CU2 Fog Lights Installed! [High Bandwidth!]

[Kwangstuhhh]

I'm not sure if anyone's posted pics of the installation of the CU2 Fog Lights, but here goes anyway. My H11 HIDs arrived in the morning, so I thought I'd go to the dealer to pick up a Fog Light set. The Fog Lights itself set me back $269.10. Took me and 2 friends about 3-4 hours to set up (at night). Pretty straightforward except for the changing of new lever (which was completely new to me).

Anyways here's what happened...

HIDs Packaging
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Fog Lights Packaging
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Bumper Off! - Don't Forget to Put a Blanket or Cardboard Underneath!!!
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Fog Light Housing
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Replace Original Bulb with HID Bulb
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After Both Original Bulbs are Replaced
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Fog Light Covers - Replacing the Originals
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Screw in the Fog Light Housing
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Hook and Tie Everything Up including Ground Wires/Ballasts etc
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(The wires/connectors for the fog lights were taped together)

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Now for the most annoying part (I found anyway)...installing the new Lever:
My friends and I found it friggin hard to open the steering wheel casing for some reason...even though the instructions sounded so simple. I tried to crank it open a first times (which eventually worked) but at one stage grazed a tiny mark (with the screwdriver) on the driver side panel :( Ah wells...my car's been hit a dozen times already lol

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I highly recommend testing the fog lights first (to see if you wired everything correctly) before you put the bumper back on.

Anyways here's the outcome:
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[euroRwannabe]

ok, you have inspired me Tony, i am now too going to save up for fog lights haha.
reckon you can pm me where you got the Conversion kit from please :D

oh by the way, i emailed my honda dealer regarding fog lights and this is what the reply was:

"Good Morning Simon

Thank you for your enquiry

2009/2010 Accord Euro Fog lights are $299 for the parts and $165 for labour.

So I’m not sure how your friend got them for $269.10, it doesn’t seem quiet right to me

The Fog Lights are currently not instock but are readily available from Honda Australia and have a lead time of 24 hours"

THAT'S BULLSHIT!

[felixd]

damm the CU2 foggies r much cheaper than the cl9 :(

[Meemoo]

haha, you beat me to it!!!!! it was my idea LOL, anyway was it easy to take the bumper off? I mean those clips under the headlights :) good job :)

[kimnkk]

Nice! That's $269 including the indicator stalk? Almost a bargain if you ask me!

Looks hot with the fogs in HIDs as well! Good work!

[Lemonhead]

well done, love the blue fog light look, how high was it? 8000k?
i also did the LED parker like you and got the same 'purple' look, love it.

[Kwangstuhhh]

ok, you have inspired me Tony, i am now too going to save up for fog lights haha.
reckon you can pm me where you got the Conversion kit from please :D

oh by the way, i emailed my honda dealer regarding fog lights and this is what the reply was:

"Good Morning Simon

Thank you for your enquiry

2009/2010 Accord Euro Fog lights are $299 for the parts and $165 for labour.

So I’m not sure how your friend got them for $269.10, it doesn’t seem quiet right to me

The Fog Lights are currently not instock but are readily available from Honda Australia and have a lead time of 24 hours"

THAT'S BULLSHIT!
Done :) and would have been like $130 for labour...easiest $130 I saved...apart from the lever part...bloody left a scratch on my driver side panel haha :(


damm the CU2 foggies r much cheaper than the cl9 :(
Oh really? How much are the CL9's foggies?


haha, you beat me to it!!!!! it was my idea LOL, anyway was it easy to take the bumper off? I mean those clips under the headlights :) good job :)
Haha oops :P It was relatively easy I suppose...total of 20 clips (8 on top, 10 bottom) and 2 screws. Some clips are rather tough to get out so if you're as 'noob' as me, you'd damage most of the clips somehow with the screwdriver LOL. Thanks mate :)


Nice! That's $269 including the indicator stalk? Almost a bargain if you ask me!

Looks hot with the fogs in HIDs as well! Good work!
Yep :)...it was a pretty awesome price :D and thanks ^_^


well done, love the blue fog light look, how high was it? 8000k?
i also did the LED parker like you and got the same 'purple' look, love it.
Thanks man, yeah it was 8000k. I'll need to replace both my parkers as one of them only has 2/9 leds working, while the other only has 4/9 lol :(...might get this (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2x-T10-Wedge-light-16-SMD-LED-12V-car-dashboard-lamp-wh-/280508211628?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item414f97a1ac#ht_2951wt_947) next haha. I think the tingy purple is because I also have the blue high beam reflecting off the housing :D

[nesterjester]

Nice Tony! Good to see that u powered through it! The toughest part I found was doin the steering column! It is a bit tricky in there. We got similar setups now! Are you lows 8000k as well.
I ended up installing mine 55w ones but you lose a bit of "blue" through the projector.
Save yourself heaps of money plus u get the satisfaction of doing somethig yourself
I bet you thinking about what your gonna do next!

