eBay fog light kits for '08-'09-'10 Tacomas....

No wiring instructions are included in the kit. I wish I had taken pics of the wiring so I could make a diagram. If someone takes a pic of the wiring in thats included in the kit I can make a diagram of where I connected everything

 

The wiring comes divided in two parts

The first part is the wiring that plugs to the foglights

It has in one end two plugs for each foglight / bulb.
On the other end you have a red (+) that has a white connector and a black (-) wire.

You can see where I connected these on photo #7 of my first post:

Black (-) wire connected to existing ground screw on driver's side fender
Red (+) with white connector,wire was connected to the second part of the included wiring.

The picture is right behind the drivers side headlight between the fender and the battery, red arrows point to the wires mentioned above.

The Second part of the wiring

The second part of the wiring has the following:

Red (+) with white connector coming from the relay - plugs to the white connector of the first part of the wiring.
WHITE (+) WITH INLINE FUSE, coming from the relay - connect this to the battery's positive terminal, ( Pic1 , Pic2 )

Now the RELAY has four wires, (2 already mentioned above) my relay is behind the driver's side kick panel:

(I placed the relay inside the cabin so I would have the lowest amount of wires possible going trough the firewall, (12V from battery to relay, 12V that returns from the relay to the foglights ) )

[RELAY] wires:

Black (-) connected to screw behind driver's side kick panel, (its the screw that holds in place a metal frame in which the kick panel snaps in to.)
WHITE (+) with fuse, this is the one you connected to the battery
Red (+) this is the one with the white plug that connected to the first part of the wiring
YELLOW goes to the On/Off switch

[/RELAY]

Last wire to connect is a thin red wire with white/gray connector, this one goes to the fusebox, I connected it to the dash illumination fuse.



IF YOU WANT TO USE OEM SWITCH:

Included switch connector has:

RED connect to 1 (oem switch diagram on first page)
YELLOW connect to 4 (oem switch diagram on first page)
RED connect to 3 (oem switch diagram on first page)
BLACK connect to 2 (oem switch diagram on first page)

 

Thanks for the help. Rep on the way.

 

EPA, my lights are on the way (same vendor you used). If any type of diagrams arrive with the kit (ad said no instructions included) I will get it posted. It will be my $0.02 addition to this excellent post!

 

Thanks!, if possible take a pic of the wiring, each plug, because I dont remember exactly the colors for each wire, so I can update the info I posted.

 

Unfortunately, my Tacoma did not come with the factory fog lights as well and I will be purchasing and installing aftermarket ones soon. Had a question on how to remove the grill/cover from the bumper where the fog lights mount?

 

Simply push them from the back, do it carefully so you don't scratch the bumper

 

I've installed the same kit on my '09 base....so I can help some if needed.

 

I am surprised that there would not be anything (clips, screws, ect) to secure the grills/plug to the bumper that to remove them, just simply push on them.
What is your input?

 

They snap in to the bumper, there are two round tabs on each side the fog light that keep them from going towards the front once they are in place. Then there is a tab behind the foglight with an adjustable knob for alignment, this also snaps in to place in the bumper. They will not fall. One of my foglights has a little play, very very very little not enough to bother me. If you have problem snapping them in place, play with the adjustable knob behind the foglight.

Same thing with the covers they are just snapped in place, I think they have three tabs.

 

That makes sense. Very helpful, thank you!

 

They fit into the bumper exactly like the OE lamps do. If installed correctly they will not fall out.

No different than the actual stock lamps that I checked out on my local dealer's lot before deciding to go with these.

 

Thank you. Will have to buy a set soon and will do the install.

 

Since a lot of us do not live in foggy regions, what do most here use fog lites for...maybe as Daylite Running Lites? I live in Seattle, we do not get much fog here.

 

I rarely use them, I install them mostly for looks, but when I do use them its for dark back roads with no lightning.

 

+1. I can't stand the look of those black plastic covers. I also like fog lights on dark roads when it snows. The headlights just light up the snow, but fogs will light up the road.

 

What type of bulb came in the e-bay kit?

 

h10

 

I have also ordered the FJ Cruiser 'modded' Toyota OEM switch kit (switch, OEM connector plug & 4 pigtail leads to connect it to the harness) from TRDparts4u.com . Gonna get it installed early this week, will (hopefully) get some pics to post here.

The eBay kit looks very good indeed. I examined the light housings and they look as good as OEM parts IMO. The harness looks almost OEM, it's that good. NO instructions included but with the input from the experts on this forum it looks like a piece of cake, can prob get it done in 90 mins or less. Got some nice wire harness anchors (thanks EPA4wd) to secure the harness from advance auto parts. Gonna make this installation look FACTORY!

 

These are the pics of the wiring harness included with my kit. In one pic is the entire harness; 2nd pic is a close-up of the switch/power/fuse end of the harness ('2nd half' of the harness); third pic is the included relay. I have already installed the lamps & the 'first' (lamp connectors) part of the harness; now I just need to install the 'second' part of the harness (switch/power/fuse). My questions: White wire (with maroon connector, connected to fuse) goes to 12V power, green connector (4 wires) goes to switch (it fits into the included switch), where does the red wire with white connector go to?