INSTALLATION
INSTRUCTIONS
Accessory
Application
FOG LIGHTS
P/N 08V31-S6M-210
2003 RSX
Publications No.
BII 24451
Issue Date
SEP 2002
PARTS LIST
Switch
Left fog light
Right fog light
Templates
4 Step screws
Left fog light trim
4 Self-tapping screws, 5 x 16 mm
(The end is not pointed.)
Right fog light trim
4 Self-tapping screws, 5 x 16 mm
2 Washer-screws
Left bracket
4 Spring nuts
Relay
Right bracket
Washer-bolt
Switch harness
Cushion tape
Fog light harness
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Illustration of Fog Lights Installed on the Vehicle
Wire tie with clip
SWITCH
SWITCH
HARNESS
RELAY
2 Washers
FUSE
BOX
Left sub-bracket
LEFT
FOG
LIGHT
Right sub-bracket
FOG
LIGHT
HARNESS
RIGHT
FOG
LIGHT
Fuse label
INSTALLATION
TOOLS AND SUPPLIES REQUIRED
Phillips screwdriver
10 mm Combination wrench
Ratchet
10 mm Socket
Diagonal cutters
Drill
3 mm, 5 mm, and 10 mm Drill bits
Hacksaw blade
Utility knife
Scissors
Pushpin
Customer Information: The information in this
installation instruction is intended for use only by
skilled technicians who have the proper tools,
equipment, and training to correctly and safely add
equipment to your vehicle. These procedures should
not be attempted by “do-it-yourselfers.”
1.
Make sure you have the anti-theft code for the
radio, then write down the frequencies for the
preset buttons.
2.
Disconnect the negative cable from the battery.
Masking tape
Felt-tip pen
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Cutting the Front Bumper
3.
6.
Using scissors, cut out the templates. Fold both
small templates as shown.
Using a utility knife, score the bumper along the
heavy line in the area shown. Remove the large
template from the bumper.
SMALL
TEMPLATE
Fold.
SMALL
TEMPLATE
LARGE
TEMPLATES
Mark along the outer
edge of the heavy line.
Fold
horizontally.
Fold up.
7.
4.
LARGE
TEMPLATE
UTILITY
KNIFE
Position the large left template on the left bumper
grille, and tape it in position using masking tape.
Insert the two tabs of the small left template into
the slits in the front bumper. Using a pushpin,
make a hole through each of the two marks
indicated on the template.
SLIT
LARGE LEFT
TEMPLATE
MARKS (2)
TAB
MARK (3)
STRIP OF
MASKING TAPE
PUSHPIN
FRONT BUMPER
PUSHPIN
FRONT
BUMPER
5.
Using a pushpin, make a hole through each of the
three marks indicated on the template.
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TEMPLATE
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8.
Remove the small template from the bumper.
Using a 3 mm, 5 mm, and a 10 mm drill bit, drill a
hole through each of the five marks.
DRILL
(First drill with a 3
mm bit, then with a 5
mm bit, and finish
with a 10 mm bit.)
MARKS (5)
Routing the Fog Light Harness
12. Disconnect the negative (–) and positive (+)
cables from the battery, and release the clip from
the holder bolt. Disconnect the negative (–) cable
first.
NUT
BOLT
BATTERY
HOLDER
CLIP
FRONT BUMPER
DRILL
(First drill with a 3 mm bit,
then with a 5 mm bit, and
finish with a 10 mm bit.)
9.
Using a felt-tip pen, draw two straight lines
across the two upper adjacent 10 mm holes you
just made. Repeat on the lower pair of 10 mm
holes.
POSITIVE
CABLE
Draw two straight lines across the
two upper adjacent 10 mm holes.
FELT-TIP
PEN
BATTERY
13. Remove the bolt and the nut that fasten the
battery holder, and remove the holder and the
battery.
SCRIBED LINE
Do not cut.
14. Remove the two self-tapping screws and one clip,
then pull the left front inner fender out in the
direction shown. Repeat on the right front inner
fender.
