Dirk Diggler Hey man, your idea worked!! I ended up using a wire coat hanger, pushed it through both cabin and engine grommets, and wrapped the coat hanger around the wire connector from the engine side. Then I wrapped it all in electrical tape and sprayed it down with the soap/water solution, and pulled it through. Sorta difficult, but got it done! Thanks again!!
Thank you for doing such a detailed guide! lucky for me, i got the same kit you did and wasn't sure on how to go about it. You made this install a piece of cake! One thing I had to do differently was the wires through the firewall. I didn't have the same piece in my car, so I basically just routed the wires along where my boost gauge tubing was. I went and bought a pair of Hella Xenon Yellow bulbs which were much brighter than the bulbs that came with the kit. took me about 4 hours... i'm sure i can do it much faster if i had to do it again tho :)
Glad it helped you out!! After I made the video I realized that the plate was a cover for the cars with the manual transmission. But it sounds like you were able to figure it out. I think I'm going to change the bulbs as well. Thanks for the tip. For less than $60, the kit is a great value.
i installed mine today, my harness was different than yours, i had to route it under the radiator. i also snipped the switch cable and ran it through the grommet with all the other wires. worked out pretty good overall. thanks for the video, it helped out quite a bit.
No problem. Mines been installed for about 4 years now and I would imagine that they changed the harness over the years. Other then the crappy bulbs that I replaced, there's been no issues at all. Thanks for watching and please subscribe.
Dirk, I got my lights with the harness. The Chevy guy doesn't recommend the injector circuit, but we did find a 10 amp circuit under the hood. I talked to spyder and they recommend that you just take the wire you put to the fuse and splice it
Hey Dirk- Thanks for the great video! I do like the ides of mounting the supplied switch on the fuse door. A couple of questions: 1- My kit did not include the screws- what size are they? I'll purchase them locally.or should I get the GM screws? 2- My guess is that you have a hoist to lift the car. For those of us who don't have that convenience - Where do you put the jack to pick it up? It looks pretty low to do it on your back. 3- Do you know- If I was to purchase a OEM switch Can you hook into this wiring assy. to operate the Fog lights?
Thanks for watching. For the screws, you can use sheet metal screws. Just make sure you get the correct length. I actually used some left over trim screws for plastic gutters. That's why they are white in the video. You don't need a lift. I had the car up on ramps. There is a video on my channel that talks about the extensions I built to get the car on the ramps with no damage due to it sitting so low. The OEM switch wouldn't work since the wiring is different and it goes back to the PCM. Let me know if you need anything else.
Just bought my fog lights. Going to install in like June. Because it's to cold to instal it right now. Which fuse do I tap into? Thank you for your video!
That's a pretty sweet car... I was jus wondering... I have a 2012 Cruze w/no fogs... Could 1 just simply tap/splice into the running lights to power them? Or would it be too much draw for the circuit??
Ryan, thanks for the compliment and watching. You could go along that route, but I honestly don't know if going into the running light circuit would be too much. I know people have done it, but I think they were using the LED marker light kits and not the full blown fog's. With electrical, I've always believed it's better to be cautious versus mechanical. Since once you overload the circuit, typically things start to melt and overheat and makes things worse.
Dirk Diggler right right... ive seen those little light strips they look cool but at the sametime ive seen the reviews for them and alotta people say after a couple months condensation builds up in them n they get ruined... :/
NO....NO.....No! do not wire the main power to the running lights. they are computer controlled and fused internally so this can fry your computer. you can run the power to the relay to the headlight circuit but that is it.
Is there any additional draw on the fuel injector relay fuse that you tapped into? If so does it cause any problems with overall engine performance? I am concerned because my 2013 has power issues while just running the AC.
Thanks for watching. They’ve been installed for almost 5 years at this point and I’ve had zero impact with how I’m supplying power. My car is the same way with the AC. It’s a complete dog when it’s on. I’ll typically shut it off when I’m getting on the highway and need all the power I can get. Please subscribe!
The problem with putting it to the battery is that the switch with the led indicator will cause a parasitic draw since it will now be lit all of the time even with car being off. I've been running it like this for almost a year now and there's been no issues so far.
