How to Install Fog Lights on a 2009 - 2013 Subaru Forester Base Model
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- This week we tackle a long overdue upgrade to Dana's 2010 Subaru Forester and that's installing fog lights.
Dana's 2010 Subaru Forester is the base model so it didn't come with fog lights and the front end without the fogs installed is partly ugly in my opinion. I've been wanting to install the fog lights for a while but it wasn't a priority. Christmas was a great reason to get all that Dana needed for this upgrade. We spent a couple of days installing new fog lights, yellow LED bulbs and the proper Subaru light switch needed for these to work.
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Thank you for the kind and detailed explanation video.
I installed the fog light that I wanted to install on my Forester since 14 years ago with the help of this video.
The four parts can now be purchased for less than $100.
Ali Express (a pair of fog lamps $28, o ring cover $8) is the same product, but is much cheaper than Amazon.
Turn Signal Switch is $29 on Amazon.
However, the relay was not available at Subaru dealers or nearby parts shops. I bought it on Amazon for $19.
Of the 4 parts, only the relay is made in Japan, the rest are from china....
I am very satisfied after installation... Thank you...
Hi Jong. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words and your own journey. This is fantastic and we're so happy to read that we helped with your long term goal with those lights. That is exactly why we made this particular video. Thank you as well for sharing those purchasing options with our community. That's what it is all about. Stay safe out there!
It was very helpful for me, thanks for the instructions, now I can install the bumper light to my 2010 Forester.
Hi Miguel. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it and thankful to have been a help for you. Come back and let us know how the install went. Stay safe out there. Cheers!
Y'all did a really good job of showing all the potential pitfalls and caveats
Hi Secondwinner. Thank you so much for watching and sharing the kind words. We really appreciate it. Are you installing some in a Forester?
The latest and likely the last upgrade to Dana's Forester. One piece that I didn't realize I missed on the editing is that these come with the wiring already taped up to the wire harness along the frame so no additional wiring is needed. Simply cut the tape, and plug in. Let us know if you have any questions.
thank you for posting this video im going to do it to mine now!!!
@@jeffreybeaujean112 Thank you for watching and sharing. We really appreciate that. Good luck with your install and hope you enjoy them as much as we did ours. Stay safe out there!
I have everything ready to do this project but one thing I can't figure out is how you are supposed to get to the adjustment screw on the back that allows you to aim the beam correctly.
Hey guys, I did install fog lights on my 2010 Subaru Forester successfully. thanks for your great video explanation, you are amazing.😘
Hi Miguel. That is fantastic. We're so happy to have been of help with your upgrade. This is exactly why we created this episode so Thank You for allowing us to be a part of your journey. Stay safe out there and we hope you have many miles of smiles with your Forester. Cheers!
Great video and project once again. Love the look of the fogs installed. Thanks for sharing.
Great video - thanks for putting this together! I think I might hold off doing mine for the moment, looks a bit more fiddly than I'd hoped!!
Hi Sharpenednoodles. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words words. We really appreciate it. This is certainly a project that once you start, you want to be prepared to finish. We had to start and stop several times as we discovered things that needed to be addressed. When you're ready, we hope this video helps you. Stay safe out there!
@@SpiritedWrenchers my main concern was the stalk replacement! From memory the older model (maybe the 07 forester) the fog light switch is just an extra button that you add to the dash
Great video! must have watched 20+ times to make sure I fully understood what I was doing. will also be upgrading my 2010 base model :D
Hi Nick, thanks for watching so many times! I certainly got the crash course in this project for doing all the research in advance. It felt like we had to keep going back to buy parts to finish our install! Once we had it all, it was super easy to install and do this super sweet upgrade. Glad that our video and research has helped you out; take care and stay safe!
You guys got a lot of videos out of this vehicle at least! Great video guys
Thanks for watching. We appreciate you. You're right. We sure did. A lot of work to hopefully set the new owner up nicely for a long time.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Oh it for sure will. You guys didn’t just fix the car, you guys upgraded it
Thanks for posting!!! I'm doing this next weekend 🤞
Hi KD. Thank you for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. Thats awesome about your project. Let us know how it goes.
Hey!!! great content!! I have a 2011 Forester and it is also the base version. greetings from Chile!
Hi Benjamin, thanks for watching and sharing! We absolutely love that our little channel has a growing global reach. Keep that Forester running smoothly; take care and stay safe!
Another great video. Y'all looked chilly in the shop...I have a patio heater I run when it's really cold, no noise and there's enough air I don't worry about asphyxiation in there.
Thank you for watching and the kind words. We appreciate it. We have a torpedo heater we use to warm things up but of course we can't use while recording since it's so loud. How much area does yours warm up?
@@SpiritedWrenchers it's actually doing real well heating the whole building but I am running a fan to circulate the air as well. I did get the shop insulated too. I'd be surprised if the area around your workspace wasn't warmer by a good bit though. I got mine at Lowes for 169 bucks.