HACKSAW
FRONT
BUMPER
Draw two straight lines across the
two lower adjacent 10 mm holes.
LEFT
FRONT
INNER
FENDER
10. Using a hacksaw or a utility knife, cut out the
shaded areas for the fog light opening.
11. Position the right template on the right bumper
grille, and repeat steps 5 through 10 to cut out the
right fog light opening.
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SELF-TAPPING
SCREW
CLIP
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15. Remove the windshield washer tank filler neck
clip from its holder.
RELAY BOX
HOLE
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS 2-PIN
CONNECTOR
(short end)
19. Route the fog light harness 2-pin connector (long
end) along the vehicle harness behind the left
headlight and inside of the bulkhead upper frame
toward the right (passenger’s) side of the vehicle.
Make sure the 2-pin connector is in front of the
bulkhead center stay.
BULKHEAD
UPPER FRAME
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS 2-PIN
CONNECTOR
(long end)
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
Route in front of the
bulkhead center stay.
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
BRACKET
POWER STEERING
FLUID RESERVOIR
WINDSHIELD
BLUE
WASHER
TANK FILLER TAPE
NECK
FOG LIGHT HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
HOLE
RIGHT
HEADLIGHT
20. Remove the power steering fluid reservoir.
Continue routing the fog light harness 2-pin
connector behind the right headlight along the
vehicle harness, then hang it down into the front
bumper through the hole at the rear of the right
headlight.
VEHICLE HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
16. Locate the 1-pin connector blue-taped to the
vehicle harness routed under the relay box, and
remove the blue tape to free the connector.
17. Connect the 1-pin connector of the fog light
harness to the 1-pin connector of the vehicle
harness you just freed.
18. Route the fog light harness 2-pin connector (short
end) down into the front bumper through the same
hole as the windshield washer tank filler neck.
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21. Secure the fog light harness 1-pin connector
connected behind the left headlight to the vehicle
harness with one wire tie.
25. Pull out on the right front inner fender, and remove
the vehicle ground bolt from the right front side
frame. Secure the ground terminal of the fog light
harness with this ground bolt.
FOG LIGHT HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
BRACKET
RIGHT FRONT
SIDE FRAME
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
WIRE TIE
WIRE TIE
WITH CLIP
WIRE
TIE
WIRE TIE
RIGHT
FRONT
INNER
FENDER
WIRE TIE
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
WIRE
TIE
VEHICLE
GROUND BOLT
(reused)
FOG LIGHT HARNESS
GROUND TERMINAL
(Secure the terminal to
the body ground at the
front of the vehicle.)
WIRE TIE
LOWER CROSS
MEMBER HOLE
26. Secure the fog light harness to the vehicle
harness with two wire ties.
27. Secure the fog light harness to the hole in the
lower cross member with one wire tie.
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
BULKHEAD
UPPER FRAME
28. Pull out on the left front inner fender, and secure
the fog light harness to the vehicle harness with
three wire ties.
22. Secure the fog light harness to the vehicle
harness and the bracket on the left (driver’s) side
of the vehicle using three wire ties in the areas
shown.
LOWER CROSS
MEMBER HOLE
23. Secure the fog light harness to the hole in the
bulkhead upper frame with the wire tie with clip.
24. Secure the fog light harness to the vehicle
harness along the front bulkhead with three wire
ties.
WIRE TIE
WIRE TIE
LEFT
FRONT
INNER
FENDER
FOG LIGHT
HARNESS
29. Secure the fog light harness to the hole in the
lower cross member and to the vehicle harness
with one wire tie.
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Installing the Fog Lights
31. Install the left fog light onto the left fog light trim:
30. Position the left bracket on the left fog light, and
install one step screw with washer and one
washer-screw. Tighten both screws securely.
NOTE: Before installing the bracket, check the
identification mark: The bracket marked “L” goes
on the left side, the bracket marked “R” goes on
the right side.
LEFT FOG LIGHT
•
Remove and discard the rubber washer from
the step screw.