[felixd]

last year i bought mine for $300 sumthing

[Kwangstuhhh]

Nice Tony! Good to see that u powered through it! The toughest part I found was doin the steering column! It is a bit tricky in there. We got similar setups now! Are you lows 8000k as well.
I ended up installing mine 55w ones but you lose a bit of "blue" through the projector.
Save yourself heaps of money plus u get the satisfaction of doing somethig yourself
I bet you thinking about what your gonna do next!
Hehe thanks man! The steering column instructions were deceiving =\...me and my mates spent ages trying to figure out what that tab inside was...and how to "pry it out"...we gave up and pretty much cranked the column open lol...hence why I friggin scratched my own dash/panel lol :(...Yep, they're 8000k. OoOo 55w ay, I wanna see the difference lol. Yeah the satisfaction is awesome hehe :P...I want to get the body kit installed but no dosh!...Need to rack up a job soon...being an unemployed uni student for the first time in years suck lol :(


last year i bought mine for $300 sumthing
Ah I see...I wouldn't have a clue why it would cost so much more :S

[Meemoo]

Hehe thanks man! The steering column instructions were deceiving =\...me and my mates spent ages trying to figure out what that tab inside was...and how to "pry it out"...we gave up and pretty much cranked the column open lol...hence why I friggin scratched my own dash/panel lol :(...Yep, they're 8000k. OoOo 55w ay, I wanna see the difference lol. Yeah the satisfaction is awesome hehe :P...I want to get the body kit installed but no dosh!...Need to rack up a job soon...being an unemployed uni student for the first time in years suck lol :(


Ah I see...I wouldn't have a clue why it would cost so much more :S

I dont have any problem with the steering column,took me 30mins to install the swtich, did you use screwdriver to undo those clips under the headlight?
PS. I paid $299 for the foglights kit 2weeks ago , so $269 is a bargain. make sure to POST some photos ! when you have your kits on!
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[Kwangstuhhh]

I dont have any problem with the steering column,took me 30mins to install the swtich, did you use screwdriver to undo those clips under the headlight?
PS. I paid $299 for the foglights kit 2weeks ago , so $269 is a bargain. make sure to POST some photos ! when you have your kits on!
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Yeah it also took me about 30-45mins to install the light lever...but it was a hassle, the instructions weren't clear...so we pretty much did it our own method haha.

Nope didn't use a screwdriver for those clips under the bumper, just in case I was to scratch the bumper. All I did was pretty much yank the bumper off :)...comes straight off.

[Meemoo]

Yeah it also took me about 30-45mins to install the light lever...but it was a hassle, the instructions weren't clear...so we pretty much did it our own method haha.

Nope didn't use a screwdriver for those clips under the bumper, just in case I was to scratch the bumper. All I did was pretty much yank the bumper off :)...comes straight off.

HAHA maybe I needs to YANK it abit harder(maybe my brain refuse to let me YANK my 3weeks old baby :P )

[Kwangstuhhh]

HAHA maybe I needs to YANK it abit harder(maybe my brain refuse to let me YANK my 3weeks old baby :P )
HAHAHA that's the way mate...YANK IT! XD...Yeah my brain still refused after 6 months last nite...but I overcame that eventually :P

[Lemonhead]

...... maybe my brain refuse to let me YANK my 3weeks old baby :P )

hahaha, so true so true

[Kwangstuhhh]

!@#$%^&*()....Bad News....I found out that my foggies' HIDs are constantly flickering (barely noticeable) but still =\...emailed the seller just now and asked them what to do! *sadface*...all that effort =_=

Edit: Does anyone know what the problem would be? I had a Google and it said that most new cars may need something like a HID Anti-Flicker Capacitor (http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2-HID-Xenon-Error-Code-Canceller-Capacitor-Anti-Flicker-/400152800382?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item5d2af72c7e#ht_4247wt_912) because the fog light is designed for 55w, whereas the HID is 35w. Not sure if that's the problem but it says it eliminates flickering and any 'bulb failure' warnings etc. I'm not sure if that is the case. Has anyone else encountered this problem?! Come to think of it, I'm not sure what the difference is between "flickering" and "strobing"...:( Please help!!

[albii]

U may need to install a relay to stabilize power .
Very common with hid installs.

[nesterjester]

You might have faulty ballasts
I didn't have the flickering problem with my foggies but then again I don't use a great deal. I'll check when I get home.
I have spare 35w ballasts I'd you want to test it.

Another question; does it flicker as soon as you turn it on or after a while?

[nesterjester]

!@#$%^&*()....Bad News....I found out that my foggies' HIDs are constantly flickering (barely noticeable) but still =\...emailed the seller just now and asked them what to do! *sadface*...all that effort =_=

I'm not sure what the difference is between "flickering" and "strobing"...:( Please help!!

I would say "strobing" to be more like "slow dimming" and "flickering" to be more "quick dimming" if that makes any sense

[Kwangstuhhh]

U may need to install a relay to stabilize power .
Very common with hid installs.
Not sure, I'll ask Andrew what he's done coz he seems to have the same set up as me =S


You might have faulty ballasts
I didn't have the flickering problem with my foggies but then again I don't use a great deal. I'll check when I get home.
I have spare 35w ballasts I'd you want to test it.

Another question; does it flicker as soon as you turn it on or after a while?
Possibly faulty ballasts. You're not using a relay harness for your fog lights are you? Coz I'm using 35w ballasts as well and if you're able to pull it off without any relays then it "should" be my ballasts :S

The flickering happens after a while. It actually does both..it strobs (I think colour changes a tiny bit) then flickers...then strobs...then flickers :S (From what I just saw in the Garage just then!)

Cheers for the info :D

[MR_LATE]

sweeeet

[jayy]

hi mate, where did you buy the HIDs and the indicator stalk? Im planning to install fogs aswell

[mrgu]

This is awesome,,! Thumb up!

[monkeyspank]

when replacing the stalk, are there any additional wires that plug into it?

[HunterZero]

What's your headlight beam pattern like now you've installed HID globes in halogen projectors? These kits are notorious for causing glare for oncoming drivers. Or did you just install HID in the foggies, not the headlights?

- HZ