so now i have the fog light switch button lighting up. When i press it the fog light indicator light comes on as well. The relay clicks when I press the button but the fog lights will not turn on. Any ideas of what can be the problem. I'm thinking either the fog light unit itself, ground by fog lights ..... I will double check the ground again.
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

i also installed fogs on my car. the wiring for my fogs had a switch, a relay, a black wire, 2 red wires, and an orange wire. when both red wires were hooked up to 12v+ and the black wire was grounded the relay turned on and the orange wire would give power. I connected the orange wire to the fogs and thats how mine work.

too bad i cracked my driver side fog light
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

^^^ same here...my driver side fog light is cracked also (ebay kit)

hey if u still have problem then pm me...i took picture of my installation....and i would have to say its pretty good or even better then professionals.
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Re: 2003 civic ebay fog lights electrical install

Finally got the lights working. The connector by the fender that connects from the fog harness to the sub harness was loose. The prong inside the plastic connector did not reach far enough to come in contact with the other end. After I modified it, it works fine.

Thanks for your help fellos.
 
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