Hey, guys. It's Sara with americantrucks.com, and today we have a review and install of the
Morimoto XB Projector Fog Lights, fitting your '17 to '19 Super Duty F250 and F350 models. These
are perfect for the Super Duty owner who wants to upgrade their fog lights to a projector-style LED
and wants an option with black styling that's very easy to install. The LEDs in these fog lights are
a nice upgrade over the halogen bulbs of your factory and they're also DOT and SAE-approved,
meaning they're perfectly legal for on-road use. They're constructed from impact-resistant
polycarbonate lenses with black powder-coated aluminum housings and a bright white LED.
They feature a very simple install. There is no cutting of the factory plastic required.
They just slide right into place of your factory, making them one of the most direct-fit options.
So as far as price goes, these come in at around $200, which is middle of the road price-wise
when compared to other options. And for your money, you are getting a direct-fit fog light
with black styling and the bright white LED, so they really look great on or off.
So as far as install goes, I'm giving this one a one out of three wrenches on the difficulty meter.
It does feature the direct bolt-up and plug and play install as I said before, and can be done
within one hour. So with that said, let's check out our install. For this install,
you will need an impact gun or a ratchet, a 15-millimeter socket, and you may want a swivel,
a 7/32 socket, Phillips head screwdriver, a flathead screwdriver, and a pop clip removal tool.
All right. So we have our truck here and we do have it in the air and supported with the wheel
removed. Now, you don't have to do this. Removing the wheel does give it a little bit more space
to work with. We did this so you guys would have a better look at what we're about to do.
So the first thing we're gonna do is grab a pop clip removal tool
and remove part of the wheel well liner on the back of the bumper. All right. So the
first thing you're gonna do is get your pop clip removal tool and get behind the pop clip
and pull forward. There's a second pop clip down here. You're gonna do the same thing.
Next up, you're gonna grab a 7/32 socket to remove these 2 bolts, 1 on each side.
Next up, we're gonna remove this metal plate right here,
the support for the bumper so that we can get to the fog light a little bit easier
behind it. Grab a 15-millimeter socket. We're gonna remove these four bolts.
Next up, there's two bolts towards the inside of the frame. Remove those as well.
You may want a swivel socket for the second one just to get a better angle
on it if you're using a gun to go past the frame.
Now that you can see your connector, go ahead and unplug it. Pull back on this tab
and remove the connector. Next up we're gonna take a Phillips head screwdriver and loosen
the screw that's right next to it.
Be careful not to lose the spring.
All right. So now that we have the spring and screw out of the side here, there are tabs on
either side of the housing for the fog light itself. There's lots of different ways to pry
on these, but basically they have to pry off enough so that the fog light can fall forward.
So what you're gonna do is with a flathead, just gently pry back on these tabs on the side.
You can do this on the outside as well.
Once you have both sides released, the fog light should pop right out the front.
All right. So what we need to do here is we're gonna reuse this piece
of plastic that holds in your screw. Just press down to pop it out
and pop it into your new fog light the opposite way. All right. So now that we have that plastic
piece in, we're gonna do a bit of wiring. So what we have to do here is determine
what side is power and ground on your particular truck and wire it up to the power and ground of
this light. Now, on our truck, on the male connector, the power is orange and it's on
the left side. So we're gonna mate that up to our connector here to go to power on the left side,
which is the black wire with a white stripe. So we're gonna orient our connector to have
power on this left side. To do this, we're just gonna put the pins into the connector, make sure
that they're in this orientation with the lip on the inside so that they can clip in place
and we're gonna press our power wire into the left side and press our ground wire in. We'll probably
need to do these simultaneously. Don't force them. They wanna go the path of least resistance.
Go ahead and press them into place. You should hear a click. If you can't get this by hand,
you can use a tool and just gently push on the back. All right. Let's get it installed.
All right. So make sure you have the proper side. We have the right side, so RH will be on the back
of your fog light. Slide the connector through the hole in the bumper. And this is just gonna
clip in place the exact way that you unclipped the old one. So look for those retainers
and clip it in place. All right. Now we're gonna install the spring
to hold tension on your fog light and the screw in the bottom to hold it in place.
