This was a perfectly easy how to video on how to install the fog lights and bezels. Thanks, I thought that I was missing a piece or something and hadn't started working on my ride yet.
Thanks for the great video. Took me over an hour to install my and half a day to wire the lights. Got the wire kit from Canadian Tires for 20 bucks and 2 light sockets from the junkyard for a dollar. 2 LED light strips wrapped around the fog light for halo effect. Couldn't do all that without your video.
Very nice video. I've watched many and this gentleman has done the best presentation so far. Speaks clearly, and uses the English language very well. Thanks.
I what wanted to do this for two years. I was always told they don't fit or you can't upgrade the lights. So mad now , but just traded my Equinox for 13 traverse. Thanks for the Vid......
I own a loaded 2014 Equinox that I purchased new and I hardly ever drive it, and believe it or not it's only has 4,200.0 miles on it. I have never look to see if the factory harness has the plugs for the fog lights, but I sort of doubt it. There may be a plug and play wiring kit for the fog light installation that can be purchased? I did put a trailer hitch on this vehicle and they sold a wiring kit for the trailer lights that was a breeze to install with no soldering crimping or wire nuts, and it was fairly inexpensive. It was simply a harness that plugged right into the existing factory tail light harness and ran down to the hitch with the standard plug. Watching your video makes me want to install the fog lights on my Equinox. Thanks, now I'll have to spend more money. LOL
Just the video I've been searching for. I do not like those bezels either. Such an eyesore😂 will be doing this soon & swaping out the original headlights for some that come with a LED strip
Great to hear that the video was helpful!! That was my intentions. I haven't wired them up yet since i just did it for styling and haven't really thought about turning them on so that kinda tells me I wont use em much lol. But when I do I will post a how to wire them up. Sounds like most people wire them up just like aftermarket ones.
Did you do a video installing the wires to the fog light because that would really help??!! Because i want to install my fog lights on my 2015 Chevrolet Equinox but I'm not sure how to install the wires which came with my kit!!
great video!! i searched very long for the answer u easily provide! i already ordered the equipment and am looking forward to install them.. also looking forward for the wiring video
Wasn't planning on putting fog lights but did some research after watching your video. And yeah for very little it can look nicer then that rough plastic look. I'm probably gonna use a toggle switch tho. I'm still seeing what harness and wiring I need
What about the electrical for the fog lights? Was the wiring already there? Did you have to run wires to the lights? What about a switch to turn them on and off? I have a 2012 Equinox LS and am thinking of adding fog lights, so any help is appreciated.
I too have been looking at what grill insert might look good. I look on ebay sometimes just to see what some look like. I like the billet black and polished ones, also like the wire ones(kinda Caddy style) with chrome band around it. Only one i think looks weird and too much chrome is the one that is basically chromed out factory black part of grill. It looks like the Nox is wearing teeth braces lol. Otherwise the rest look pretty good.Nice 2 see em in person to make a good decision if you can
Also you can reach your hand under the bumper and feel were the fog bezel attaches, There is nothing blocking it. I barely squeezed under the front of the box without having to jack up the front. Always use Jack stands, safety first !!
I would really like to see the video on how to wire this into the turn signal stick like stock, I have a 2010 nox and just got the bezel and lights like you did, but I found a site that sells the light assembly wiring kit for a toggle application but not for the turn signal stick, I did however find a junk yard that had the stick but no wiring... I hear that you have to get the computer to learn the new lights if it's done this way... Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated
Always wanted fog lights on my Equinox, since I don't have an LTZ model, how do you turn on the fog lamps without a dedicated switch for them as I am sure they come in the LTZ model?
I also am from Detroit, seems you are too, if you send me a personal message we can talk about doing a wiring video because seems like a lot of people are interested
you can just get a connector with wire and splice them into your low beams. So whenever you turn on your low beams they'll come on. That's what I'm going to do if I ever do this.
