I did a search and came up empty. Has anyone retrofitted the Euro rear fog light to a US Spec car? Thanks, Joe
Never heard of anyone doing that. It is illegal in the USA and white tail lights means Reverse Gear. Am sure it can be done with a Euro, just cut into the bumper, mount lights, add realy and other bits and wire into the front fogs (ok) or wire separately (better option) and add a switch.
Not illegal in the US. Maybe by state. My MINI has rear fog lights. The rear fog is red, not white. Does the Euro car us the same switch as the front fogs? Does the rear fog screw into the bumper and hang as does Porsche from the same era? I thought I saw a pic of a Euro 308 that looked a lot like that. Joe
Joe, You're probably referring to a red fog light assembly. You can mount one underneath the rear bumper on the driver's side which is the convention in the US. You'll have to run a wiring harness and route it to your fog light switch as Steven mentioned. Ferrari UK would have the Euro fog light assembly you need. Barry Edit: We were posting at the same time, Joe. I think the red fog light mounted on the rear bumper is a good safety feature. I've seen them suspended from the bumper as you mentioned. You can wire the rear fog lamp into your front fog switch.
Ahhh, my bad. i felt you wanted to go with what the factory did for 308 Euro models. Have seen whwre white 'tunnel lights' were mounted within the rear bumper.
Barry, Thanks. I'll check there. I wasn't sure if it was one light switch or two like the Bimmers. Steven, No prob. I've never heard of tunnel lights before. Nor I have seen them. White lights in the back? Why would you do that? Strange. Joe
Joe, I'm not sure how the Euro cars with rear fog lights are set up. You can post your question in the Europe regional section. But to eliminate installing a separate switch, you can switch your new rear fogs with the front fog lamps. You'll be using both anyway in those conditions. Barry
Joe, This is from the Ferrari Owners/Ferrari UK site. You need part 60670000 rear fog lamp assembly (#5 on the diagram). The mounting bolt is indicated on the diagram too. It looks like you can mount two lamps if you'd like. This will require some preparation of your US bumper. Barry Image Unavailable, Please Login
Joe, Steve's referring to the reversing or back up lights mounted within the rear bumper on the early Euro models. Barry
I am going to have to go out there and sign up so I can browse the online catalog. I think one of the left is good enough. I doubt I'll ever truly need it (she will be a toy taken out on nice days only), but it is one of those things that will be on the bottom of the "list". The custom wiring will be the fun part!
The factory rear fog light is pictured below. The switch is next to my parking break and is labeled rear fog. I don't have a picture of my switch and the car is at the body shop so I cannot take one for a while. The light is not actually hanging from the bumper but rather mounted to the lower valance. Image Unavailable, Please Login
OK, since there is no recent updates to this thread, I'm going for it.....I belive drilling up into the bumper's underside is the correct way to mount these rear fog lights. Detailed pictures will follow for other future (anal) Ferraristi so inclinded as to do the same accessory add-on. I feel OK with this as my car already has the harness prewired for this item.
I thought I read somewhere it was drilled into the body and not the rubber bumper. Have any of the EU guys posted a pic?
Duh. It's been so long since I read this thread vs. the other one I couldn't remember. (Man, I need more sleep)
Joe, If I drill into the rear valence, I cannot see an easy way to get the nut on the back side since the (Euro) valance seems to have no hand or wrench accessability from behind, even though there seems to be hollow space between the outer surface and the engine compartment. Anybody???
Bob, You can use rivet nut. I been using them for a long time. here is a link to eastwood. http://eastwood.resultspage.com/search?p=Q&ts=custom&w=rivet+nut&submit.x=33&submit.y=16
Hmmm...good idea, thanks. But, I wonder how would Ferrari have done the install? I still wish I could get a close up picture of an original install................
Bob, Perhaps you should PM Terry (dogue) and ask for some close-ups. Looking at the parts diagram again, the fog light assembly does appear to be mounted to the valance. Barry
Barry, You are probably right that it appears the bracket faces the valance. However, no bolts or fastening direction are noted for the fog lights (#5) as they are for the bumper struts (16, 18 & 29). So it is still difficult to interpret from this diagram. I'll check in with Terry. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Any results of this thread? I need to do the same but was also wondering where I would mount the switch?
Here is my Euro rear fog mounted behind bumper - if you need to know exactly let me know as I have taken it off Image Unavailable, Please Login
