2025 Mazda CX-5 Front and Rear Foglight Retrofit

[MSport_Jon]

Hello,

I hope everyone is alright. I am not new to Mazda, but I am totally new to Mazda's customization. I was wondering if anyone knows and can confirm if the Mazda CX-5 2022 and onwards is prewired for rear and front fog lights.

Living in Germany for 14 years has given me a new appreciation for how helpful rear fog lights are and how safe they can make you in foggy situations.

Planning to buy the following fog lights

I think they look fantastic. and It really makes the car pop.

The part numbers that I will need so far are
KSD6-V4-680 (LED Accessory Lamp)
K49C-V7-790 (Mounting Harness)
BAEK-66-122 - Blinker Stalk unit with Fog light F/R

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[stickerbush]

When I had fog lights I mainly used them to light up the shoulders of the road so that I could better see any lurking wildlife.

 

[ADS-B]

I use them at night. They illuminate the sides of the path, help me see better.

 

[chickdr]

Because:
a) The Mazda (and many other current brands) foglights are not that great. They are primarily there for those who think "it's cool".
b) Idiots have them on all the time (see (a)), so that the down-facing lights reflect off wet roads into the eyes of oncoming drivers.
c) Having them on at night does not provide useful information to the driver at normal speeds, who should be looking & concentrating far down the road, not down right in front of the car or to the sides of the car.
d) For whatever reason (as mentioned previously) they don't come on unless the headlights are on, thus defeating the whole purpose of reduced glare in fog/snow.

Don't get me wrong, for those that have to travel (at reduced speeds) in heavy fog/mist/snow, properly designed and aimed fog lights are a godsend (provided you can use them without headlights).

Not getting the arguments. The fog lights on the CX-5 don't blind oncoming traffic at all. They do give better lighting close to the car, as others have pointed out. This is not a detriment in any way I could imagine. While I agree folks should be looking down the road, they could benefit from extra light near as well as it gives your eyes more information.

 

[RedBaron]

The fog lights on the CX-5 don't blind oncoming traffic at all.

How do you know? But as I said: "the down-facing lights reflect off wet roads into the eyes of oncoming drivers."

 

[chickdr]

How do you know? But as I said: "the down-facing lights reflect off wet roads into the eyes of oncoming drivers."

I know as there are literaly hundreds of current gen CX-5's in my area and I have been head on with many of them over the years with their fog lights on. Not blinding at all in any weather conditions.

 

[TheMAN]

I know as there are literaly hundreds of current gen CX-5's in my area and I have been head on with many of them over the years with their fog lights on. Not blinding at all in any weather conditions.

great... try driving a non-SUV, a sedan at night, where you're closer to the ground and let us know how that goes

 

[chickdr]

great... try driving a non-SUV, a sedan at night, where you're closer to the ground and let us know how that goes

Did I say I was exclusively in my CX-5? I also have a Frontier and BMW Z4 which is much lower to the ground than a sedan.

 

[cz5gt]

foglights are mandatory to be on with headlights (and rear lights and rear fog light(s)) in most countries. Thats why you cant use just the fog lights and no other lights.

Proper fog lights used to also be yellowish in color but nowadays its mostly LED show off lights.

In very dense fog the best thing is to not drive if possible. Same with heavy dust storms.. but nobody follows that as we are invicible

 

[TheMAN]

foglights are mandatory to be on with headlights (and rear lights and rear fog light(s)) in most countries. Thats why you cant use just the fog lights and no other lights.

Proper fog lights used to also be yellowish in color but nowadays its mostly LED show off lights.

In very dense fog the best thing is to not drive if possible. Same with heavy dust storms.. but nobody follows that as we are invicible

"most countries"... you mean like this?

the true most countries only requires the parking lights to be on with the fog lights... EDM, JDM, etc cars are wired that way to allow this without headlights to be on

only in america does the DOT require the headlights to be on in order to use the fog lights because they know most plebs are too stupid to know how to properly use them as evident of many of them driving with them on (and given the opportunity, they will drive with the high beams WITH the fog lights on if the wiring allows them to, but thank god no it's not possible), on a perfectly clear night, because moAr LiTe!11!1