Konik / Philips LEDs

[Kaps]

@Kaps

I did the interior and rear lights in 5 mins, so no worries there

The fogs - did you have to jack up the front of the car? Or just stick ya hands in and have a feel?

I looked under the car and thought "fark that, i'll do those with bumper off"

Hi Mate, as mentioned by Big_G:
You get to them via the wheel arch, park with full lock in opposite direction to the side you're working on. Take the pop fasteners out of the wheel arch tub ( three of them) and pull it towards the wheel at the bottom (in case you have GT, The front chin splitter is wider in GT and the Plastic wheel arch corner sits behind the edge of the chin splitter). In EB just pull it back. Easy
Now reach in the area between wheel arch and bumper. Fog light is the one with connector pointing downwards and so it provides excellent grip while taking it off. hold it and rotate it anticlockwise and it will come off.
You will see 2 holding tabs, one on each side of the bulb. Pull the holding tabs outwards one by one and slowly pull out the bulb.
Make sure the orange/Red Seal stays there, don't drop it.
Now put the new bulb in and push it until you hear the holding tabs are locked. Put the fog light holder back in, rotate clockwise and done I will post some picture in the evening, if you are still not comfortable.

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[G RUSH]

Hi Mate, as mentioned by Big_G:
You get to them via the wheel arch, park with full lock in opposite direction to the side you're working on. Take the pop fasteners out of the wheel arch tub ( three of them) and pull it towards the wheel at the bottom (in case you have GT, The front chin splitter is wider in GT and the Plastic wheel arch corner sits behind the edge of the chin splitter). In EB just pull it back. Easy
Now reach in the area between wheel arch and bumper. Fog light is the one with connector pointing downwards and so it provides excellent grip while taking it off. hold it and rotate it anticlockwise and it will come off.
You will see 2 holding tabs, one on each side of the bulb. Pull the holding tabs outwards one by one and slowly pull out the bulb.
Make sure the orange/Red Seal stays there, don't drop it.
Now put the new bulb in and push it until you hear the holding tabs are locked. Put the fog light holder back in, rotate clockwise and done I will post some picture in the evening, if you are still not comfortable.

All good, i'll be doing this when I set aside a Saturday to take bumper off and install the other goodies at the same time.

Cheers!

 

[Skyscraper]

Hi Mate, as mentioned by Big_G:
You get to them via the wheel arch, park with full lock in opposite direction to the side you're working on. Take the pop fasteners out of the wheel arch tub ( three of them) and pull it towards the wheel at the bottom (in case you have GT, The front chin splitter is wider in GT and the Plastic wheel arch corner sits behind the edge of the chin splitter). In EB just pull it back. Easy
Now reach in the area between wheel arch and bumper. Fog light is the one with connector pointing downwards and so it provides excellent grip while taking it off. hold it and rotate it anticlockwise and it will come off.
You will see 2 holding tabs, one on each side of the bulb. Pull the holding tabs outwards one by one and slowly pull out the bulb.
Make sure the orange/Red Seal stays there, don't drop it.
Now put the new bulb in and push it until you hear the holding tabs are locked. Put the fog light holder back in, rotate clockwise and done I will post some picture in the evening, if you are still not comfortable.

A few pics would be awesome !!! KAPS

 

[IngoStang]

I had my local auto electrician install all mine today. I also had him solder the wires for my side markers as I just didn't trust those T Taps they supply. Mine seem to disconnect easily

 

[Kaps]

I will try to post some pics after the State of Origin, however if anyone in Brisbane, Gold Coast or Northern NSW need hand with installation of these lights feel free to PM me, happy to help. Except DRLs they are pain in the back side.

 

[Skyscraper]

Thanks
Yep watching the origin too

 

[Kaps]

Sorry guys, I was not able to post pics yesterday for the Fog lights, QLD lost the 3rd State of Origin match :frusty: so I was angry, but we won the series :first:.
Nah just kidding.

I just got stuck with CJPP customer service chat, trying to sort out refund for floor mats until 12:45 AM

Any way here are the pictures as promised, actually I might as well do it in detail.

So first of all pick which side you want to start working on, then turn the wheels all the way in, so that you can access the lights.
You can lift the car a bit higher if you find it comfortable to work or use knee pads if you are not lifting the car. I just used an old pillow under my knees.

Here are the pictures of me working on Right Hand side (Driver side)

Now if you have an EB, then you can simply pull the wheel arch to reach behind it. But if you have a GT, you will have to pull the wheel arch at the bottom right hand corner (for driver side) towards the wheel and then pull towards you to reach behind it. in GT the wheel arch bottom corner sits behind the chin splitter corner. Please pictures below:

Now I used a torch even during the day to see what I need to remove. I used the torch as shown in picture and left it there because it also holds the wheel arch.

