Honestly if I had to do it again - I'd definitely remove the bumper. You can remove the trim through the wheel well, then move it around and remove the bolts holding the fog light from the opening created on the front but it's a pain and takes longer that way. I'd say it took me 30+ minutes per side. It would be way quicker with the bumper removed. Just remove the whole bracket, swap out and you're done! 👍🏻
Yes, screws and clips that are accessible from the back. Then you have to remove the bolts holding the fog light from the front, then feed the fog light back through the wheel well iirc. Like I said, it's way easier with the bumper off. 🙂
Can I ask why to swap the whole housing vs just swapping with an LED bulb? Came from a 2019 Pilot Touring and missing my LED headlights. Just ordered LED bulbs for my 2020 Odyssey EXL - headlights and fog lights.
Based on my understanding (of what I read & videos watched), a custom made LED fog light assembly (especially these type of PODs) are a much better option compared to simply replacing LED bulb alone.
When you replace an LED bulb alone (in a reflector fog light housing), it scatters light all over, not wide & not a perfect beam pattern for a fog light application.
That could happen with low quality LEDs. If the LED chips are placed perfectly where filament is on a halogen bulb and correctly oriented towards reflectors - you'll get the same light pattern as stock just brighter.
Based on my understanding (of what I read & videos watched), a custom made LED fog light assembly (especially these type of PODs) are a much better option compared to simply replacing LED bulb alone.
When you replace an LED bulb alone (in a reflector fog light housing), it scatters light all over, not wide & not a perfect beam pattern for a fog light application.
Morimoto doesn't have Odyssey specific LED fogs, but if you get one from Civic it fits, just need to trim two plastic tabs that used for Civic application and it just works perfectly, everything matches perfectly
I had the same feeling/experience, after i installed it first...
But, you have room to tilt it down... & it won't reflect afterwards.
Having said that, this light itself has a taller & wider beam pattern compared to factory halogen & hence, would be slightly reflecting up (comparatively).
Also, pro has a wider & taller beam pattern, than sport.
When you mounted it, did you fix the bracket so that light is facing down all the way?
Anyway, you can tilt it down after installing too, just by applying downward pressure on the light directly.
Hint: I used a camera to take picture from the front facing straight (camera very low to ground) & was able to adjust it properly.
Looks awesome...
How was the installation? Did you remove the bumper?
Please include picture from the front or side view.
I had the same feeling/experience, after i installed it first...
But, you have room to tilt it down... & it won't reflect afterwards.
Having said that, this light itself has a taller & wider beam pattern compared to factory halogen & hence, would be slightly reflecting up (comparatively).
Also, pro has a wider & taller beam pattern, than sport.
When you mounted it, did you fix the bracket so that light is facing down all the way?
Anyway, you can tilt it down after installing too, just by applying downward pressure on the light directly.
Hint: I used a camera to take picture from the front facing straight (camera very low to ground) & was able to adjust it properly.
Looks awesome...
How was the installation? Did you remove the bumper?
Please include picture from the front or side view.
thanks, I have very little space left to tilt it, but any tilting is good. I did have to remove the bumper.
No, I didn't tilt it at all, that could be the issue I suppose
So I can just force it a bit down even though they are installed and tightened ?
Yes, I did exactly the same, didn't want to remove the bumper again to adjust the bracket so that light is facing down.
Apply gentle force using your fingers/thumb & you can tilt it. If you have any trim removal tool (plastic) that would do.
The adjustment need not be significant to achieve the result. As I mentioned, use a camera to take pictures of current setup at low angle, see if its glaring & adjust slightly.
You can look at the pictures I posted in my earlier posts & here are a couple of more.
I would focus on making sure that fog light is covering the foreground as much (starts to light up the ground right after the bumper) & bridges the gap to the low beam.
One of the photo shows that fog light is actually lighting up the bumper right below it (4679)...
And, in 4661, you can see that the right side light wasn't adjusted as much & I was able to spot it after taking this photo.
And, 4703 shows that the light reflects right below it in even in the bumper.
thanks man, that trick helped a lot, saved me few hours lol, I just force pushed it down and now it seems to be good, it lights up right under the low beam before