•
Fit the tab on the left subbracket into the slot in
the left fog light trim, and install the step screw.
Don’t tighten the step screw yet.
•
Install two 5 x 16 mm self-tapping screws
through the left bracket and into the left fog
light trim.
•
Tighten the step screw.
5 x 16 mm SELFTAPPING SCREW
(The end is not pointed.)
WASHER
STEP
SCREW
LEFT FOG LIGHT
LEFT
BRACKET
RUBBER WASHER
(Discard.)
STEP
SCREW
WASHERSCREW
LEFT
BRACKET
LEFT FOG
LIGHT TRIM
SLOT
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SUBBRACKET
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32. Slide two spring nuts onto the bumper through
the slits.
35. Inside the vehicle, turn the two knobs
counterclockwise, and remove the driver’s
dashboard lower cover (two retaining tabs and
two hooks).
FOG LIGHT HARNESS
2-PIN CONNECTOR
SPRING
NUT
FRONT
BUMPER
HOOKS (2)
RETAINING
TABS (2)
SLIT
FOG
LIGHT
KNOB
DRIVER’S
DASHBOARD
LOWER COVER
5 x 16 mm
SELF-TAPPING
SCREW
36. Turn the knob clockwise, and remove the driver’s
dashboard under cover from the holder (one clip).
33. Pull the fog light harness 2-pin connector out, and
connect it to the left fog light. Position the left fog
light assembly on the front bumper, and install
two 5 x 16 mm self-tapping screws. Tighten the
screws securely.
34. Repeat steps 30 through 33 to install the right fog
light.
HOLDER
KNOB
DRIVER’S
DASHBOARD
UNDER COVER
CLIP
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37. Pull the center lower cover toward you to release
the one retaining tab and six clips.
40. On A/T vehicles, remove the shift indicator trim
ring from the center console (four retaining tabs).
38. Unplug the vehicle 2-pin connector from the
accessory socket, and remove the center lower
cover.
SHIFT INDICATOR
TRIM RING
CLIPS (6)
RETAINING TAB
CENTER
CONSOLE
RETAINING
TABS (4)
VEHICLE 2-PIN
CONNECTOR
CENTER LOWER
COVER
ACCESSORY
SOCKET
41. Remove the center console trim by lifting it upward
to release the six clips and one retaining tab.
39. On M/T vehicles, push the boot down while
holding the plastic clip. Remove the shift knob by
turning it counterclockwise.
CLIPS (6)
RETAINING
TAB
SHIFT KNOB
CENTER
CONSOLE
TRIM
PLASTIC
CLIP
BOOT
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42. Remove the two self-tapping screws that fasten
the center console.
44. Inside the center console, remove the two clips.
At the rear of the center console, remove the two
screws.
M/T Vehicles:
CLIP
CLIPS (2)
CENTER
CONSOLE
ACCESSORY
SOCKET
SELFTAPPING
SCREW
CENTER
CONSOLE
SCREW
SCREW
43. Remove the beverage holder by lifting it upward to
release the four clips.
VEHICLE 2-PIN
CONNECTOR
BEVERAGE
HOLDER
A/T Vehicles:
SELFTAPPING
SCREW
CLIPS (4)
CLIPS (2)
CLIP
CENTER
CONSOLE
ACCESSORY
SOCKET
SCREW
CENTER
CONSOLE
SCREW
VEHICLE 2-PIN
CONNECTOR
45. Release the two clips that secure the front of the
center console, then disconnect the vehicle 2-pin
connector from the accessory socket by first
sliding the center console toward the rear, then
lifting it upward.
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46. Remove the two self-tapping screws and one
screw, and remove the steering column upper and
lower covers (six retaining tabs).
Routing the Switch Harness
48. Remove the bolt that secures the fuse box, and
lower the fuse box.
49. Unplug the vehicle 6-pin connector from the fuse
box, then plug the 6-pin connector of the switch
harness there. Plug the 1-pin connector (WHT/RED
wire) of the switch harness into the fuse box as
indicated.
