Mounting AW11 fog lights

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (spike10000)

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 11:26:23 GMT

Looks sharp mate!

Keenly interested in how you mire them up, particularly since these ones are two mode beam, so a writeup on that would be great " /> I'll be doing mine very soon too, just been busy!

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Mon, 01 Jun 2015 23:33:28 GMT

Ok, so for those who are interested I ended up making some custom brackets.
They seem to make the lights sit a little lower then they should but that might have more to do with the thickness of the metal i used.
Overall very happy with the look, just waiting for the fog light button from the UK before I start wiring it all up.
These lights are so out of place and look so much like an after thought by Toyota, but they have really grown on me lol.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Tue, 19 May 2015 21:04:54 GMT

Ah ha! So it's those brackets that are centering the fog lights, mystery solved.
Thanks spike10000, it's probably near impossible to find actual OEM brackets so will most likely need to make some custom ones.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (spike10000)

Tue, 19 May 2015 11:31:44 GMT

p.s. love your fogs. I have the same

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (spike10000)

Tue, 19 May 2015 11:28:03 GMT

Those are not the oem brackets, which might be part of your problem :) As I was attempting to explain (poorly), there are some flat brackets which first attach to the bracket underneath the bumper skin. There is then an L-shaped bracket between that and the foglight. I've dug out a picture which should be similar, if not the real McCoy.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Mon, 18 May 2015 19:54:31 GMT

spike10000

I have the oem retracting foglight mounting kit at home. From recollection there is a flat plate which mounts to the metal strip underneath the bumper, and then there is a 90 degree bracket which attaches the foglights to that plate. As for where they line up in relation to the indicators, I have no idea as I have not yet fitted mine.

Have you got some pictures to post up of your fogs?

You mean these L-shape brackets? But there is no where to mount them and wouldn't using those make the arms point forward rather than down?

(Ps: Hope you don't mind me borrowing your pic RdS)

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (spike10000)

Mon, 18 May 2015 11:08:39 GMT

I have the oem retracting foglight mounting kit at home. From recollection there is a flat plate which mounts to the metal strip underneath the bumper, and then there is a 90 degree bracket which attaches the foglights to that plate. As for where they line up in relation to the indicators, I have no idea as I have not yet fitted mine.

Have you got some pictures to post up of your fogs?

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Sun, 17 May 2015 20:47:02 GMT

Yea, i might dry drilling a hole in the metal piece. I'll find a spare one first in case i mess it up lol.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Mrskylighter)

Sun, 17 May 2015 20:16:07 GMT

Kogashiwa Kai
Nice car, they look pretty cool off-centre of the indicators too.
How would you mount the custom brackets if you were to make some?

Maybe you could do as you suggested and drill a new hole through the metal piece (but don't drill through the plastic bumper) and just have a bolt sticking down through the new hole. Attach the foglight bracket with a nut to the bolts threaded section. Hope that made sense :)

How I have it now is basically underneath the bolt that goes up through the metal piece and into the bumper.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Sun, 17 May 2015 20:10:24 GMT

Nice car, they look pretty cool off-centre of the indicators too.
How would you mount the custom brackets if you were to make some?

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Mrskylighter)

Sun, 17 May 2015 19:53:02 GMT

Wouldn't be hard to make simple brackets that position them under the indicators.

I attached mine using the bolt hole on the inside of the indicators. Might modify it so they align as per the image above.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Sun, 17 May 2015 18:58:25 GMT

Yea, you're probably right, the brochure images are all edited anyway.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Picaro)

Sun, 17 May 2015 15:47:13 GMT

Honestly. it wouldn't surprise me if they photo-shopped the MKIb pics.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Kogashiwa Kai)

Sun, 17 May 2015 15:12:22 GMT

Thanks for checking, my mr2 is a Mk1b Japanese import and the bolts are more towards the centre too. I'm starting to think that all Mk1b's have the off centre holes.

Can anyone shed some light as to how they managed to center the fog lights, i'm very curious as to how they did it from the factory/dealer.

Re: Mounting AW11 fog lights (Picaro)

Sun, 17 May 2015 12:16:44 GMT

Perhaps the jdm MKI's had bolts underneath the bumper that lined up differently than those shipped elsewhere. I just checked the bolts on my USDM MKIa and MKIb. The ones on the MKIa would line the fog lights up as shown in the Toyota photos/renderings. However, the MKIb bolts are farther towards center as you mentioned.