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Upgraded my G55 front bumper to G63 one..how to disable fog lights?

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Old Dec 14, 2021 | 10:36 AM
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Upgraded my G55 front bumper to G63 one..how to disable fog lights?

Just installed the bumper last night and loving it. Major upgrade to the front look of the G (pics to come).

As G63 bumper doesn't have fog lights, now I have a warning every so often when I start the car.
I looked for H11 "Resistor bulb", but unable to find one. All I can find is resistor packs that allow you to run H11 LED instead of halogen

Does anyone know if it's possible to code them out?
Any feedback is greatly appreciated.

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Old Dec 14, 2021 | 06:34 PM
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Old Dec 15, 2021 | 09:12 AM
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Pic of G63 bumper. I had chrome pieces wrapped in 3M by person that painted the bumper
I also made it work with stock fender flares. Just had to make small notches in the flares, which can't even be seen


As for Fog light warning, talked to my buddy mechanic. He says LED resistor pack, with no LED H11s plugged in should do the trick


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Old Dec 15, 2021 | 09:18 AM
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Looks great. Can you post more photos? Where did you get the bumper?
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Old Dec 15, 2021 | 09:20 AM
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Looks good although a little strange without the updated LED headlight frames to go with the bumper. Agree LED resistors with H11s would be a decent way to go. You could also get some aftermarket Brabus LED lips/splitters and hook the fog light up to those.
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Originally Posted by crashworkz
Looks good although a little strange without the updated LED headlight frames to go with the bumper. Agree LED resistors with H11s would be a decent way to go. You could also get some aftermarket Brabus LED lips/splitters and hook the fog light up to those.
Would those brabus LEDs only turn on when you turn the wheel like the factory fogs? How would you circumvent that?
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Old Dec 15, 2021 | 10:09 AM
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Would those brabus LEDs only turn on when you turn the wheel like the factory fogs? How would you circumvent that?
I want to remember that you could turn the fogs on manually whenever? Not sure about stopping them from lighting up on when turning if already off though...
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Old Dec 15, 2021 | 11:39 AM
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I got it from this seller, however he's out of stock
https://www.ebay.com/usr/mbzpartsusa...p2047675.l2559

All sellers have same bumpers. This one has 8 more in stock and 100% feedback
https://www.ebay.com/itm/223610683734


I hated fog lights turning on and off all the time. It made it look like bulb is burned out. Very odd feature.
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Upgraded turn signals to blacked out ones. I was surprised it didn't come like this from factory considering truck has factory black out package.


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Hey @croat Did you ever figure out how to code out or put resisters for the fog lights? About to do the same upgrade.
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Old Sep 8, 2025 | 12:28 PM
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I bought some H11 resistors and just plugged them instead of the bulbs, then zipped tied the harness
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