RETAINING TABS (6)
STEERING COLUMN
UPPER COVER
Push in.
NOTE: On M/T vehicles, there is no 6-pin
connector plugged into the fuse box.
SWITCH HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
(WHT/RED WIRE)
SWITCH
HARNESS 6-PIN
CONNECTOR
VEHICLE 6-PIN
CONNECTOR
(A/T vehicles only)
STEERING
COLUMN
LOWER
COVER
SELF-TAPPING
SCREW
SCREW
SWITCH
HARNESS
FUSE BOX
47. From behind the instrument panel, remove the
right switch cover (two retaining tabs).
BOLT
Location of 6-pin Connector
INSTRUMENT PANEL
RETAINING
TABS (2)
Location of 1-pin
Connector
SWITCH
COVER
(Discard.)
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FUSE BOX
50. On A/T vehicles, locate the 6-pin connector taped
to the switch harness, and remove the dummy
connector from that connector. Plug the vehicle
6-pin connector you just unplugged from the fuse
box into that connector.
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If the vehicle is equipped with an optional cigarette
lighter, plug the switch harness 6-pin connector into the
cigarette lighter 6-pin connector.
CIGARETTE LIGHTER
HARNESS
55. Above the steering column, disconnect the vehicle
16-pin connector. Remove the retainer, and insert
the switch harness terminal into the 16-pin
connector at the location shown. Reinstall the
retainer.
RETAINER
VEHICLE 16-PIN
CONNECTOR
TERMINAL
(for connecting the
terminal of the
switch harness)
FUSE BOX 6-PIN
CONNECTOR
SWITCH
HARNESS
As Viewed from
the Harness Side
51. Reinstall the fuse box.
52. Locate the 1-pin connector blue-taped to the
vehicle harness in front of the fuse box, and
remove the blue tape to free the connector. Plug
the remaining 1-pin connector of the switch
harness into this 1-pin connector.
SWITCH HARNESS
5-PIN CONNECTOR
(Route to the switch
lid opening.)
TERMINAL END of
SWITCH HARNESS
(Route to the top of the
steering column.)
SWITCH HARNESS
TERMINAL
(Insert into the 16-pin
connector with the staked
side facing down.)
SWITCH
HARNESS
56. Reconnect the vehicle 16-pin connector.
VEHICLE
HARNESS
STEERING
SHAFT
FUSE BOX
SWITCH HARNESS
SWITCH HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
BLUE
TAPE
VEHICLE HARNESS
1-PIN CONNECTOR
53. Route the 5-pin connector of the switch harness
under the steering shaft to the switch opening in
the instrument panel.
54. Route the terminal end of the switch harness to the
top of the steering column along the vehicle harness.
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57. Route the switch harness 12-pin connector to the
center console opening alongside the vehicle
harness.
VEHICLE
HARNESS
61. Attach the fuse label (20A) to the switch harness
fuse case.
STEERING HANGER
BEAM
WIRE TIE
WASHERBOLT
VEHICLE
HARNESS
12-PIN
CONNECTOR
SWITCH
HARNESS
RELAY
CENTER
CONSOLE
OPENING
SWITCH
HARNESS
4-PIN
CONNECTOR
SWITCH HARNESS
12-PIN CONNECTOR
VEHICLE HARNESS
12-PIN CONNECTOR
SWITCH HARNESS
FUSE CASE
SWITCH
HARNESS
FUSE LABEL
(20A)
HOLDER
SWITCH HARNESS
12-PIN CONNECTOR
62. Position the relay on the steering hanger beam,
and install the washer-bolt. Plug the switch
harness 4-pin connector into the relay.
58. At the center console opening, disconnect the
vehicle 12-pin connector, then slide the 12-pin
connector of the switch harness onto the holder on
the side of the vehicle 12-pin connector.
59. Connect the vehicle harness 12-pin connectors to
the switch harness 12-pin connectors.
60. Secure the switch harness to the vehicle harness
with one wire tie in the area shown.
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63. Pull the switch harness 5-pin connector out
through the instrument panel.
