2019 + Toyota Rav4 Fog Light Installation - Diode Dynamics SS3 Yellow Fog Pattern

[@cerwilliamyatesjr71]

Old video, but in case someone sees this. The fog light pattern on these are supposed to be wide and low. They are that way to light up the sides of the road to help see things like animals. The only real downside is that during the winter they will pack with snow as they do not get hot enough to melt it.

[@mhassange]

I think you have very good fog lights and their function isn’t same as headlights as they not suppose to project out far but immediate surroundings. Pretty cool you can use them without headlights on but for my Avalon 2014 xle hybrid I have to have headlights on in order to use fog lights. Glad I bought both fogs and headlights switchbacks

[@robertoavalosjr.2529]

Men your rav4 is getting insane, I love it!!!

[@JamesKlafehn]

Glad you enjoy it! Thanks!

[@JamesKlafehn]

Just had new wheels and tires installed yesterday. So far I havent seen it in the light because they didnt get done until 4 but Im excited to see it today in the light. (assuming we get any sunlight today in Ithaca)

[@dylanlin6924]

Hey Jim! Where did you connect the power/battery in the engine bay? Or did you send wire all the way to the back of the vehicle? I don't recall seeing anywhere in your video that shows how you connected the lights to the power? Thanks in advance!

[@alexl.102]

When I installed them on my civic, i was able to adjust them with them already installed by pushing on them from the frontside, with the screws already on pretty tight. So far it hasn't moved when driving for 10kmiles and i can always still adjust them on the fly

[@JamesKlafehn]

Yeah I can see that. I could probably do that if I ever have to adjust them again.

[@lahiruudugama286]

Hi many thanks for this video it really helped me visualize what I have to do when I install in my rav4 hybrid. do you have a video for adding junction box

[@TokyoHomes]

Thanks for the video, I’m thinking to do the fog light too, my RAV4 is basic model without fog lights.

[@762N8O]

you have foglights, and that beampattern is correct. If you wanted projection down the road, then you are looking for SPOTlights. The diffusion is different for spotlights.

[@davidkonieczynski7268]

Thanks for all of your informative videos. As the owner of the RAV4 Prime SE I am planning to install the SS3's much as you describe here. As I look at the switch bank below and to left of steering wheel I notice one empty position with a blank switch where I'll place the foglight switch. However I notice that the blank switch has a prewired connector (6 wires - gray, purple, purple/black, gray, orange, gray). I'll break out my multitester to probe these but wonder if you considered tapping into those for your foglight install?

[@JamesKlafehn]

I dont like using OEM wires unless I am 100% positive I know exactly what they do. It may test as a dimmer wire for example but be something else or trigger something else.

[@charitoregalado1296]

Thanks for very informative video, James. I have my RAV4 Hybrid LE 2021 and it doesn't have fog lights. After watching this video, I'm planning to put up ones for myself. However, I have some questions regarding connecting the wiring to the power. I did a little research and I got different answers: 1. Just wire them to the existing parking lights. 2. Get the power directly from the battery using an inline fuse, and wire them to the headlights, and make the headlights wire to be the trigger on a relay. 3. If I want to have a separate switch for the fog lights, I have to get an extra cable to get the power from the battery, which is at the back of vehicle, since mine is a hybrid. My questions are: Is there any way I wire them and get power without going through the firewall? There are fog lights kit being sold both in Ebay & Amazon with complete set of wiring, relay, and switch. What are your thoughts?

[@AveiroDan]

Great video! Very informative. Can’t wait for the first big snow storm. I’m curious how those new tires will do.

[@JamesKlafehn]

Thank you for the comment! I have since actually sold these wheels and tires. lol It happened kinda fast. I bought MR147 wheels and Firestone tires. Im dropping them off tomorrow to get mounted and balanced.

[@AveiroDan]

@@JamesKlafehn what’s your feeling on these plug in performance chips out there for the RAV4? I’ve seen them on eBay for $58 and up? Most offer a 30 day money back guarantee. I’m curious if it would add more horsepower to the RAV4 Prime? Might be a good video for you to make.

[@JamesKlafehn]

@@AveiroDan I dont have an experience with them. I have doubts. The prime is a unique vehicle so I doubt a chip company has the expertise to tune it. I think OEMs do a lot of work tuning the car for optimum output. I for one wouldnt want it to be just a little quicker if I lose ev range or MPG

[@400080vikkash]

Did you get the wide angle ones? Because if you wanted them to project further you'd have to buy thier other version what are made for that?

[@Mcivstx]

Did Toyota remove the oem fog light harness in the 19+ models without fogs? My 2018 LE didn’t have fogs but did have the oem harness which made the install way easier.

[@JamesKlafehn]

Good question. I didn’t see any harness there.

[@Plurvisioneats]

Hi quick question will installing foglights / DIODE DYNAMICS cause fuel efficiency at all on the rav4 hybrid?

[@JamesKlafehn]

No

[@superlight47]

@James, was there no pre-wire tock away for the fog light behind the bumper? As with Toyota trim they all come off the same assembled line so the same wire herness should have been here, subtract the relay, the stock switch with the fog light switch. if it not there, it seem that Toyota might be doing things different to prevent owner from adding the options to their vehicle that only on the higher trims. I think the time you install all the options, you would have turn your SE Prim into a XSE Prime. if I had a SE Prime, I will build it up to the XSE trim. Anyway when is your review of the Chevy Bolt coming. looking forward to your review.

[@JamesKlafehn]

No I didnt see any wires. I didnt think to check though.

