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Hi,
I own a 2004 CR-V EX. While pricing options, I considered the "factory
installed"(dealer)foglights, but was put off by the almost $700 price
tag. I have seen the same Honda foglights on Honda parts websites for
about $260. My question is: How difficult is it for a mechanically
inclined person to install these lights? I know that I would have to
cut out the knockouts where the lights go, but what about the rest of
the installation? How much of the dash needs to come off and is the
wiring simply a matter of hooking up preexisting wiring harnessess?
Thanks,
Neal

In article <561d629b.0410171924.ef9d948@posting.google.com> ,
njacobs1966@aol.com (N_A_J) wrote:

> Hi,
> I own a 2004 CR-V EX. While pricing options, I considered the "factory
> installed"(dealer)foglights, but was put off by the almost $700 price
> tag. I have seen the same Honda foglights on Honda parts websites for
> about $260. My question is: How difficult is it for a mechanically
> inclined person to install these lights? I know that I would have to
> cut out the knockouts where the lights go, but what about the rest of
> the installation? How much of the dash needs to come off and is the
> wiring simply a matter of hooking up preexisting wiring harnessess?
> Thanks,
> Neal

I don't know enough about the CR-V to know if it would cause the same
problems for you as my 2004 Element did. It took a trained mechanic at
the dealership over three hours to install them. Of course, the price
quoted was $350, so.....

My advice: if you're asking for advice here, it is probably a job
better left to someone else. If you really are inclined to do it, then
I would order the lights, look at the installation instructions that
come with them once they arrive, and see if you still feel comfortable
about it. IF you do, great! If not, you're at the right place to
schedule an appointment.

And, I don't know about your local dealership, but ours refuses to
repair third party parts that break. They will replace them with
genuine Honda parts, but they will not repair them....A college gal I
was sitting in the waiting room with brought in her Accord because the
windshield wipers were going in odd directions at odd times. The
service desk people told her that the mechanic told them the problem was
the aftermarket wipers, and that replacing them would solve the problem.
The price: about $80 installed. If I would have heard that, I would
have laughed all the way to the Auto Zone, but it was her money.....

YMMV,

AL

njacobs1966@aol.com (N_A_J) wrote in message news:<561d629b.0410171924.ef9d948@posting.google.c om>...
> Hi,
> I own a 2004 CR-V EX. While pricing options, I considered the "factory
> installed"(dealer)foglights, but was put off by the almost $700 price
> tag. I have seen the same Honda foglights on Honda parts websites for
> about $260. My question is: How difficult is it for a mechanically
> inclined person to install these lights? I know that I would have to
> cut out the knockouts where the lights go, but what about the rest of
> the installation? How much of the dash needs to come off and is the
> wiring simply a matter of hooking up preexisting wiring harnessess?
> Thanks,
> Neal


The wiring for the factory fog lite is super easy, hardly any of the
dash needs to come out, cuz you work from underneath. The only hard
part is getting the wiring thru the firewall, the directions have you
putting thru the center of the firewall, and I find that more
difficult than it has to be.
I actually put in an aftermarket pair for fraction of the cost, and
drilled a hole right near the brake master cylinder, if you look
there, it already has a punch hole for something.
Hope that helps.
Alex

N_A_J wrote:
> Hi,
> I own a 2004 CR-V EX. While pricing options, I considered the "factory
> installed"(dealer)foglights, but was put off by the almost $700 price
> tag. I have seen the same Honda foglights on Honda parts websites for
> about $260. My question is: How difficult is it for a mechanically
> inclined person to install these lights? I know that I would have to
> cut out the knockouts where the lights go, but what about the rest of
> the installation? How much of the dash needs to come off and is the
> wiring simply a matter of hooking up preexisting wiring harnessess?
> Thanks,
> Neal


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