67. Check that all wire harnesses are routed properly
and all connectors are plugged in.
64. Secure the switch harness to the vehicle harness
with six wire ties in the areas shown.
68. Reinstall all removed parts.
SWITCH HARNESS
5-PIN CONNECTOR
WIRE TIE
69. Reconnect the negative cable to the battery, and
reset the radio station presets.
NOTE: Whenever the battery is disconnected, the
driver's window AUTO function is disabled.
70. Start the engine. Push down on the driver's
window switch until the window is fully open.
71. Pull up on the driver's window switch to close the
window completely, then hold the switch for a
second or two more.
72. Test the AUTO window function.
73. Do the ECM/PCM idle learn procedure.
SWITCH
HARNESS
•
Make sure all electrical items are turned off.
•
Start the engine. Hold the engine speed at
3,000 rpm with no load (in Park or Neutral) until
the radiator fan comes on.
•
Let the engine idle for about 5 minutes with the
throttle fully closed and with all electrical items
off.
WIRE
TIE
VEHICLE
HARNESS
NOTE: If the radiator fan comes on during this
step, the time it is operating must not be
included in the 5 minutes.
65. Plug the switch harness 5-pin connector into the
rear of the switch.
66. Install the switch into the instrument panel.
USE AND CARE
How to Operate the Fog Lights
INSTRUMENT
PANEL
SWITCH
HARNESS
5-PIN
CONNECTOR
” or “
” position
•
Turn the light switch to the “
(headlights on low beam).
•
Press the fog light switch (indicator is on).
NOTE: The fog light lenses can cloud when the
outside temperature is cold; this is normal and should
go away in warm weather.
SWITCH
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Fog Light Aiming Adjustment
1.
2.
Adjust the fog lights:
•
Adjust the aiming according to local laws and
regulations.
•
To adjust, turn the aiming adjustment screw in
or out until the correct aiming is obtained.
Remove the bulb from the socket by turning it
counterclockwise and pulling it toward you.
FOG LIGHT
BULB
3.
PHILLIPS
SCREWDRIVER
AIMING
ADJUSTMENT
SCREW
To raise.
Install the new bulb into the fog light.
•
Use only a genuine Honda halogen light bulb
of specified wattage.
Rating: 12V 55W H11 Halogen Light Bulb
•
Do not touch the bulb. Oily or greasy
substances on the bulb could shorten its
service life due to the heat produced when the
bulb is turned on. If the bulb is accidentally
touched, wipe it clean with a clean, soft cloth
that has been dampened with denatured
alcohol or a mild detergent solution.
To lower.
Bulb Replacement
1.
Remove the two self-tapping screws that secure
the fog light trim, and pull the fog light toward you.
Unplug the connector, and remove the fog light.
CONNECTOR
FOG LIGHT
BULB
4.
FOG LIGHT
SELFTAPPING
SCREW
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Reinstall the fog light in the reverse order of
removal.
•
Check that the wire harnesses are not
pinched.
•
Make sure you tighten the self-tapping screws
securely.
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CIRCUIT DIAGRAM
BATTERY
LIGHTING
RELAY
100A
30A
W/R
15A
R/Y
20A
W/G
FOG
LIGHT
RELAY
L/R
20A
R/B
20A
SMALL
RELAY
R/L
R/Y
RIGHT
LOW
LEFT
HI LOW
HI
HEADLIGHT
R
PASSING
R/L
L/Y
B
FOG
LIGHT
SWITCH
FOG
LIGHTS
B
B
R/W
LIGHTING
SWITCH
DIMMER
COMBINATION
LIGHT SWITCH
LIGHT SWITCH
FOG LIGHT
SWITCH
OFF
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Low
Hi
OFF
ON
ON
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B
BLACK
BR
BROWN
Y
YELLOW
O
ORANGE
L
BLUE
SB
SKY BLUE
G
GREEN
LG
LIGHT GREEN
R
RED
P
PINK
W
WHITE
GR
GRAY
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