Remove front tow hook add fog lights

[Baconbandit]

Has anyone done a tow hook removal and added fog lights to this location?
I drive an XLT with no fog lights. Need better lighting on this vehicle.

 

[mtrosclair]

What year? I would imagine you could get the OEM fog lights off of eBay?

 

[Mr Big]

Do you have fog lights now? If so, and you have not done it yet, and/or the vehicle was not equipped with LED headlights and fog lights, change them to LED. You will have all the light you need. If you don't have fog lights you can add them where they go on limited and platinum models. There may also possibly be a harness at that location.
You can search for them online, or maybe your local junkyard has a complete oem set. You also might be able to order them from Ford.
These are after market that can be found on Ebay, among other places. They may have to b wired to accessory and add a switch:

 

[VCFP153]

Has anyone done a tow hook removal and added fog lights to this location?
I drive an XLT with no fog lights. Need better lighting on this vehicle.

It may be better to use a brush guard and mount the lights on that rather than in the bumper. If nothing else, that will allow you to use much bigger lights or even a light bar, if you so choose. You'll have all sorts of light then.

 

[wakeboarder]

I did a write up on adding tow hooks several years ago. It may help you see what is required for removing them. I have the blanks that I removed. If you would like them, just PM me and pay shipping.

 

[Left Coast Geek]

I have a Stealth Limited with the LED lighting and foglamps. The fog lamps are just that, very low, very wide, good for very low speed driving in limited visibility situations, NOT good as low beam enhancements.... I'll use those foglamps entering a campground or whatever after dark... OTOH, the LED main lights, wow, great light exactly where you want it on the road. Only car I've driven with better headlights is my wife's 2016 Mercedes E350 wagon that has 'active' LED headlights that follow the road, and boy are those going to be stupid expensive to repair when they break.

 

[BigOleFordFan]

Soon after purchase, I changed all my lights (head, run, turn, fog, puddle etc, to LED's on my 011 EL and it was like night & day difference (pun intended).

It had the (original/OEM) old school yellow-ish halogen/incanny bulbs, and there was only 2-3 screws to remove to get the fixtures out, so there's that, unlike more modern models, where you have to practically disassemble the whole front end just to get to them

 

[CraZcracker]

Soon after purchase, I changed all my lights (head, run, turn, fog, puddle etc, to LED's on my 011 EL and it was like night & day difference (pun intended).

It had the (original/OEM) old school yellow-ish halogen/incanny bulbs, and there was only 2-3 screws to remove to get the fixtures out, so there's that, unlike more modern models, where you have to practically disassemble the whole front end just to get to them

So I had one tail light go out, got on Amz and ordered some LED. Installed them and the blinker was going 90 to nothing inside like if I had a light out. Outside it was blinding normal..is there something else I need to do to keep the inside issue from going off like that. I couldn’t drive it like that, ran to the parts store on the way out of town and installed the regular halogen bulbs and it fixed my issue.

 

[Mr Big]

So I had one tail light go out, got on Amz and ordered some LED. Installed them and the blinker was going 90 to nothing inside like if I had a light out. Outside it was blinding normal..is there something else I need to do to keep the inside issue from going off like that. I couldn’t drive it like that, ran to the parts store on the way out of town and installed the regular halogen bulbs and it fixed my issue.

They require LED lights with the chip. Otherwise, you have to re-program in ForScan.

 

[BigOleFordFan]

They require LED lights with the chip. Otherwise, you have to re-program in ForScan.

Or go back to da Zon & get the add-on resistors, install them & be happy

 

[Trainmaster]

I have a 2023 XL which has the wiring up to the single connector on the left side under the bumper. It appears to be wired to the Body Control Module for fog lights. What I'd need is a set of the factory lights and the factory harness that runs across the bumper to the two lamps. I'd also need the headlight switch that has a fog lamp setting. Then I'd have to enable them in the BCM with Forscan.

Probably not worth the trouble and the $400 in parts. The bumper cover has to come off (eight hard-to-access screws) and some 1/4" rivets have to be drilled out of the bumper cover. Not fun work. After all that's done you have to cross your fingers that the BCM reprograms with Forscan.