I just replaced the foglights on my 07 and the "mounting bracket" is part of the front bumper, they're held in by plastic clips that are molded into the back of it.
If your car originally came with foglights then you don't need anything special for wiring, just plug the old harness' into the new foglights and you're set
alot of toyotas are prewired so chances are the harnes is already there. you could install an ebay hid kit, but I suggest against it.
BTW real hid bulbs need a ballast to work properly.
anything labled HID that looks exactly like the stock bulb is not HID it just has some colored coating on it to give it the appearance of being HID allbeit allot dimmer.
so we should be able to just buy a fog light body kit and wire it up then huh? even if the trix doesn't come with the actual lights, just the filled in housings? sweeeet!
The only way I could get my foglights in was to remove the front bumper and work on them from the back. Like I said, there's plastic clips molded into the bumper itself, and I'd venture to say, that if you don't pull the bumper, you'll break the clips trying to wrestle the caps out. In my own case, I figured the time taken to remove the bumper was worth the chance of me breaking the clips and having to replace the entire thing. BTW, pulling the bumper off is actually really easy and fast, no more than half an hour I'd say
The only way I could get my foglights in was to remove the front bumper and work on them from the back. Like I said, there's plastic clips molded into the bumper itself, and I'd venture to say, that if you don't pull the bumper, you'll break the clips trying to wrestle the caps out. In my own case, I figured the time taken to remove the bumper was worth the chance of me breaking the clips and having to replace the entire thing. BTW, pulling the bumper off is actually really easy and fast, no more than half an hour I'd say
Ah ok, well if I were to remove the front bumper, are there sites that teach me how to do so? I just wanna see if my car comes pre-wired for the fog light.
Today I bought my car to a garage and have them install the fog light. My 07 Matrix does come pre-wired for the fog light and installing the light was rather easy.
However, they had to install a new relay and a switch in order for the fog light to function...
^ Post pictures of the setup (mounted, switch location, housings, etc.)
As some ppl mentioned above, installing the housing is easy. You just have to poke your head under the front bumper a bit and you'll see the clips and "bracket". The hardest part is probably the wiring, b/c if you're like me, you'll want to have a professional-looking job done.
But as you mentioned, you already got it done at a shop, so that's good for you.
BTW, where did you locate the housings? Internet site, Ebay, or private sale?
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Fog Light Mounting Bracket for 07 Matrix.
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