Mazda factory rear fog light FITTED!!!
 

I have it fitted to my RX-8 by the dealer today. They said it is a pain to do. I have it shipped to me from Japanparts.com

It works wodnerfully. Have the DSC button changed to a dual fog light/DSC off (each occupy one half). The wiring is pain. They have to strip off the steering coloum casing & the dash board. The front-side panel next to the fuse (driver side) wire the thing thru the driver side (the plastic next to the sill plate). thru the boot and have the rear bumper off to wire and cut.
Fortunately if have factory made ALL bumper have bolt sets that ready for fitting (no drill required) ~ Well except the cutting of the rear triangle.

Will attach picture soon (tonight)

How much did the install cost at the dealer, I'll do the conversion. I guess you Aussie's don't get that option either, much fog over there? :confused:

Fog? ... Depends on where about's in Oz you're talking. (Big place)

I think takahashi's fog light flashes though and goes with his siren :)

(Urgent evening house calls)

Melbourne has fog in the morning especially in the summer but they are not thick. Mainly for night rain in the freeway. You see Kev my car is black and the red rear light is for protection. I am quite slow in the freeway (on 100) only fast around the corners (80) :) For Spring special I have siren put in for murder call - you see I will be a Pathology registrar next year!

Here are the picture I promise...

Oh the dealer charge me A$200 for the foglight being fitted (6 HOUR WORK) and 22000Yen FOR THE LIGHT plus shipping - I had other small stuff to ship inc the Mazdaspeed rotary engine key ring to match the colour coded key (yet not arrived :() so the shipment is quite resonable - they only use EMS to ship - no tax as it is small.

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...tid=6997&stc=1

It is not good pic as I use my PDA to take them

As you can see the upper deck is for the light and lower deck is for the DSC on/off. So what the F is the outter one for then?

https://www.rx8club.com/attachment.p...tid=6998&stc=1

Isn't that for the footwell lights?

Footwell lights please explain? Is it to light up your pretty feet - NO THANKS. Otherwise I will be forced by my wife to clean shoes all the time.

200 Australian seems like a very good price for all that labor, that works out to be $145 US. I don't think I could find someone in the States who would charge the same for labor. And you paid a little over $200US for the foglight, sounds very resonable to me. I like the way it turned out.

Yes you can get a glow around you feet, but it'd be hard to tell if you're shoes were a little grubby from the pictures I've seen.

Can you take a pic of the fog light during the day - not too close, whole car please. An up close pic I saw a while back didn't look too good :)

Hey Takahashi,
Where are you in Melbourne?
I'm eastern suburbs also with a Black RX8
A twin black cruise would surely turn alot of heads.:D

TAKAHASHI

What is this for ?

That has been left as a blank you can get a switch that fits in there ,and works ,other mazda vehicels switches are compatible with the blank.
That blank for example could be used for a switch in an aftermarket alarm type set up , anything that you needs a switch for could be placed there , the mazdas mpv has same switches , they will fit right in and be cheaper than the same switch if ordered for rx8, next time you go to the dealer have a look this blank is found in most mazda cars and the MPV .

Takahashi , instead of putting your fog light at the rear as u said to become more visible in night traffic you could always try driving home late at night in REVERSE , ha ha ha , You would certainly get noticed .


ONE accentric doctor with kamakasi rx8 , ha ha ha (no offence ment )
michael

I am in Southbank where are u?
Give me a call if you want a cruise 0413641208. Ask for Steve.

Saw another black RX8 in Southbank (the Summit)... he did not say hello to my 8 though -

EDIT: I now think that was atridge :D

I forgot to take a pic of this but I thought that it may not work but IT DID

Light shows up on the dash

So.. now that it's in - are you driving around in the daylight with it "on" ?

I admit I probabaly would..

I drive with both the main and fog lights up front on, all the time..

I live in the hope that nobody in their right mind or wrong mind will drive into a set of bright headlights. There's logic in there somewhere.

++dez;

Sometimes idiots back off when I switch on the rear fog lights... thinking that they are the brake lights :D

In your pic, are you holding the brakes? Reason I ask is that the trunk brake light is not on.. hmm

4k rpm and stone cold - bad takahashi :)

just reving it for warm up the car :D once or twice would not hurt

Driving with fog lights on (day or night) is illegal unless you are driving in conditions of poor visibility. I only found this out myself a few months ago in an article in the NRMA's 'open road' magazine.

Indeed, and driving behind some vehicles (BMWs come to mind) with rear fogs on when not needed is quite annoying.:mad:

The boys in blue have pulled me up on several occasions for having the fog/driving lights on... Seems a bit of waste to even have them (well in Brisbane anyway) :)

No I did not hold the brakes.

