my friend just got a 97 maxima GLE and he wants to put in the factory fog lights, i have heard that the car comes pre wired for them. Is this true? And if so what elso other than the lights does he need to buy? (relay, switch, etc...).
thanks for any help

 

You can buy the kit for $176.00 plus shipping from Courtesy Nissan.

If you have the lamps you need to buy:

$11.06 relay
$28.40 each mounting bracket
$52.32 control switch

The wiring is already there in your car, its just taped up with the other wiring behind your headlights/clearance lights.

 

where is the wire on the interior and where would the switch go?

 

The wiring is in the harness directly behind the LEFT headlight I believe.

The Switch is actually just a straight-up replacement of your current signal/headlight control switch on the left side of your steering wheel

Go to cheston's site, he has the fog lamp install instructions up there:

http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~cchiu1/fogs.html

 

i just went to courtesyparts.com and it said $227 for the 97-99 kit. Did the price go up or something?

 

I did this same thing with my GLE a couple of months agao. My car was pre-wired (like all GLE's) so I just had to buy the fog lamp kit (lamps, bracket, & new lever) from Courtesy and install.

You will need to (off the top off my head):
1) disconnect battery
2) Cut the plastic piece in the bumper where the fog lights go
3) mount each light and connect to the wiring already there that's wrapped in grey tape
4) take apart your steering column to access the wiring there
5) remove your old turn signal lever, install the new one with the control for the fog lights and reconnect it to the wiring harness
6) put your steering column back together
7) reconnect battery
8) enjoy your new fog lights

*there is also a way to rewire your fogs so they come on without having your headlights on but I haven't done that. This is the stock setup that I explained

Hope that helped...

 

I just went to courtesyparts.com and couldn't even find the kit.. can someone put down the exact link.

 

Fog light link: http://www.courtesyparts.com/onlines...=a32_quicklist

Temp. part listing for 4th gen.: http://www.courtesyparts.com/onlines...=a32_quicklist

(Hope that works...)

 

If you get a price through e-mail they will give you $176. If you call they say over $200. I called and they gave me the high price and I just told them I was told 176 online and they gave it to me for that. Good luck.

 

Ok, here is a long shot...
I have a 96 GXE. I hate the front bumper, and the fact that I have no fog lights. What are the chances that I could put on a 97-99 front bumper, and install those fogs?

 

Goto Ebay
there is a 97-99 Front bumper cover on right now.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI...item=575944023

 

You have to buy a new grill also, the 95 and 97-99 are not interchangeable.

 

thats ALSO on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...207468&r=0&t=0

Heck, you can get the fog lights there too:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/aw-cg...538463&r=0&t=0

but you are better off getting the Courtesy kit.

 

You can do it relatively easy but i wouldn't reccomend it. You can buy the set of fog light kit from a 95-96 and not have to change the entire bumper and still get the fog lights. Unless if you really want to change the bumper that bad. You're the boss.

 

Why wouldn't you reccomend it? I hate the ugly 95-96 bumper, and I think that the 97-99s are a definite improvement. I didn't know about the grille though, hmmm.

 

This isn't a difficult conversion.

However, it will set you back around $400 (including paint job of new bumper), assuming you do all the installation yourself

 

i agree that the 97 header is much nicer.. a friend of mine was gonna do it to his 96 and was told that he also had to change the metal bumper behind the header panel also..i could be wrong. u might be better off trying to find one in a junkyard, then you may be able to get the header, bumper, grille, foglights, and may even wanna upgrade to the newer headlights too..all in one shot