Wish you had shown how to wire them also! But they make the car look great! I have a 2009 chevy malibu Ls and they did not come with the fog lights and I'm doing the same thing
did this to my 13 equinox. The fog lamp snapped in on the top but bottom and sides forget it. No matter how much strength I used did not matter felt like I was going to rip the bumper off. The bolt was difficult to put in and other then spending time to push in the fog light as best I could the bolt was a pita on the passenger side, drivers side not as much. I want to wire it to my headlights, so when the headlights are on so are the fogs.
I would like to know how you passed the cables from the outside to the inside because I have been looking for the form and I do not really find it, it is supposed that there must be a place where the connection can pass, will you help me with that?
Hi again. My LT2 came with these already. The only thing I do want to is to replace my headlights with the projector headlights they only install in the LTZ model. Please let me know. I do love my car and want to make it look really nice.
Only thing they make aftermarket is a chrome taillight cover, which i don't think it looks that good. Maybe better if painted same as body color. Seen people just lightly smoke em that looks good. Just wish that had cool looking LED after market tails. I think they would have looked better if the bottom big round main taillight was clear and had leds for bulbs. Similar to a 2012 LTZ Malibu.
I’m midst of this now, way better off pulling the bumper off, getting to bolt from back of front bumper install fog lights & bezel you’ll be done in a hour or two all wired up good to go
Yea maybe soon, but I still have not given a thought or a need to want to use them, once again just did it for look lol. If you want some tips on wiring these fog lights you can check out my post on a equinox forum .net website in the how to section and others have posted how to wire these up.
Yea you can just install the bezel with no fog light, won't hurt anything. Still will look better than ugly stock plastic insert. Instead of fogs, for a while you can just place a clean clear packing tape over a small square of black piece of flat plastic and attach to the back of bezel. So you won't have a hole in it and it will look like a light inside. As long as it does't look dumb. Maybe i am just rambling on here but let your imagination go wild lol
I got the entire kit including the switch from GM Parts Direct for around $230 with sipping and tax included!! and what he is not showing is that you have to replace the turn signal/headlamp switch.
The wiring harness is included in the GM kit but you do need the BCM programmed and you need to have a VCM code to allow that to be done. The code is about $50.
Christopher McQueen thanks for the reply. do you have part # for the forward body wiring harness? and where and how to get the code for the reprogramming? Thanks!
+BigTechie24 - I went to their site and looked under LS, but didn't see a Fog Light "kit". Can you point me to the exact kit, or get me the breakdown of all the parts/numbers I need to get from them?
i'm gonna show u how to install fog lights on this vehicle.. first thing.. tape up the light cause i'm not gonna show u how to actually hook them up .. just how to install them .. lol good thing if you can install them you should be able to figure out the wiring...
I did this on my 14 Nox and it is a BITCH!! I used aftermarket lights and bezels from AM Autoparts, not OEM lights as shown here. Popping the lights into place is a nightmare. I had to grind off the two tabs that fit into the fender slots and slathered the tabs and the lights with Vaseline and WD40. Drivers side takes an act of Congress and gorilla strength to get them to pop into place. Then the fun starts. the 7mm screw that holds the bezel in place is absolutely impossible to reach on the 14 model. I finally took a Dremel tool and ground away a finger size part of the fender at the base of the round cavity where you insert the screw. then I had to go to Harbor Freight and buy a 1/4" socket u joint, thumb wheel and a flexible 1/4" drive in order to insert the screw and tighten it. Without the drilled out section, I believe installing this screw is impossible. A large piece of frame blocks access. Do not overtighten the screw, the bezel is plastic and if you break the tab on the bezel, you are going to be involved in lots of super gluing or replacing the whole bezel. total time on drivers side - about 2 1/2 hours. Passenger Side - here you will experience the joy of working with your left hand to install the light, but access to the screw is much easier. to install the light, I finally had to grind off both tabs and then grind away part of the light support ring so I could insert two nylon cords to pull the light thru from the front. I ground the support piece to keep the nylon cords from riding on the clips on the fender. absolutely covered all the clips with Vaseline and WD40 and pulled like a Gorilla before I finally got the light to pop into place. installing the bezel is much easier as it is much more accessible. used the thumbwheel, a 3" extension and again taped the socket like shown in the video. Total time passenger side about 4 hours. I don't know if the OEM lights are a little smaller than what I used, but I can tell you what I had did not just pop into place with a little pressure from the back. Lot of work, but a huge improvement in the appearance. I had no intention of ever wiring the lights up, i'll bet that is a nightmare of its' own.
