studville

Accessing the bulbs were a piece of cake. I had a hell of a time removing one of the bulbs though because the harness would not come off (I was not pressing down on the right place). Anyhow, even though it's a pretty easy, I took pictures along the way to help modification noobs (such as myself). Hopefully you'll have better luck than I did, and it will only take 10 minutes or so. This was performed on an 06' TSX

Tools needed:
Flash light/work light
Small flat head screwdriver
10mm wrench/socket
gloves/cloth to handle bulbs (optional)

1) Remove 2 bolts and 1 "clip" (w/ a flat head screwdriver) located below.






2) Begin to untuck the plastic cover from under the car. It's very flexible, but may require a little bit of persuation to come out.





3a) Slide under the car and peak up and find where the fog light is located (circled in picture below).





3b) Pinch exactly where it is shown in the picture and pull down gently to remove the wiring harness from the bulb. **NOTE: Bulb can NOT be removed until you disconnect the wiring harness from the bulb.




4) After you have removed the wiring harness from the bulb, twist the bulb counterclockwise to remove it from the fog housing. **Note: You must twist the bulb in order to get the bulb out of the housing. Do not touch the bulb part of the foglight with your bare hands







5) Put new bulb of choice back into the fog light housing by twisting clockwise. This step requires a bit of feeling around. Be sure not to bang your bulb around when you're trying to put it back in.

6) Attach wiring harness back into the bulb by simply "snapping" it back in.

7)Tuck plastic cover back up under the car and replace the bolts and clip.

8) Repeat steps for the other bulb.

Reach

Great pics and writeup, this kind of thing is always helpful!

ruffellprefley

great DIY writeup! it helped me a lot in installing my new bulbs.

however, i found that i only had to remove one bolt on each side (it was black, and it held two underbody plastic pieces together) to do the swaps. if you remove the one bolt, you can push your hand up through between the two pieces (as it says in the manual) and do it without having to pull down the under cover

EuRTSX

Bingo. Easiest Way to do it.

However, please oh PLEASE remember to secure the two underbody pieces together. My bolt was NOT fastened and fell out while I was driving over the months, and I had water go up into that area and blow out one of my bulbs. Avoid and please check your bolts.

ruffellprefley

good advice, thanks. i'll do that

zot09

Thanks for the write-up, it really helped when I installed my "2500k" Nokya's today! I Know I could have done it by just removing that one bolt, but it was easier at first to remove all three because I didn't know where everything was.

Thanks again!

goon54

sorry for the newbie question, but what kinda bulbs can i replace it with?

CGTSX07

you can replace them directly with H11 bulbs or H9 bulbs with slight modification

xjohnkdoex

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hoen xenonmatch H11's seem to get some pretty good feedback. i've been looking into possibly getting those bulbs.

CGTSX07

I have the Hoens and they do look good. I had the yellow Nokyas before that and loved them, but they blew out early . The Hoens have surpassed the Nokyas already.

zot09

How long did the Nokya's end up lasting for you?

Tsx6363

um... i tried doing that but no my 06, the resonator is in the way.. anyway to get passed it?

CGTSX07

One of the bulbs died in less than a few months.

1Louder

Nice writeup! I'm about to do just that with some new bulbs...

kaliraver69

I have had my Hoens for about 15 months and they are still alive and kicking. I use them everynight I drive and they haven't blown yet. These are wayyyy better than any Piaa bulb or Nokya's hands down.

ChrismanTSX

I just installed my new Hoen XenonMatch following this DIY! Thanks for the write up, everything worked out great!

CiViCKiDD

Awesome writeup! Just installed my Hoen Endurance fogs, hope these suckers last enough to get my money's worth...

dlee74

Can someone show me a picture of these fog lights (HOEN 11s)on a TSX? Any model would work if I follow these instructions?

CiViCKiDD

With Hoen Endurance fogs (I'll post more tomorrow):




Honestly, for $50 I can't say I'm too impressed. I was expecting it to be a bit more..yellow. I guess I'll have to Lamin-X it.

pacman821

Has any one tried to do this with the A-spec bumper? I spent an hour trying to figure it out and failed, must have missed something while under the car. So if some one can do a small write up or use a photo that would be helpful. Thanks

sortudo7

This is actually a more involved DIY. All you really have to do is remove one bolt under the car. The kit itself won't get in the way so whether you have a lip kit or not won't matter.

Remove this one bolt and the flap actually pushes in. Plenty of clearance for your hand to get in there and swap out the bulbs. I don't have a pic of it but even if you look in the owner's manual it will show you what you need to do. I was able to remove the bulb with it attached as well, I have an 08 so not sure if the wires were maybe longer or not. Took me about 5-10 mins first time I did it to find the right bolt lol.

pacman821

Can you be a little more specific on the location of the one bolt? Thanks

sortudo7

Unfortunately I don't have a picture of it. When you go under the car, you'll see the bolts going into the bumper itself. Then on the black flaps (like pictured above in the first pic) you'll see a black bolt iirc. You undo this one bolt and you'll push the flap in and not pull it down and out as shown above. If you or someone can take a picture of the bottom front I might be able to see it there and tell you which one specifically. It will be on the black under trim and not on the actual bumper itself. I'll see if I can find a copy of it in the manual online and link it.

sortudo7

http://techinfo.honda.com/rjanisis/p...8/EA0808OM.pdf

That's a link that should work to the manual for the 08. Page 309 of the manual itself is the steps for the quick fog light change I used. If you go the quick search on the top of the PDF page it'll be page 312. Under "Lights". Just follow that and you'll be good to go.

fahertyps

Another option: http://www.carcarekiosk.com/video/20...lights/foglamp

tsx_kid415

thanks very helpful

Tsx0894civic

Most tsx models have a removable bezel on the fog light housing. No tools required. 5 second replacement.

Tsx0894civic

If your hands are small you simply fish them into the opening and bobs your uncle 5 second job. Didn't have to remove one clip or bolt doing it from underneath