I comes on with the low beam turn on and the switch of the rear fog light on.

Tori

P.S. Also anyone want the menu in Japanese - I scanned them and ready for email.

yea, I know it's not kosha to drive with everything lit up in the front end, but I'll say this now, nobody has ever come close to hitting me in any car I've had and I put it down to the fact that the human brain appears to have an inherent aversion to colide with fast moving bright lights!

--dez;

Far too many people drive with their fog lights on during the day around Brisbane, so I'm glad the police are cracking down on it.

The RX-8 doesn't need them on to be noticed :D

They do round out the look of the front end... I'm thinking of getting some for mine just to improve the look and for long drives down south where I often visit mountainous areas where fog is much more common than here in Brissie.

This thread seems to be talking about rear fog lights that is NOT :) an option is Australia - now I can't follow what you guys are saying.

Summarize of this thread - I fitted a rear JDM fog light and showing it off... anyway I am 2 away from my 400th post!

I am digging this old thread because

1) I am proving that there is fog out there today 29.5.2005. Melbourne airport is closed and I can see a bloody thing 4 car lengths ahead of me! (Where is Kev now :confused:?)

Also
2) xatnep may want to drool on it a little bit before he installs his.
3) I am now 5000 not 400 in post count :D

Well done taka.

It's freezing raining blah blah down here in sydney, and it sucks.

Need your rear fog taka.!

Driving in this morning yes the fog was thick, but it still wasn't quite necessary for fog lights. As long as all drivers had headlights on the rear lights were enough to see far enough ahead.

Having grown up and learnt to drive in the UK you haven't seen fog until you can't see beyond the bonnet. That's when you need rear fog lights.

I will not go to work at all if I can't see my bonnet. Should be a public holiday for the state :thumbsup:

I think the Valley here is very heavy in fog and generally much wrose than in the west. According to one of the pathologist who travels from Geelong every weekend.

I think 4 car length visibility is already unsafe since it means a less than 1 second reaction time for a stationary object in a 110kmh highway.

If that's your visibility you shouldn't be driving at 110km/h - simple as that.

Taka

check this brake light out , sligthly different to yours , i cant decide wether to give it a yes or no :confused:

No.

I prefer foglight down in the accent. It doesn't bunch the lights together.
And if you connect the lights. Its a rotor. :D

No here too... ugly stuff.

But I guess it works as a 3rd brake light. It can goes down to the accent too.

It is very cool as a fog light. Much like the F1 light.

Personally, I think the one on the boot is an ugly look.

I don't mind the one in the accent space like Taka's but I don't drive in enough fog to go through the cost and hassle of fitting one (properly - you know, so it works and doesn't just sit there looking cute).

Xatnep is drooling as he patiently waits on the 5000 post Taka to translate the wiring diagrams from Japanese to Japlish so I can install my rear fog light. Yesterday I travelled from Bonnie Doon to Tullamarine with fog the whole way. Hence I really NEED a rear fog light. Plus it looks so cool on Taka's bum.

rear lights
 

I'm in New Zealand--my Rx8 is a JDM, X-dealer demo car, see pic of rear lights

clean those tips!

or are they beyond the point of no return?

forget the tips.. im curious about rx8_man's signature lol

C'mon Kall! Surely someone's told you to sit on it and rotate before?!:lol2:

oh is that what it means? Yeah was a popular saying back in teen days.. lol

LOL, are you serious?

I was just goofing around. I think his signature rather adverts to the fact that we have something in our engine that goes round and round rather than pistons that go up and down...

OMG, that is so smart! I never thought that! LOL - I'm so blonde!

takahashi , I just got a used one exactly like yours. Damm so many wiring. I know you got it installed form dealer. Do you have any wiring diagram for this? My machinc wantt to install it for me. You got it installed back in 2005. Since then, do you think better off just use it as rear fog/stop lights or with DSC blink option? Thanks for your opion.

First mod! 23-11-2003! LOL

Gee so long ago... I may still have the diagram. If I can find it I can scan it to a pdf now (they don't even have pdf back then). I remember that someone put them in jpeg for me, but I cannot find it now.

Hang on!!!

I found it on the old files. Thank god for network drives. I can access to all my backup files. Cannot do it cheap 5 years ago.

Can even upload a 2Mb pdf up in this forum too.... how time change. :)

Sweet! Thanks so much!

Can anyone provide generic wiring for a rear fog? My VW has half the parts already installed, but I'd like to add one to the Mazda5 as well.

:eyetwitch

The wire is from the dash to the rear, so it will turn on with a push of button... so a new wire. You can try to hook them from the rear lights. So they turn on when the back light is on.

Or 3rd brake light. They are all 12V.