Thanks for doing this video! I have a 2012 Cruze Eco. I have an OEM fog light kit sitting in the garage uninstalled. I'm thinking about ordering the Spyder kit just to use the inserts with the chrome trim (my car is black, and I think the chrome is a nice touch that isn't available from OEM unless you have RS) with the OEM housings, wiring and switch. What are your thoughts on the fit and finish of the Spyder kit? I'd hate to install these and have the chrome start flaking off after a few months. Thanks!
Glad you liked it. After a year of having them on I haven't had any issues with the chrome flaking or peeling. They've held up pretty well after 20k miles up in the northeast with the sand and salt from the past winter. A bulb blew about 3 months ago but that's the only problem I've had Fit is pretty good for an aftermarket kit, however I've never looked at the GM kit so really don't have it anything to compare it with. I like the chrome accents as well. It goes well with the grill and the silver of the car. Let me know if you have any other questions and thanks for watching!!
Great video and I bought a similar kit for my chevy trax 2016 from the same manufacturer. My question is, if I swap all of the headlights and fog lights with LED bulbs since they use less power. Can I connect them directly to the headlights without worrying about frying my system? Especially because I would have lowered the power draw by probably half.
+Streeters Garage it's a Chevy Trax LT 16 but everything is the same as the Cruze. I looked behind the bumper and there's the same screw that is difficult to reach. Lol
+Oswaldo Rabanal Sorry missed that part. I would say as long as the total wattage and amperage of the LED lights does not exceed the original values of the OEM lighting then you should probably be ok. Hard to say for sure though.
I know this is old but since I see there is recent comment I thought I'd ask a question. I have these spyder foglights. Looks exactly like this one except I have 3 grounds. Two black, and one red. I watched this video as a guide and did everything just like you did but I'm getting no power in the lights. My switch turns green and red when I click it so there's power going to it but there's no response from the lights. I emailed them and they sent me a new pair free of charge and the exact same configuration and same exact problem is happening. I tried with the fuse tap and just sticking the power wire into the fuse hole and both same results. Power to the switch but nothing else. Do you have any ideas what it could be?
It sounds like the relay is bad. Check for 12v at the relay when you have the switch on. If you have 12v at the relay but it's not closing the switch to allow the voltage to pass through I would say the relay is bad.
I was able to follow up until the wiring part. Grounding the wires, mounting the relay, and adding a wiretap to the on/off button was easy, but my kit came with a white wire that had a 30amp fuse that I don't know where to connect to. The instructions just say "battery", but it's a 10mm connector. Do I splice that wire to the wiretape line? I'm worried about overloading my computer.
@@StreetersGarage I noticed you had two wires running to the fuse box. My kit came with a red wire to the switch, and a white wire that attached to the fuse. I believe the white wire on mine might be the red wire from your fuse. Did you splice the red wire from the fuse and the red wire for the switch into one and connect it to the fuse box? Thank you for your time :)
Dirk So if you installed by splicing into the headlights if you would make sure the headlights are off when leaving vehicle there would still be the parastatic draw you are talking about? My headlights automatically go off when I remove key and exit vehicle. I want to do it your way just want to make sure it is perfectly fine to do it that way. Thanx
i am thinking of installing a fog light kit on my 2013 Cruze. Was just wondering if they can be wired through the headlight circuit using the existing headlight switch. Thanks
You could tap into the headlight wiring in the front of the car to do this. However I'm not sure that the headlight circuit is designed to support the additional draw and voltage load that the foglights would put on it.
also I am reading other comments about the fuse and the fuel pump. so adding two fuses will correct that? or is there another feed like horn or something similar I could tap instead.
Yes, using the fuse tap required that there are 2 fuses inserted. One for the original circuit and the second for the circuit you're adding. This is how it's designed to work. Thanks for watching
when the plastic rivets under the car are removed do they need to be replaced with new ones or are the designed to be used again. some rivets like that are broken when pulled out. and then you have to order a new set to replace them.
I want to put thee on wifes 12 cruze, it's still under warranty. Do you see any issues with powering it to the injector circuit or should I go direct to battery. I'm getting the kit from carid and don't want to pay 400 to dealership.