All right. So once you have your screw in place, grab a Phillips head screwdriver
and tighten it down.
All right. So now you can see a little bit of what I was talking about before, this orange
one on our truck is power. That's gonna mate up to the wire with the white stripe power on this side.
Go ahead and plug it in and just double-check that this lights up before we keep moving.
All right. With that fully installed line up that metal bracket that we uninstalled earlier.
Once all of the bolts are installed and you're sure of the adjustment on this bracket, I would
go for where you had it when it came off, looks to be right about there. Grab your 15-millimeter
socket. And, again, you may want a swivel for this tough one. Go ahead and tighten it down.
Moving on to the one underneath it, grab your 15-millimeter socket to tighten it down.
Repeat that process on the other side.
All right. Now we can re-install the wheel well liner. Now, what you wanna do
is line it up to the holes in the bracket that you just installed. We're gonna press it into place.
Next up, re-install the two bolts. Grab your 7/32 socket and tighten these down.
All right. Now that we have the factory fog light uninstalled from our truck, we can check it out
side by side with our new fog light here. And as you can see, the most obvious difference is the
black surround of our new fog light. This is gonna give your bumper a sleeker, more aftermarket look.
In addition, there is a functional difference as well. This factory fog light is a reflector-style
and it would come factory with just a halogen bulb. Now, this one features a projector-style
lens, which comes with an LED. This is gonna get you a brighter and more focused beam of light with
the projector-style lens where the reflector sort of spreads the light out. It is important to keep
in mind, with this particular truck, they have upgraded to an LED so yours, if it is factory,
will have that factory halogen bulb. So with that said, let's check out our install.
All right. Now we can repeat that entire process
on the other side. Start by removing your pop clips to remove this wheel well liner.
Next up, grab a 7/32 socket to remove the 2 bolts on either side.
All right. Next up, grab your 15-millimeter socket
to remove the 2 bolts on the outside of the support brace.
Then once those are removed, we're going for the inside closer to the frame.
Grab your 15-millimeter socket. And you may want a swivel for this top one
and remove it. Next up, we're gonna unplug this connector.
Now, these colors are different,
so you're gonna wanna just double-check which is power and which is ground on here.
And then with a Phillips head screwdriver, we're gonna loosen and remove this screw.
And next up, to get the fog light itself out of the housing, what you're gonna do is grab your
flathead screwdriver from before and pry away on both sides here so that it can push out the front.
All right. So once you have one side released, release the other side.
And you can wiggle it forward and out. All right. So what we have to do here,
like the other side, is transfer over this plastic piece that holds in our screw.
Transfer it to your new light and press it into place.
All right. Now we're gonna wire up our fog light. Now, the best bet is to double-check what is on
your truck. Our truck has a brown wire that has the same configuration as the other side.
So we're gonna be putting this power wire, black with white stripe
into the left side. It's the same process as the other connector.
Line up both of your pins. Don't force them. There is a way that they wanna go through the connector.
So wiggle them around until they find their path and then press them
into place. And you do wanna hear a click when they are fully seated.
All right. Let's get it installed. All right. Now you can install
the fog light. Run the wiring harness through the bumper and
then you're gonna snap each of these sides in the same as your factory.
All right. Now you can see a little bit what I was talking about before, the brown wire is your power
wire that's gonna match up to the white and black stripe and the connectors will go together as so.
Definitely worth double-checking as your truck may be different.
Go ahead and tuck your wire out of the way. Let's get this bolted up.
Slide your spring back between the bracket on your light and the bracket on your housing
and thread your screw through there. Grab a Phillips head screwdriver and tighten it down.
Okay. Now we can re-install the support bracket.
Grab your 15-millimeter socket and tighten them down. We're gonna start with this top
one. You may want a swivel for this. Now tighten the ones on the outside as well.
If you don't wanna push up on this, you can use a swivel for this top one too.
All right. Now we're gonna install the cover starting with the pop clips.
Line up the clips to the holes in that bracket that we just installed and press them into place.
Next up, we're gonna install the small bolts, one on each side.
Grab your 7/32 socket and tighten them down.
All right. So that is gonna do it for the review and install of these fog lights.
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