This was a perfectly easy how to video on how to install the fog lights and bezels. Thanks, I thought that I was missing a piece or something and hadn't started working on my ride yet.
Thanks for the great video. Took me over an hour to install my and half a day to wire the lights. Got the wire kit from Canadian Tires for 20 bucks and 2 light sockets from the junkyard for a dollar. 2 LED light strips wrapped around the fog light for halo effect. Couldn't do all that without your video.
Very nice video. I've watched many and this gentleman has done the best presentation so far. Speaks clearly, and uses the English language very well. Thanks.
Thanks for the video! Christmas present for my daughter, we will be outting the toggle switch in to get it all setup!
I've been looking for a video on a 2010 impala fog lights... No luck.... This is almost the same procedure... Thank you a much for the upload.
I what wanted to do this for two years. I was always told they don't fit or you can't upgrade the lights. So mad now , but just traded my Equinox for 13 traverse. Thanks for the Vid......
I own a loaded 2014 Equinox that I purchased new and I hardly ever drive it, and believe it or not it's only has 4,200.0 miles on it. I have never look to see if the factory harness has the plugs for the fog lights, but I sort of doubt it. There may be a plug and play wiring kit for the fog light installation that can be purchased? I did put a trailer hitch on this vehicle and they sold a wiring kit for the trailer lights that was a breeze to install with no soldering crimping or wire nuts, and it was fairly inexpensive. It was simply a harness that plugged right into the existing factory tail light harness and ran down to the hitch with the standard plug. Watching your video makes me want to install the fog lights on my Equinox. Thanks, now I'll have to spend more money. LOL
Just the video I've been searching for. I do not like those bezels either. Such an eyesore😂 will be doing this soon & swaping out the original headlights for some that come with a LED strip
Great to hear that the video was helpful!! That was my intentions. I haven't wired them up yet since i just did it for styling and haven't really thought about turning them on so that kinda tells me I wont use em much lol. But when I do I will post a how to wire them up. Sounds like most people wire them up just like aftermarket ones.
Did you do a video installing the wires to the fog light because that would really help??!! Because i want to install my fog lights on my 2015 Chevrolet Equinox but I'm not sure how to install the wires which came with my kit!!
Glad it was helpful! Soon will be wiring them up, but I still have not had a need to use them or a urge to turn them on lol. Maybe in the future.
great video!! i searched very long for the answer u easily provide! i already ordered the equipment and am looking forward to install them.. also looking forward for the wiring video
Wasn't planning on putting fog lights but did some research after watching your video. And yeah for very little it can look nicer then that rough plastic look. I'm probably gonna use a toggle switch tho. I'm still seeing what harness and wiring I need
What about the electrical for the fog lights? Was the wiring already there? Did you have to run wires to the lights? What about a switch to turn them on and off? I have a 2012 Equinox LS and am thinking of adding fog lights, so any help is appreciated.
I too have been looking at what grill insert might look good. I look on ebay sometimes just to see what some look like. I like the billet black and polished ones, also like the wire ones(kinda Caddy style) with chrome band around it. Only one i think looks weird and too much chrome is the one that is basically chromed out factory black part of grill. It looks like the Nox is wearing teeth braces lol. Otherwise the rest look pretty good.Nice 2 see em in person to make a good decision if you can
Also you can reach your hand under the bumper and feel were the fog bezel attaches, There is nothing blocking it. I barely squeezed under the front of the box without having to jack up the front. Always use Jack stands, safety first !!
