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Greatbear · Apr 18th, 2003, 07:07 AM

Greetings!

I am the proud owner of an '03 MCS for less than a month now. But, typical me, I can't leave well enough alone. The car came pretty much loaded with everything, including some dealer-added stuff (done to pump up the price!). One thing missing from the options I had on this off-the-lot find was fog lights.

Being very adept at just about anything automotive, I decided to get the needed parts frm the dealer to add the factory fog lights in the stock locations. What I ended up with is the switch bank, two lights, pigtail wiring and connector housings for the bulbs. I noticed that the car had the fuse and relay in place for the fogs already. This was different than the kit that is shown in the DIY section of MINI2, which provides and instructs you the relay, fuse and extensive harness. I did some investigation and found most of the wiring in place. So far, due to lack of time to do any work on the car, I have only gotten as far as mounting the switch bank.

My question is, has anyone retrofitted the lights in an '03 MCS which already had some of the pieces in place? It seems to me that all I need to do is mount up the lights and bring the wiring to the fuse/relay block and it's done. Without instructions, and with the dealer people mostly clueless as to specifics, other than the recommendations of the parts software and pictorials this is the conclusion I have come to so far.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers!

GBMINI · Apr 18th, 2003, 07:16 AM

I think you will need a dealer to configure the body control module to support your front fog lights.
And try to get him to print out the "before" and "after" SA codes and post them ...

Greatbear · Apr 18th, 2003, 08:26 AM

I sorta figured that the BC had to be programmed because the switch module wasn't 'responding'. I am also going to add the alarm system next month and have the whole enchilada set up in one session. I'll get all the codes I can.

Greatbear · Apr 21st, 2003, 09:59 PM

Bumpage...

Daktaklakpak · Oct 8th, 2003, 09:22 PM

I'm planning on doing this my self soon. If I can run my own wire and different fogs that would work out alot better then getting the kit.

Apr 18th, 2003, 07:07 AM	#1
Greatbear MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Local Time: 05:09 PM Posts: 39 Offline	'03 MCS Front Fog Light retrofit Greetings! I am the proud owner of an '03 MCS for less than a month now. But, typical me, I can't leave well enough alone. The car came pretty much loaded with everything, including some dealer-added stuff (done to pump up the price!). One thing missing from the options I had on this off-the-lot find was fog lights. Being very adept at just about anything automotive, I decided to get the needed parts frm the dealer to add the factory fog lights in the stock locations. What I ended up with is the switch bank, two lights, pigtail wiring and connector housings for the bulbs. I noticed that the car had the fuse and relay in place for the fogs already. This was different than the kit that is shown in the DIY section of MINI2, which provides and instructs you the relay, fuse and extensive harness. I did some investigation and found most of the wiring in place. So far, due to lack of time to do any work on the car, I have only gotten as far as mounting the switch bank. My question is, has anyone retrofitted the lights in an '03 MCS which already had some of the pieces in place? It seems to me that all I need to do is mount up the lights and bring the wiring to the fuse/relay block and it's done. Without instructions, and with the dealer people mostly clueless as to specifics, other than the recommendations of the parts software and pictorials this is the conclusion I have come to so far. Any advice would be greatly appreciated! Cheers! '03 MCS, Dk Silver, 17" wheels NAV, DSC, Premium #1 and #3, Rally lights, etc, etc. Fulton, MD. FRS 7-21

Apr 18th, 2003, 07:16 AM	#2 (permalink)
GBMINI MINI2 Master Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Gloucester, MA, USA Local Time: 05:09 PM Posts: 7,604 Offline	I think you will need a dealer to configure the body control module to support your front fog lights. And try to get him to print out the "before" and "after" SA codes and post them ... Ian C. Gloucester, MA, USA (UK expat) driving GPMINI and Convertible GBMINI#6

Apr 18th, 2003, 08:26 AM	#3 (permalink)
Greatbear MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Local Time: 05:09 PM Posts: 39 Offline	I sorta figured that the BC had to be programmed because the switch module wasn't 'responding'. I am also going to add the alarm system next month and have the whole enchilada set up in one session. I'll get all the codes I can. '03 MCS, Dk Silver, 17" wheels NAV, DSC, Premium #1 and #3, Rally lights, etc, etc. Fulton, MD. FRS 7-21

Apr 21st, 2003, 09:59 PM	#4 (permalink)
Greatbear MINI2 Newbie Join Date: Apr 2003 Local Time: 05:09 PM Posts: 39 Offline	Bumpage... '03 MCS, Dk Silver, 17" wheels NAV, DSC, Premium #1 and #3, Rally lights, etc, etc. Fulton, MD. FRS 7-21

Oct 8th, 2003, 09:22 PM	#5 (permalink)
Daktaklakpak VIdeo Game Master Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Greenville, SC Local Time: 05:09 PM Posts: 44 Offline	I'm planning on doing this my self soon. If I can run my own wire and different fogs that would work out alot better then getting the kit. 03 LY/B MCS

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