Looking for the Toyota Fog Light install

[meteoriteyaris]

I just installed my fogs today using Black Yaris's picture. Like he said, don't cut the brown plug off the wire nor the one on the red wire. I used a dremel cutoff tool and split the plug on the red wire and pulled the clip out of the plug. It plugs right into the place he indicated in the pic. On the brown plug I cut the plug-release off and the rest of the brown plug plugged into the indicated place in the pic. It got dark tonight and I'll finish it tomorrow. Still have to tie up some wires, hook up the one ground wire and run the final wire under the console to the switch, then put all the plastic back together again. Taking my time and should be done before noon.

Side note, I don't know what options Black Yaris has on his Yaris, but mine did not have the factory plugs for any of the fog light wiring. I don't have the "power option" (power windows, cruise control, power locks), so maybe only cars with that option have the wiring harness that he found. Also, I noted that most (all?) of you are wiring the fog lights so they can be "on" when either your high-beams or low-beams are lit. I did that, too, but against my better judgement. You can't buy a vehicle that operates that way with factory fog lights, and I don't know why unless it's against the law. But all factory ones turn off the fog lights when the high-beams are on. I was going to do that also, but decided that Ron's instructions were easier and I didn't have to run the white wire back outside and splice it to the low-beam wire. I did try to find a plug-in on the "block" that only came on with the low beams, but couldn't find one. If anybody finds a quick plug for that, some of us would appreciate an easy way to hook them up correctly.

By the way, I bought a pair of the chrome fog light bezels from Japan (direct from Hong Kong) and they don't even come close to fitting, so don't waste your money (Ebay). Still gotta mount and wire the Tach yet (Glowshift white-faced 7-color 3 3/4" one). The instructions say "Red wire to Battery, Black to ground, Green to tach wire and white to lighting" But my tach has 3 long wires in a harness (Red,Black,Green) and 3 short (6" long) wires, Red, Black, and Yellow. Trying to find out where they all go, but Glowshift isn't answering their email. I'll post that problem on the Tachometer thread and see what happens.

Meteoriteyaris
US Model 2007 Yaris Meteorite Metallic
Fogs, Tach, Altezza black tail lights, side graphics, tinted windows, shorty antenna, sport shifter, short-throw shifter, hood gas strut, pedal covers, woodgrained dash, outside temp gauge, cruise control, chrome spoke hubcaps, rear spoiler, clear grill bra/rockshield, mud flaps, TRD muffler, K&N and re-routed air intake, retracting windshield sunshade, sirius radio, GPS, trailer hitch.

[acdaazn]

Originally Posted by meteoriteyaris

By the way, I bought a pair of the chrome fog light bezels from Japan (direct from Hong Kong) and they don't even come close to fitting, so don't waste your money (Ebay).

This came up a few times already. RedYaris tried all of them i think, and the mirror and fogs didn't fit.

[Black Yaris]

Originally Posted by meteoriteyaris

I just installed my fogs today using RocknRollRons picture. Like he said, don't cut the brown plug off the wire nor the one on the red wire. I used a dremel cutoff tool and split the plug on the red wire and pulled the clip out of the plug. It plugs right into the place he indicated in the pic. On the brown plug I cut the plug-release off and the rest of the brown plug plugged into the indicated place in the pic. It got dark tonight and I'll finish it tomorrow. Still have to tie up some wires, hook up the one ground wire and run the final wire under the console to the switch, then put all the plastic back together again. Taking my time and should be done before noon.

Side note, I don't know what options RocknRollRon has on his Yaris, but mine did not have the factory plugs for any of the fog light wiring. I don't have the "power option" (power windows, cruise control, power locks), so maybe only cars with that option have the wiring harness that he found. Also, I noted that most (all?) of you are wiring the fog lights so they can be "on" when either your high-beams or low-beams are lit. I did that, too, but against my better judgement. You can't buy a vehicle that operates that way with factory fog lights, and I don't know why unless it's against the law. But all factory ones turn off the fog lights when the high-beams are on. I was going to do that also, but decided that Ron's instructions were easier and I didn't have to run the white wire back outside and splice it to the low-beam wire. I did try to find a plug-in on the "block" that only came on with the low beams, but couldn't find one. If anybody finds a quick plug for that, some of us would appreciate an easy way to hook them up correctly.

Thanks for giving credit to RocknRoll, read who made those post on what you just did.... that was me, and my picture.... Grrr