2016 V fog lights

Oh no, not another fog light thread XD


I am just writing this to document what I did (for the newer style V) to equip a V with fog lights. Bumper wise, it already has the proper spots for fog lights. I already had a set of upgraded LED fog lights. I used the same “brackets” that came with them for the Prius C. There were a couple of spots in my bumper that appeared to be intended for screws. I feel that overkill is highly underrated, so I happily used some to make them more secure.


Please note: I did NOT need to change my bumper.The holes are already there in my bumper.


IMHO, it does not make financial sense for Toyota to make several different kinds of bumpers when you can make one bumper that fits every vehicle. I did need to buy a newer lower grille. Here are two things I did when verifying/trying:

1. Bumper with fog light holes. Go to any toyota parts website that takes your vin and get the part number for your bumper. Get the part number and find an image OR, keep that part number and search another car by entering non vin information. Year, model, trim etc. SELECT the same year car and model but with the package you want (pre-collision has fog lights so pre-collision). Compare part numbers. I did both of these methods to double check myself.


2. Fog light brackets. When looking at the mounting holes in the bumper they looked eerily similar to the C. I checked the fog light part number for the C, and the number for the V. My research showed that they were the same. This goes back to my bumper IMHO. Why make 20 different fog lights when you can make one that is interchangeable?

If you want to do this, I thought of two ideas when I was looking at adding fog lights:

1. Buy a lower grille WITH pre-collision. Dealerships will tell you that it does not fit…. I have a trim level three with no pre-collision; it fits. The only difference I found, it has fog light holes (please note, I’m not guaranteeing that it’s going to fit your vehicle; just my personal experience).

2. Put holes in your non pre-collision grille. Not advising this. THIS IS JUST AN IDEA. Do at your own risk should you choose to.

My car needed a lower grill and the pre-collision grille was the exact same price as a grill “without pre-collision…” I bought one with fog light holes already there.


I haven’t researched using an oem fog light switch for my application. I am not sure how easy or difficult it would be compared to the aftermarket kits that are out there. I did not see factory plugs for fog lights while I was putting in the fog lights (i did on my C oddly enough).

Any thoughts, advice or suggestions on the factory switch route? I was going to go aftermarket until I saw some others asking on lower trim level and older cars.


Note for the lower grille; it mainly pushes in; however, it does have four screws as well. So be aware of that when you try to remove it.

 

I had to order a grille with holes, and unfortunately I didn’t seem to have wiring

 

Thank you for letting me know!