Then identify the Fog light which is just below the reddish brown Indicator bulb as shown in the picture and rotate it anticlockwise.

It is actually the only connector that points downwards.

I was reaching for the indicator without looking at it and accidently opened the fog light which I have no idea how to open at that time and was surprised how easily it came off.

Here are the pictures:

You can then take it out and it will reach very close to the end of the wheel arch.

You will notice that there are 2 locking clips/tabs on each side of the bulb.

Just pull them outwards, enough to release from the holder and pull the bulb out, one side at a time. Then take off the bulb.

The orange seal sometimes comes out. Make sure you put it back before installing/replacing the bulb.

Installing the bulb you will not go wrong because it only installs in one direction due to the slot in the holder.

After replacing the bulb, test the light is working before putting the bulb back in housing.

Now put the holder in the housing and starting from open position, this time rotate it clockwise until it reaches the original lock position, which you can feel while rotating it.

Now put the wheel arch back behind the chin splitter end. Pick the push release tab pins and push the release tabs from bottom so that they are hanging out of the top of the pins. Put all the pins back and only push them to the level of the surface of the pins to lock. and all done. Repeat the process on left hand side as well.

 

[aussierob]

Wow Kaps incredible detail and great photo's. :headband:

You should write training manuals for a living!

This is one of my intended mods. I was going to wait until I change the lower grill, and do the DRL's at the same time.:cheers:

Rob

 

[Kaps]

Wow Kaps incredible detail and great photo's. :headband:

You should write training manuals for a living!

This is one of my intended mods. I was going to wait until I change the lower grill, and do the DRL's at the same time.:cheers:

Rob

Thanks Rob, I work in Brisbane, let me know if you need hand with the fog light, Happy to help. should only take 5 mins max.

I also got the front lower grill sitting in garage, that I need to change.

But I couldn't wait for the lights until then, so took the challenge and replaced all. They look awesome now.

 

[Skyscraper]

Thanks Kaps

This is awesome and so much detail
Im going to try it myself now !!
You're a legend

 

[Dizzy59]

Hey Kaps.. I had the dealership fir the fog light LEDs at the first service but didn't have the DRLs at that stage.. Can you use the same process you showed above to do them?

 

[Kaps]

Hey Kaps.. I had the dealership fir the fog light LEDs at the first service but didn't have the DRLs at that stage.. Can you use the same process you showed above to do them?

Ok, DRLs are pain in the back side.
Process is slightly different, you can see a Grey connector sitting underneath the Fog lights in one of the pictures I posted which is the connector for DRL.

You will need to reach underneath it and push a clip upwards and it will come off easily.

Now you need to take off the actual DRL bulb by reaching it and rotating it anticlockwise.
Once it's lose you will have to jiggle it a bit to take out completely.


Now installing the replacement bulb is the worst part. Reason the design of the bulb and the awkward position of the bulb because it is pointing upwards.

My suggestion is to put the original bulb back in couple of times before taking it out completely to understand how it sits in there and build a bit of muscle memory.

I also sanded the edges of the replacement bulb base to smooth the edges by comparing it to the stock bulb.


One last tip, if you are right handed, do the left hand side bulb first to understand how this works. If you are left handed then start from Right side.

Once the bulb is installed and secured, plug the Grey connector back in.

I will try to post some pictures tonight about the orientation of the bulb and the connector that will help you to remember what position the bulb should be in when you start installing it.

Cheers

 

[Chivs]

Hi everyone, might be a fraction off topic but suits the thread however. Forgive me if i'm wrong but i thought the Aus Spec DRL's where the little square lights below the headlights? Unless something has changed (had my car for 1 week) my Fog Lights act as the DRL's and the little square lights come on with the headlights.

 

[Kaps]

Hi everyone, might be a fraction off topic but suits the thread however. Forgive me if i'm wrong but i thought the Aus Spec DRL's where the little square lights below the headlights? Unless something has changed (had my car for 1 week) my Fog Lights act as the DRL's and the little square lights come on with the headlights.

Our Fog lights have 2 bulbs in it. (that's why Ford AU mentioned at the time of the launch of the car that DRLS will be integrated in Fog lights for EU/AU models)
The one that you can see standing in front of the car, pointing upwards and is on during the day is DRL, Fog light bulb is on the top part of the Fog light and is not easily visible while standing in front of the car.
The little square lights that comes on with Headlight at night are, front side markers/Parking lights.

 

[Dizzy59]

Hi Chixs. There are two globes in the fog light housing and one acts as the DRL.. The square light is the parking light

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