The new lights came from a euro supplier and have slick curved LED running lights under the headlights as well as high powered bulbs (110w IIRC). While in there I turbo charged the whole system with bigger gauge wiring and 2 relays / fuses one for low beams and one for high so now the factory wiring in the eng bay functions solely as the trigger for the relays optimizing and mainlining amperage to the lights. They absolutely flood the zone now especially when the brights are on. Great upgrade!!
My van didn’t come with factory foglights and therefore wasn’t cut out for the OE fog lights so that was task #1. I used a 120v rotozip tool which is like a mix between a dremel tool and a die grinder on steroids. The business end fits 1/4” shank bits with an optional reducer for 1/8” bits and goes up to 30,000 rpm. It’s a bit overkill for this task and too easy to overcut and mess things up.
The OE fog light wiring I sourced years ago and don’t recall where, the dealer probably or a UK vendor. The OE mounting brackets came NOS from the dealer and the OE foglight switch used from eBay. The nice thing about this upgrade is even though the van did not have factory fog lights the wiring from switch to fuse block is already in place and with the OE wiring from fuse block to lights it’s a very simple plug and play operation, if you’re familiar with VW fuse blocks. Simply plug the + wire of the foglight harness into the empty pin socket #8 plug (A2 yellow) on the back, connect the ground somewhere, plug in your lights and you’re good to go. I thought I took more pics of this project but so far this is all I can find.
All told for me the foglight job was more of a vanity/cosmetic upgrade as I’ve always coveted fogs on other EVs 🙈and Ive always had a great penchant for the yellow fog lamp look on older VWs including my fave rabbit of all time (1979 that I put a 1.6TD and FF 5-spd trans—this thing was a zippy freeway flier!!), so i used some tinted yellow film to cover these and give that unique look I was after.
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