After market REAR fog light kit for C 2 ?

how would one install this? buy cutting into the bumper?

 

yeah, cut into the rear bumper. run the wires and wire up the switch.

 

damn. i dont really want to cut a hole in my bumper. but thanks for the response!

 

Coming from VWs it's been relatively easy to rig one up, completely OEM. I've had the car about a month now and just did my first mod. I added a "rear fog light." I put it in air quotes because it's not really but it works for me.

After researching it a bit, I realized the 2825 bulb (parking light 5w) has the same base as the brighter 921 (reverse 18w) bulb. I was pleased to find that the opening in the assembly is large enough for the larger globe of the 921. I replaced the left-side running light bulb with a reverse light bulb. I can feel it gets warmer than the other side, but thus far I haven't melted the assembly (bulb has lots of clearance), nor blown the stock fuse. I won't put in a larger fuse so we'll see how long it will hold the higher load.

Results: It's significantly brighter than the opposite side so as long as I have my parking/DRL or headlights on I have a rear fog (of sorts). It's not a focused beam like a true rear fog would be, nor is it 21w like it should be, but I'm pleased with the result. I figure for $3 and more light back there I'm good to go.

 

pics?

 

This doesn't show it well because of the bright back lighting. But it was the only one I took.

 

You can still tell it's brighter... nice.

 

Took another with it raining ( a bit darker outside).

 

Any signs of being too hot?

 

None yet. I can feel the warmth, but it's definitely not hot. I didn't put it in my post, but there's a 922 bulb that has the same base. It's 13 watts. So there is another step between the stock and what I did if you're toying with trying it...

 

any updates on this? everything working fine? i want to do this too.

 

jdm rear fog | eBay

you can always run one of these but you have to cut into your bumper

 

Gladly, nothing to report. No blown fuses, no melted anything. I'm thinking that with Fall coming and less daylight time I'll be using the lights more so we'll see. But it truly is just warm(er) and definitely not hot so I'm not expecting any issues at this point.