@@YellowJacketGarage Really wish the original builder of ours paid for insulation. It's just too pricey to do at the moment. Shoot me the link to the heater you have. I'd like to take a look at it if you don't mind.
@@SpiritedWrenchers I'll do that.😎
As you already know, I sent the link but wanted to say so for, you know, the algorithm...😎
Yay for new projects :) Nice install!
Thank you for watching. We appreciate it. Yeap. New projects. Lol
this will definitely help me when i do mine...i MUST have foggers on mine...and i have no fog
Hi Mike. Thank you very much for watching and sharing. We're so happy this will help you out when you install some foggers. LOL. Take care and stay safe out there.
thanks for your video really big help on the installation
Hi Adam. Thank you very much for watching and sharing. We're incredibly thankful that we were able to help you out. Which forester do you have? Stay safe out there.
Hate to see the old girl go. I know Dana has put a lot of work in that car. Great job. See you next time.
Thank you for watching. We greatly appreciate it. Yes, we hate to make the move too but it needs a better life than sitting and barely being used.
I did not change my bezels, because I did not want the chrome. Sure wish I had thought about painting the chrome to black, would have been easier than to jigsaw the middle out off the blacks ones and resurface the inside for tight fight.
Hi Fred. Thanks for watching and sharing. Well, we never really thought about going at like that. LOL. Very creative. We think it's actually pretty cool you went that route to keep it someone OEM looking. A big thumbs up for that. If it fits great and looks clean, that's a win in our books. Nicely done sir! Stay safe out there!
Thanks for this informative video you have no idea how much cursing you saved me oh I still cussed a little but not as much as I would have if I didn't watch your instructions. Thanks a lot, you definitely earned my subbing to your channel.
JR, thanks for watching and really glad to hear it helped you curse less! We think it's awesome that you subscribed and want to stick around for more of our antics, I mean content. Take care, stay safe, and keep your fog lights shining bright! ✨️
This videos helped but don't mention a relay also has to be add for the fog lights to work
Hi Fred. Thanks for watching and sharing. Not sure if you watched the entire video but we actually do call that out. We even provide a link to the relay in the description box along with all the other parts. Check out time stamp 12:10. Stay safe out there, and thanks again.
Thank you very much
Hi Anthony, we're so glad that you found our video helpful! Thank you for watching and commenting!!
You definitely don't have to remove the whole bumper cover to install fog lights. I hope you just did that so it was easier to show on video.
@@somepwnguy thanks for watching and sharing. You nailed it. Cheers!
Thank you
Hi Adonis. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate you. Stay safe out there!
Nice video. Question - Where did you get those seat covers? Thank you!
Hi Billy Bob. Thank you very much for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. We actually made a video on those. The link to them is in the description of that video. Hope that helps. They were great by the way. Way better than stock. th-cam.com/video/32duKyP2gSo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ttOOPHcwCB27g1oM
Could you do a video on how to install fog lights on 2011 Subaru legacy.
Hi O'neil. Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. We would love to but we don't have access to one of those unfortunately.
Great video, I have a 2010 base Impreza model and want to add fog factory lights and factory heated seats.
How do I know if the factory harnesses are there?
Dealer has said they aren't on the base model but I see many people online say they are
Hi Jordan, thanks for watching and asking! The Impreza should be pre-wired just like the Forester base model. Check in the locations we showed in our video for the factory fog plugs to know for certain; the 2010 base Impreza and the 2010 base Forester shared the same engine and transmission with similar styling so I cannot imagine the wires being in a significantly different location. I'm not sure if the relay and stalks would be the same, but it's possible (probable?). For the heated seats, we honestly don't know. I wanted to add them to my Forester, but not at the expense or hassle of swapping seats entirely or trying to swap upholstery with a junked heated model replete with unknown stains. For those, I'd probably poke around a junked or friend's or acquaintance's Impreza to search for the wiring harness underneath the seat. Once you know what you're looking for, it may be as easy as pulling up the carpet. Base models often come with unused wires for higher trim levels just to save time and money at the factory from needing to retool. Hope this helps; take care and stay safe!
Thanks for the video! It has inspired me to do the same. What plant did you use for the grill and fog light covers?
Hi Spinners. Thanks for watching, and we're so happy that this episode gave you the confidence to tackle it. For the fogs, we used an etching primer first and then a plastic approved flat black spray paint. For the grill, it was a specific paint. We're traveling this week, but when we get back, we can send you the exact details of it.
Ok! Thank you!
spinners2007 hi. Apologies on the delayed reply. I looked and apparently we must have ran out of it as I no longer have the can. I believe it was Rust-oleum Peel Coat in graphite color. We used that on the center and black on the outside. Hope that helps.
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Would you still recommend these light assemblies?