I would really like to see the video on how to wire this into the turn signal stick like stock, I have a 2010 nox and just got the bezel and lights like you did, but I found a site that sells the light assembly wiring kit for a toggle application but not for the turn signal stick, I did however find a junk yard that had the stick but no wiring... I hear that you have to get the computer to learn the new lights if it's done this way... Any help or guidance would be greatly appreciated
To remove the fog lights then, would you just pull and they should pop off?
Did yours already have the wiring harness?
nice tut on how to remove and replace in-case of replacement as mine already has them
Always wanted fog lights on my Equinox, since I don't have an LTZ model, how do you turn on the fog lamps without a dedicated switch for them as I am sure they come in the LTZ model?
Random question does your car leak oil because they had to replace the engine in mine because the engine block was cracked
I also am from Detroit, seems you are too, if you send me a personal message we can talk about doing a wiring video because seems like a lot of people are interested
Do a video on how to wire the fog lights up
Just bought a 2014 Equinox, would love for you to wire up those fog lights. I wanna take off that ugly plastic covering
you can just get a connector with wire and splice them into your low beams. So whenever you turn on your low beams they'll come on. That's what I'm going to do if I ever do this.
No you do not have have to remove any inner fender well, everything in the video and steps I listed. Hope this helps
my question is how did u get to the screw from the back? did u go thru wheel well?
U need a chrom grill to. I like it
Wish you had shown how to wire them also! But they make the car look great! I have a 2009 chevy malibu Ls and they did not come with the fog lights and I'm doing the same thing
How did you install the fog lights did you remove the front bumber?
did this to my 13 equinox. The fog lamp snapped in on the top but bottom and sides forget it. No matter how much strength I used did not matter felt like I was going to rip the bumper off. The bolt was difficult to put in and other then spending time to push in the fog light as best I could the bolt was a pita on the passenger side, drivers side not as much. I want to wire it to my headlights, so when the headlights are on so are the fogs.
Curious are there any nice looking aftermarket tail lighta ? Those red ones are an eye sore
what about the wiring.. did you get it done??
The 2013 is the same and both 2012 bezel and bulb configuration will work.
Will it be problem for justput bezel and leave the hole of light open ?
the part number you put for the fog lamps are for 2009 and older chevys is that what you used and they worked?
Interest in how to wire them up~~~~
Great to hear you were able to install them!! Thanks again!
What siZe was the Allen wrench ???? To raise the dog light
Thank you.
I would like to know how you passed the cables from the outside to the inside because I have been looking for the form and I do not really find it, it is supposed that there must be a place where the connection can pass, will you help me with that?
Hi. Do you know if the 2012 equinox foglight bulb and bezel will fit on a 2013 equinox?
thanks. im gonna do the same switch to my 14 equinox
Hi again. My LT2 came with these already. The only thing I do want to is to replace my headlights with the projector headlights they only install in the LTZ model. Please let me know. I do love my car and want to make it look really nice.
Do you think the Headlight for the LTZ will fit the other models? I want to replace my headlights (LT2) with the projector headlights from the LTZ
Did you ever wire these up?
good question
what about the electrical part?
Do you know how to adjust the height of the light? I need to face mine down a bit.
The headlights not fog lights
Only thing they make aftermarket is a chrome taillight cover, which i don't think it looks that good. Maybe better if painted same as body color. Seen people just lightly smoke em that looks good. Just wish that had cool looking LED after market tails. I think they would have looked better if the bottom big round main taillight was clear and had leds for bulbs. Similar to a 2012 LTZ Malibu.
In my state, if you have the lights installed, they have to work. You will fail inspection.