I wouldn't go directly to the battery since it would be very easy to leave them on and kill your battery Just imagine that you're driving the car in the pouring rain and have the fog lights on and you run into the house only to realize that the lights are still on. I've been running them directly from the injection circuit for almost a year now with no issues. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for watching. The fuel injection circuit was the only one I could find that a 12v supply with the key on. Everything else was controlled by the BCM and would only supply voltage when that accessory was selected. I've been running it like this and I've had zero issues.
Dirk I spoke with the folks from syder auto in there tech dept and he has no idea why you would tap into the fuse box. Why do you not just install them per there instruction? I am confused as we're they. Thanx
What size screws did you use to attach the fog lamps to those 3x bosses? My Spyder kit did not come with screws! I will need to pick some up at the hardware store
Hey dirk, i had a few questions....so i installed everything and i tapped the fuel injector and it doesnt seem to want to work....plus my car isnt digging it to much considering i got a check engine like :(....do i have to put in two 15 fuses??
Dirk Diggler I have a 2013 Cruze Eco that's a 6 speed manual. The plate that the switch wire is supposed to pass through is already affixed with the clutch assembly... How do I get the switch wire into the cabin another way?
Ben, Correct that plate is for the clutch linkage in the manual cars. What you would need to do is to go through the existing rubber grommet that is located to the left of the plate that is inside the car. The easiest way to do this is too take a rod with a rounded point and tape the end of the switch harness to it. Spray down the rod and grommet with a soap and water solution and push it through. Just make sure that you don't have any sharp edges and it will slide right through. Thanks Tom
i really appreciate all the videos, i have a 2014 cruze LT and my fog lights have the black boarder around it, where can i purchase the silver boarder for them?
Thanks for watching. eBay would probably be the best resource. I purchased this entire kit for $55 with shipping. You would be able to just swap out the the inserts and reuse everything else.
Here's the listing to the auction.. www.ebay.com/itm/2011-2014-CHEVY-CRUZE-CLEAR-BUMPER-FOG-LIGHTS-w-CHROME-TRIM-COVER-LEFT-RIGHT-/201053114719?pt=Motors_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&fits=Model%3ACruze&hash=item2ecfb3115f&vxp=mtr
Dirk Diggler okay so i bought a spyder CAI off ebay for my cruze and installed it yesterday. When i installed it it idled weird and then went back to normal idle after 30 seconds or so, i then drove it and noticed it would not go over 5000 rpm, when it hit that it would spit and sputter, after a half hour of driving or so it finally went back to normal and was able to hit 6000 rpm. I shut my car off and later went to the store and it would not go over 5000 rpm again, and then the check engine light came on and i read the codes, it was the fuel control system as well as the power train system. Any ideas as to whats going wrong with it?
Scott Voit I can speak for the CAI personally but if you go over to CruzeTalk.Com there's are lot of discussion on how much of a POS this intake is. It seems the root issue is in the relation of the location of the MAF and the turbo inlet. I'm willing to bet if you put the everything back to stock.everything will go back to normal.
Hey man. Can you explain the fuse part to me. I know you got a fuse tap and put it where the fuel injector fuse was. But which one? What's the number on it. And was it a 15 amp fuse? Thanks
Actually, that's how it should be connected. When he connected both wires to the same fuse, he basically eliminated the relay. One hot should go to battery and one to a switched circuit so they don't stay on all the time.
i just want change my bulb to a HID kit ( I have fog lights already) can you make a video on changing the bulb with out taking off the bumper? and I don't have a garage to work out of so it will be in my driveway.( no lift of any kind) thanks...
Why didn't you just wire these into the headlights or parking lights instead of the fuse box? Also what is different about these from the OEM kit? And does this kit come with instructions?
+Logan Conner They must have changed the wiring. I had 2 separate feeds. One that powered the lighted switch and one that powered the relay. You should be fine.
I followed the instructions on the video but my lights won't come on. I bought the same spyder kit. Where does the second love red wire go connected to?
hey. I added the led fog lights I bought from ebay. I also installed a standard switch that has the fog light button. how would I go about making the lights connect to the switch. I know the switch works because when I push the fog light button it lights on the dash
Yes. You can either do what I did or purchase the OEM kit. Since you have a 2012, there's no programming that needs to be done to the BCM. On the early 2013 builds, they did not include the programming to turn the lights on. So it's essentially the same until you need to install the wiring to the fuse panel in the engine compartment. This thread will walk you through the steps. www.cruzetalk.com/forum/145-appearance-body/1590-eco-cruze-fog-light-install-warning-lots-pics.html
Couldn't you just run power off existing lights witch would make it automatically kick on and off? Then you wouldn't need a relay or a fuse because there is already a fuse there for the headlights?
