Need some help with changing fog light bulbs. Well it seems that I searched around on how to do this and I keep running into problems. Passenger fog light, I can reach easily with the bumper on but when I try to twist the bulb out....IT JUST WON'T COME OUT, does anyone know if there is a bolt holding it down? For the driver side bulb it was the same thing, very tough to get out, I was thinking it may be rust but I don't think it is rust. It is a bit more difficult on the driver side because of the giant tube that is behind the fog lights, so getting your arm in there could be a pain, I am a small guy so it's not too bad. Does anyone have any insight on this?

 

What does the manual say?

 

Silly question, but are you sure you're turning the bulb in the right direction? Are you doing it with the harness on or off? It should come off VERY easily.

 

There are only 2 ways of turning the bulb hehe and yeah I turned it the correct way. I expected it to come out very easily >_< though that wasn't the case, but I will go back and try it again.

 

Taking off the bumper is easy and can be done in less than 30 min if it is giving you that much trouble. Search "Front bumper removal" in the "search this forum" toolbar.

 

No need to remove the bumper, IMO. The bulb should turn and come out. Protip: Look into the front of the foglight so you can see which way the tabs lock into the housing, and turn the other way.

The driver's side is the PITA, there's a big square reservoir or something that really blocks access....had to contort my arm a bit until I found a good position.

 

Agreed on not needing to remove the bumper, and looking through the lens is a pro tip for sure. I only suggested the bumper of he really can't figure it out. Maybe the previous owner broke the clips and southern engineered a "solution".

The tube behind the driver's side is the intake. The path goes from the air box behind the battery, under the battery toward the bumper, then up to in front of the battery so it can draw in cool air from the hood edge. It is effectively a poorly routed CAI. I had long considered trying to see if it could get that around or above the battery to reduce the pipe length and eliminate corners, but I took that project off the shelf when I slammed my car into a Tundra.

 

Thank you everyone! I finally installed my new LED bulbs and they look great! I did it without taking the bumper off but it was a pain to get to the driver side because of the giant tube/intake thingy. The reason why I couldn't turn the bulbs was because I needed to detach the wire harness first and then twisting the bulb alone. The harness wire that goes into the bulb hits a small piece of plastic behind the foglight that doesn't allow you to turn the bulb but after I did that, the bulb twisted right out. (That's what she said) Anyways, thank you very much everyone who replied!!

 

I guess this was reason why I was unable to remove the driver's side foglight bulb. I spent like an hour trying to remove the damn thing. I'll give it another shot tomorrow

 

Just an FYI, the intake tube routing behind the fog light is to help reduce water getting into the intake. There is a box down low where the air will slow down (larger diameter = slower velocity) so water can drop out of the flow....

 

I have no doubt that there is a purpose, and moisture is always a concern with optimal intake routing. However, I am sure there is a better solution which removes the same amount of moisture and reduces the turbulence introduced by corners.