As you probably know, almost everywhere in the World, apart from North America, cars must be equipped with a rear fog light. In my opinion, this is a major safety device, as sometimes, especially during the fall, a big deep curtain of fog is covering the 40 expressway along the St.Lawrence.
I did the retrofit on my VW Golf a few years ago. It was pretty easy; I had to find an Euro light switch with front and rear fog options, run a wire from the fuse box to the rear left taillight, put a bulb in the empty socket, and voilà!
My Benz B200 was factory equipped with a functionnal rear fog lamp, even for the Canadian market.
I always felt much more visible while driving in deep fog or during a big snowstorm. In fact, my car was clearly much more conspicuous for people in the back.
So my plan is to retrofit a rear fog lamp on my Micra. Does anybody ever tought about that? Any ideas will be welcomed!
I have two options :
1- drill a hole in the rear bumper and put an aftermarket socket and lens, and add an OEM Nissan rear fog light switch in the dash (from a Nissan Almera). I will try to figure out which live wire i'm gonna use.
2 - Convert the rear left backup light in a fog lamp by putting a red bulb in the socket, and run a wire.
Here is the Micra sold in Europe. Rear fog is at the bottom of the rear bumper :
My plan # 1, not the best one I think
My plan # 2 (should be on the left side)
Nissan Almera used rear foglight switch :
So what do you think? Do you think it's doable without messing everything up?