I’m midst of this now, way better off pulling the bumper off, getting to bolt from back of front bumper install fog lights & bezel you’ll be done in a hour or two all wired up good to go
Yea maybe soon, but I still have not given a thought or a need to want to use them, once again just did it for look lol. If you want some tips on wiring these fog lights you can check out my post on a equinox forum .net website in the how to section and others have posted how to wire these up.
Anyone know of where to a find a video to do this for a 2018 Equinox? It's quite different than the older models.
really cool video - thank you for sharing!! :o)
anyone know how to install the wire switch and switch in equinox 14 for this lights?
Yea you can just install the bezel with no fog light, won't hurt anything. Still will look better than ugly stock plastic insert. Instead of fogs, for a while you can just place a clean clear packing tape over a small square of black piece of flat plastic and attach to the back of bezel. So you won't have a hole in it and it will look like a light inside. As long as it does't look dumb. Maybe i am just rambling on here but let your imagination go wild lol
Fog lights are Yellow/Amber lens. These clear ones are correctly called Driving Lights.
I got the entire kit including the switch from GM Parts Direct for around $230 with sipping and tax included!! and what he is not showing is that you have to replace the turn signal/headlamp switch.
BigTechie24 any wiring harness needed or BMC reprogramming?
The wiring harness is included in the GM kit but you do need the BCM programmed and you need to have a VCM code to allow that to be done. The code is about $50.
Christopher McQueen thanks for the reply. do you have part # for the forward body wiring harness? and where and how to get the code for the reprogramming? Thanks!
The code is available through the dealership. As far as the other goes I got the kit from www.gmpartsdirect.com
+BigTechie24 - I went to their site and looked under LS, but didn't see a Fog Light "kit". Can you point me to the exact kit, or get me the breakdown of all the parts/numbers I need to get from them?
I haven't figured out the harness yet. you have a video on install?
i'm gonna show u how to install fog lights on this vehicle.. first thing.. tape up the light cause i'm not gonna show u how to actually hook them up .. just how to install them .. lol good thing if you can install them you should be able to figure out the wiring...
I did this on my 14 Nox and it is a BITCH!! I used aftermarket lights and bezels from AM Autoparts, not OEM lights as shown here. Popping the lights into place is a nightmare. I had to grind off the two tabs that fit into the fender slots and slathered the tabs and the lights with Vaseline and WD40. Drivers side takes an act of Congress and gorilla strength to get them to pop into place.
Then the fun starts. the 7mm screw that holds the bezel in place is absolutely impossible to reach on the 14 model. I finally took a Dremel tool and ground away a finger size part of the fender at the base of the round cavity where you insert the screw. then I had to go to Harbor Freight and buy a 1/4" socket u joint, thumb wheel and a flexible 1/4" drive in order to insert the screw and tighten it. Without the drilled out section, I believe installing this screw is impossible. A large piece of frame blocks access.
Do not overtighten the screw, the bezel is plastic and if you break the tab on the bezel, you are going to be involved in lots of super gluing or replacing the whole bezel.
total time on drivers side - about 2 1/2 hours.
Passenger Side - here you will experience the joy of working with your left hand to install the light, but access to the screw is much easier. to install the light, I finally had to grind off both tabs and then grind away part of the light support ring so I could insert two nylon
cords to pull the light thru from the front. I ground the support piece to keep the nylon cords from riding on the clips on the fender. absolutely covered all the clips with Vaseline and WD40 and pulled like a Gorilla before I finally got the light to pop into place.
installing the bezel is much easier as it is much more accessible. used the thumbwheel, a 3" extension and again taped the socket like shown in the video.
Total time passenger side about 4 hours.
I don't know if the OEM lights are a little smaller than what I used, but I can tell you what I had did not just pop into place with a little pressure from the back.
Lot of work, but a huge improvement in the appearance. I had no intention of ever wiring the lights up, i'll bet that is a nightmare of its' own.
DENMAN SHAFFER that is why you NEVER use aftermarket for this.
Just need wiring
Here's how to wire them up: kit:th-cam.com/video/hI6O2sQH7wg/w-d-xo.html