Hi Brent, thank you for watching and asking. I preferred to keep my Forester as stock as possible, and only upgrading where OEM fell far short of the mark (like the battery). With that in mind, yes, I would still go with an OEM setup in the Forester again if I still had the vehicle. Especially with replacing the stalk, which kept us from needing to mount a clean-looking aftermarket switch. Hope this answers your question; take care and stay safe!
Aren’t they all pre-wired? I saw this on another video.
Hi Ziggy, thanks for watching and noticing that we left off the part about finding the existing wiring (filmed, but not included... thanks, Art! Lol!). Yes, to save time at factory, they are pre-wired for fog lights. All that's needed is to cut the electrical tape holding them back in order for them to be accessible for fog light installation, maybe do a quick blow-out/cleaning of the clips.
A bit confused here:
Would it not have been far easier ( and less expensive ) to have gone with an aftermarket switch ?
Love the videos by the way 🙂
Thank you for watching and the kind words. We appreciate it. Thats great question. Savings in money...yes. Savings in time ( which i calculate at my normal hourly rate I get paid at work 🤣). Nope. I actually looked at them before buying this particular switch. The OEM look is cleaner and easier since the wires for the fogs were already there, just taped up.
i think anything OEM adds value to a vehicle, vs aftermarket toggle switch...the more OEM fog lamps look, i believe rataining a clean look and value...thats just an opinion...@@SpiritedWrenchers
Hello. Recent new owner of a 2010 Forester base model. You mentioned that you bought the turn signal/fog lamp switch from eBay. Can you please add the P/N information to your post? Subscribed and looking forward to viewing all your videos on the Forester. Thank you.
Hi Mark. Thank you for watching and subscribing. We greatly appreciate it. Congrats on your new Forester. Thats great. The part number is CBS2034. You cab buy it on several sites, ebay just had the best price when I was looking. Hope that helps.
So Even though car isn't equipped with fog light switch it still has the fog light harnesses??
Hi Krazy Kraut, thanks for watching and asking! Yes, Subaru installed the wiring harness, just not the relay, fuse, switch, or lights. We imagine this is to save time, money, and energy on having multiple wire harnesses across the trim levels. Hope this helps; take care and stay safe! Viel Glück und auf Wiedersehen!
hi have ?
ok the wire is ready to istall to foglithg .
Hi Carlos, thanks for watching and asking. Yes, in the episode, we mention the wire is already there and where to find it. Hope that helps. Cheers!
Thanks for attending i wants
Great tutorial! What didi you use to blacked to trim piece?
Hi Luis. Thanks for watching and sharing the kind words. We appreciate it. We used etching primer and matte black spray paint.
@@SpiritedWrenchers Etching primer on plastic?
@@MichaelPSmith-mp1fk Thanks for watching and asking. We appreciate it. That's a great question. Although, I've read that it's not ideal for plastic, for these pieces it didn't give us any problems and likely because of the chrome finish it had on it already. Had it not been for that, I would like have gone to get some plastic primer for them. It seemed to work well for us on this application of it. Hope that helps.
Did you by chance save the plastic housing covers ?? i just had a forester given to me so i can make it to my chemo appointments and my car is missing one. Just curious , can't find them on amazon prime
P.S. Great video by the way !
@@chalieteufel9734 Hi there. First off, we're terribly sorry to hear about your treatments. Dana and I both have been impacted by that terrible disease. We pray that they help with your fight! As far as the covers, the buyer of Dana's Forester didn't want them so I believe we just recycled them. Had I know that 1% of a chance someone would have wanted the pair, I would have kept them for sure. Stay strong!
im not taking off the bumber
@@1232bluejays , thanks for watching and sharing. We appreciate it.
Hi I have a question about rear fog light because I'm leaving in Poland and we need the rear fog light. My Outback 2010 is from USA. Have you got any links how to put rear fog light, I been trying to find out any videos,any information's 🤷♂️ but I can't find anyone about this job..
Best regards from Poland🇵🇱
Hi Rob, thanks for watching! I will not lie that I had to do a little bit of research into rear fog lights. It looks like the 2010 USDM Outbacks have molded locations on the rear bumper for simple light reflectors, and kits are available (I saw a few on eBay) to upgrade them to LED brake or fog operation. The kit appears to hard-wire splice into the rear tail or brake lights, but if you're electrically-inclined you could run longer wires to splice into the front-fog or create an independent switch function. The USDM tail lights do turn on when the headlights are on, so if independent control isn't required then it should work just fine for your needs (turning on when the headlights are on). Since we do not have the Forester anymore, we won't be able to source the Forester version and test the product, which sounds really neat. I hope this helps; take care and stay safe! Powodzenia! 🇵🇱🇺🇸
@@SpiritedWrenchers Thx for fast reply, I think that's will help. All the best 🇺🇸🇵🇱
I mean not lol