[@superlight47]

@@JamesKlafehn OK, understand. once they did not change the way they do thing at Toyota, they should be there. They normally fold them away. like on my 2001 Corolla, LE that did not come with fog light neither offers as an option on the LE, but standard on the S trim. I was able to install my fog light the only thing I did was buy the relay, and the steering wheel stock switch that have the fog light switch and work right out of the box.

[@bermanhorowitz]

@@JamesKlafehn I asked my dealer, who I really like, they said the harness is there , but it is setup as daytime running and controlled through the info panel. They said they can install the actual Toyota XSE lights, although it is a pricey part.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

I would think that fog lights should be aimed low like yours, so as not to illuminate the fog whatsoever.

[@JamesKlafehn]

Yeah but they needed to be a little higher. I have them right now. They work great!

[@juanv1400]

I added fog lights on my '16 rav and I found it a lot easier to take the wipers and cowl off to get access to that grommet that is in a very similar or exact location you talked about. Where did you find the switch?

[@JamesKlafehn]

I bought the switch from Aliexpress.

[@rtrt2889]

Hey at 6:09 is that a DRL connection plug? I didn't see it on the passenger side when you took the cover up. I'm asking because I have a Prime SE and I want to add the OEM Rav4 Prime XSE Vertical LED Accent light to my Prime SE. Is that possible? Thanks

[@dougadams6861]

Following this! It looked like you could just hook into what I thought was the DRL and have fog lights run with those (which is fine for me)

[@tomfrancis5045]

Hey @rtrt2889, Did you ever get this done? I'm looking to do the same thing but only want to pull the trigger if the wiring is already there. The lights themselves are $300 per side.

[@tomfrancis5045]

@@dougadams6861 Any luck? I'm hoping to do this too.

[@mitchellbarnow1709]

I love that 90° adapter on your electric drill, James!

[@JamesKlafehn]

Thanks! Ive had that forever haha

[@nospwr]

Good video, very thorough!

[@JamesKlafehn]

Glad it was helpful!

[@stevenholtz1760]

Hell yeah, go bills!!!

[@robertoavalosjr.2529]

Hey James, if my rav4 has already the fog light kit (Limited), are they Plug and Play? Or there´s more job to do? Thanks in advance

[@JamesKlafehn]

Should be plug and play.

[@robertoavalosjr.2529]

@@JamesKlafehn Perfect my friend, thankyou so much

[@JamesKlafehn]

@@robertoavalosjr.2529 Happy to help! Don't forget to hit that thumbs up button for me! Thank you!

[@robertoavalosjr.2529]

@@JamesKlafehn you got them already from me! You got some nice videos!

[@okiefoodieking]

How long did install take? I have a LE and I did not have fog lights either. I. Bought the kit that will have the holes to put fog lights in

[@JamesKlafehn]

Maybe an hour. It wouldve taken less time If I wasnt filming. Maybe 30 mins.

[@okiefoodieking]

@@JamesKlafehn do u have an LE or do u have a model that already had the kit installed and all u had to do was install the SS3 lights ?

[@JamesKlafehn]

@@okiefoodieking I have a Prime SE. If you watch my installation video youll see that I had to run all the wires. Nothing was there.

[@okiefoodieking]

@@JamesKlafehn wow and it only took u an hour ?

[@JamesKlafehn]

@@okiefoodieking yeah

[@chucksw1]

Can we cut the Bezel to allow the light not to be blocked?

[@JamesKlafehn]

yeah possibly. I think a custom fit would be beneficial.

[@Justin-vaseur]

is the the bottom lip of the front bumper removable?

[@JamesKlafehn]

The lip? The silver part or the underskirt? Both probably are but Ive never removed either.

[@jskaggs8188]

You can purchase the oem led set for $120.

[@JamesKlafehn]

OEM lights are no where close to as good as Diode Dynamics.

[@bridamy]

lol James you litterly did all that wiring even though it has the plugs already in there. lol good job though

[@JamesKlafehn]

Im not sure the Prime has it. I didnt see anything there. Even if the wiring was there, where is the fuse? Where is the switch?

[@zhengtaoliu9004]

hello i have toyota tuning parts

[@JJFLD]

Hey James, since we’re talking about lights here, I wanted to ask you a question about the interior lights on the Prime SE. I installed ambient lights on a Hybrid XLE and I was only able to do that because the car was pre-wired with footwell lights from the factory as I showed here in my video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jXjEZHiVn6uDpck I was reading on RAV4World that some Prime SE’s don’t have the footwell light harness and I was wondering if your Prime SE has them or not. Thanks in advance!

[@JamesKlafehn]

I dont know. I havent tackled anything with the interior lights yet. Someday I will.

[@angusmac2037]

Canada models of the rav4 can’t turn the headlights off at night…safety thing I guess…kind of annoying IMO..jealous of the American models

[@zerokool-2058]

They look cool, but I can’t justify the price for me..

[@mendezlopez2676]

I can't see is to dark

[@SwatBeatsOfficial]

Could've just put some yellow film over the oem lights but nice anyways

[@JamesKlafehn]

If you watched the video you would see that I didnt have OEM fog lights. These Diode Dynamics lights are also an enormous improvement. They are the brightest fogs on the market.

[@SwatBeatsOfficial]

@@JamesKlafehn oh wow. I missed that. I thought all trims over xle came with fog lights

[@JamesKlafehn]

@@SwatBeatsOfficial The Prime is different. It has an SE and XSE. Only the XSE has the fog lights. But these are way better than OEM