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Old Jun 2, 2021 | 09:12 PM
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I just bought this 2016 is200t fsport. Stupid question. How do i turn on the bottom yellow fog lights? Do these turn on?
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Old Jun 2, 2021 | 09:34 PM
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Check the stalk that you use for your headlights / high beams

Or a button near your left drivers side AC vent since they are aftermarket
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Old Jun 2, 2021 | 11:34 PM
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Echoing rudiculous, check your indicator stalk, left side, for the little dial/switch with the lamp with light lines slanted down with a squiggly line through it. Otherwise aftermarket.
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 05:22 AM
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In North America no 2014-16 F Sport came with Fog lights...so these are definitely aftermarket.
From here it looks like the Winjet or iJDM kit...in which case there is likely a switch mounted in one of the blank spots to the left of the steering wheel on the dash, same area you'd find the BSM switch (if equipped).
If they went the extra mile on the install and used an OEM stalk switch, then you will see an extra switch on the light stalk just for the Fogs...which I assume they didn't use an OEM switch or you would have seen it already.

The other possibility is that they wired the Fogs to come on with the DRL's, in which case there is no switch, they just come on when the DRL's are on...that's fairly common as well.
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 11:21 AM
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those are after market .... if you dont have a separate power on/off switch, they can be wired to either turn on with Daytimes or headlights . . . by default, these do NOT come with on/off switch

i have a 2016 200t and got those exact jdm fogs. but wired an on/off switch mounted in one of the available slots on the accessories panel . . next to the BSM button

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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 01:02 PM
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You guys are correct. This is aftermarket.

The car had been wrecked in the front and looks like they changed the whole front bumper but did not connect the fog lights.

There are no buttons connected near the bsm button.

Is this easy to connect by yourself?
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by TLeexus
those are after market .... if you dont have a separate power on/off switch, they can be wired to either turn on with Daytimes or headlights . . . by default, these do NOT come with on/off switch

i have a 2016 200t and got those exact jdm fogs. but wired an on/off switch mounted in one of the available slots on the accessories panel . . next to the BSM button
I see a lot of people added the front bottom lip.
will that front lip fit on this?
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Old Jun 3, 2021 | 04:22 PM
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Originally Posted by andy350
You guys are correct. This is aftermarket.

The car had been wrecked in the front and looks like they changed the whole front bumper but did not connect the fog lights.

There are no buttons connected near the bsm button.

Is this easy to connect by yourself?
Really depends what they left you to work with. Do the Fog lights have connectors on the bulbs with wires?

Originally Posted by andy350
I see a lot of people added the front bottom lip.
will that front lip fit on this?
Front lips have specific fitment, you will need a lip for a 2014-2016 F Sport...the 2014-2016 non-F Sport has a different front bumper.
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Old Jun 4, 2021 | 07:41 AM
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Even if you turned them on, they suck. You won't see anything. I know cause I was one of the first coast to coast to buy them, gut them, toss them, and the first and ONLY to make custom fog lights out of professional OEM toyota LED parts.

Wiring them... if you don't have experience, it's going to be a major chore. Hell i've done dozens of customized retrofits (high end stuff) and for me it was a bit of a chore. (doing it right) w/ fuses, relays and such. The problem is running the wires. not a lot of space down there.

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Old Jun 4, 2021 | 11:12 AM
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kind of have to agree.
doesn't really get foggy where i live. but these fogs are definitely more about aesthetics than function.
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