Dusten Seffron You could but I wanted control of when the fogs were on. I didn't want the fogs to be automatically on when the running lights were on. Doing it with the relay and the fuse is the preferred way to do it since it creates a protected circuit versus just running directly to the voltage source where you could run into an overload or shorted scenario, Thanks for watching!
Did my fog kit today and ran into problems tapping into the injector system. Car doesn't like it, malfunction light came on, reduced engine power, radio stopped working. I then disconnected the fuse tap from the injector system and all was ok. So my question is to which circuit do I tap into now?
2011. I read somewhere on this post that another person had the same problem. The fuse tap is working because when I installed it in either fuse 8 or 9 (9 been better because more space) the fog lights worked perfect. When I packed up I realized the message on my dash. I had to disconnect everything and then my system worked again. The malfunction lamp stayed on a while but reset itself later. The message was " reduced engine power". I have noticed that there is a fuse in the fog lamp spot (48) but there doesn't appear to be any power there.
Hey i just installed fog lights on 2011 cruze the car already had a pigtail on it but the lights didn't come with one. Where can i get a pigtail to connect to the factory pigtail.
I am going to be making the addition of fog lamps to my wifes car for winter. what I am wanting to know is why the hell would you put the lights on a cructial circuit like the injection system? I see the point of not wanting to go to your battery but why wouldn't you splice the power wire to from the relay to the low beam switch so that the fog lights are deactivated when you switch to high beam from low beam, as is the law in most states. Also there are other blocks in that pannel that are assc-on that should be unused, you just have to find them with a power probe. lastly that "driver thingy" you loved so much is called a thumb wheel.
Thanks for watching. At this time I don’t have a need to pull the front bumper cover off. But if I do in the future. I’ll document the process. Please subscribe!
i bought fog lights but they did not come withon off button switch ruuning day lights i want connect a on off switch is it posiible toconnected i dont wnt them on all the time
Shaun Holzbach Yes it did. In the video it's attached to the ground stud by the radiator support on the driver side. The fuse is there in the event you develop a dead short or exposed wire in the harness. The fuse would trip and stop all current from going to the harness and prevent it from overheating and catching fire.
But then where does the fuse box come into play?! Like there's the fuse, which has a ground wire which I hooked up, then there's the relay, then the wires that connect to the battery. All that's hooked up, the light on the switch lights, but that's about it
Shaun Holzbach Ok. Did you join both of the red power lines like I did. One of them powers the switch and the other powers the fog lights. Also make sure both of the black grounds are hooked up. There's 2. If not, you'll get nothing as well. If all of that it fine, open the fuse holder and make sure the fuse is still good and not blown.
It wouldn't work. He mentions that his car's BCM does not have the programming to use them at the end of the video. He would have to pay extra money at a dealership to have them reprogram it.
yoshi1904 Not sure what you meant. The Spyder Auto like in my video or the GM kit. Anyway, if it stopped working, you need to start with all of the basic stuff first. Check your grounds and you voltage source. Get a multi meter and start checking for 12v from the start of your voltage source all the way to the fog light.
Dirk Diggler it's not the gm kit, I bought it on ebay, so I went to see if it was the light bulbs and they werent they worked fine, the switch also works because a solid red line is on and when ever I press it it turns green (on and off ) so it is either the relay or the fuse
Ok. If you have power at the switch that's a good sign. Check the fuse first. Then if it's good. Take the fuse out and check for 12v with a meter with the switch in the on position. If nothing at the fuse. Check the source voltage going into the relay. Then check for voltage at the switched side of the realy with the switch on. Finally check for output voltage on the relay with the switch on.
I only wired the hot wir that comes from the switch into the tapped fuse. I have another red wire that has a horseshoe plate on one end of it. Does that one have to go into the tapped fuse as well?