Rear Fogs??

[blazenem]

can someone please tell me what rear fogs are i heard that alot but still dont know what thy are. someone please explain thanx

[accord4thgen]

Its just a fad

They are just used in Europe for foggy conditions so people can see you...thats it!
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[AccordWarrior]

In Europe, particularly Germany, the speed limits are higher on the freeways, but the weather conditions over there aren't as good as they are here as far as visibility is concerned. The rear fog light is a way to see the car in front of you from a distance, in case their brake lights aren't very visible.

[Jarrett]

Its just a fad

They are just used in Europe for foggy conditions so people can see you...thats it!

Rear fog lights a fad? Altezzas are a fad. Hollister is a fad. Rear fog lights are for functionality and not many people have them at all over here so that cancels out fad buddy.

[xaxis360]

Its just a fad

They are just used in Europe for foggy conditions so people can see you...thats it!

I thought they had a legitimate use?

[mrvinyl33]

And apparently for the CB Accords there are two variations: one mounted in the rear bumper cover, and the other version which has one mounted in the inner tailight.

I thought the one in the cover was JDM and the one in the tailight was EDM. Also I believe on the EDM models the inner tailights do not function as brakelights when this is used. Or I thought UK-Accord has written that.

[BBs91accord]

Stickydiljoe has the rear bumper foglight. He said it was EDM if that's any help at all. Check out his member ride thread if you want to see it.
Here's his member's ride thread
Stickydiljoe

[deevergote]

I believe that the rear bumper fogs come from Civics, not CBs... I could be wrong though. I don't really care enough to confirm that.

[uncle_el]

http://www.cb7tuner.com/vbb/showthre...light=rear+fog

[quote=myself from the above linked thread]




take off the bumper. remove the bumper cover from the bumper support bar itself, and "wa la" you will see the areas for the rear fog light. the indentation for the rear fog light is already in the bumper support bar.
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was it a jdm option? what we do know is that the old school "antera accord " has them on both sides:


was it an edm option? the edm accord that belongs to ukaccord has them integrated into the left side taillight. our other members in the uk (bille, dutchaccord) didn't have them either. could they have had an option for them in the bumper support bar, sure. perhaps it's analagous to the flushmount spoiler that was indeed an option in the u.s., but very few people chose it.

what's up with the u.s. bumper support bar? if you take the bumper cover off, you'll see that there is a recessed spot in the bumper support bar for the rear fog.

where are the current rear fog lights coming from? accords. civics. integras. in the end, i suppose it doesn't really matter where as long as it fits. it makes sense that honda would use the same rear fog for civics, integras, and accords as it would cut their costs down (1 rear fog for 3 different applications).

to get the record somewhat straight:

some EDM cars are LHD and some are RHD. it depends on the location but the rear fog-into-bumper is an option to all. usually the fog is on the driver side, whether left hand or right.

UK - Accord's rear fog was integrated into his right inner taillight. this means he is RHD. he told me that he has a buddy in switzerland? who has the left inner side from his LHD accord. rich get back at me on that!


here is an EG taillight with an integrated fog. this means it came off a LHD model.


some car's like this first gen crxs have both! even EFs have both too.



the old school antera accord leaves me to believe that it's not accurate b/c it has additional rear lower side markers on the rear bumper (similar to the 5th gen accord and 4th gen preludes). besides being clear, even the sidemarkers don't look oem judging by the shape. so this may NOT have been a factory option in japan. it was just added on.


even the new civics have em.



here are some LHD EDM cars with fogs. some are integrated.

[deevergote]

Interesting...

I hate the single ones! That would drive me nuts!

[Hondavtec4208]

wow im sure glad i dont have those or even 1!

[Spartan1987]

I figure those are just another bulb you eventually have to spend money on.

[blazenem]

Damn you guys are the best that's why I love this site ask one question and it gets answered in detail thanks for the info guys I used to see those on jettas and golfs all the time and wonder what they were for now I do thanx again

[accordfrizzeek]

I like those, I will go an get that hooked up!

[Goelette]

Some corect answers, some BS....
rear foglights are required by law because sometimes it gets very foggy. Usually they only come on one side of the car, so they can't be mistaken for brakelights. plus you would be able to see easier if anybody who is running foglights brakes... So foglights are NOT the same as braklelights, not even when they are integrated in the rear lightunits.
1st gen CRX don't have integrated + extra fogs, they just have the extras. Integrated does not exist for that car, what you problably see in the picture is the reflector, which is also required by law.

Hope that's enough info for you