Whether it’s for your own security, for roadworthiness testing or for your budget, making sure your headlight bulbs are constantly functioning is extremely important. The truth is, bulbs are wearing parts that will unavoidably burn out with time and as a consequence need to be replaced. You’re probably here because one of your headlights is burnt out and you’re wanting to know how to change the bulb of the fog lights on your Jeep Wrangler, we’ve written this content to help you do this process on your own and not need to go to your auto mechanic. Firstly, we will look at chaging the front fog light bulb of your Jeep Wrangler and subsequently, how to change the rear fog light bulb on your car.

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How to change the front fog light bulb of my Jeep Wrangler?

We are gonna commence this content with the swapping the front fog light bulb of your Jeep Wrangler, remember that depending on the year and the finish of your car it may not be the exact technique to utilise, that’s why we are going to give you the two most classical methods to replace the front fog light bulb of your vehicle.

Change the front fog light bulb of your Jeep Wrangler without removing the bumper.

First method, we will swap the bulb without removing the bumper of your car. Even though this technique is the least difficult, there is no assurance that you can carry it out on your car. The truth is, in accordance with the options and the year, on some models there will not be enough room for you to change the bulb in this manner. Here are the two different methods to change the front fog lamp bulb of your Jeep Wrangler:

  • By passing under the bumper of your Jeep Wrangler: First approach, you will put yourself under your car, don’t hesitate to raise it with a jack if you don’t have enough room under the bumper. Once under the car, all you have to do is to remove the clips of the plastic shoe that covers your engine unit and that rests on your bumper, you will have access to the fog light block of your Jeep Wrangler and you will not have any more (if you have enough space) remove the plastic cover, detach the plug, press on the metal part to take out the bulb and finally swap the front fog light bulb of your Jeep Wrangler
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  • By removing the wheel arch: Second alternative, you can remove the wheel arch of your car to have access to the fog lamp block of your car. To get this done, lift your car up, remove the front wheels, then remove your wheel arch using the clips provided for this purpose and carry out the same process as explained above to change the bulb of the fog light of your Jeep Wrangler.

    How to change the front fog light bulb of your Jeep Wrangler by removing the bumper?

    We will now check out the circumstance where you are obliged by lack of room on your car model to remove the bumper of your Jeep Wrangler to be able to gain access to the front fog light bulb of your car. To achieve this, you will initially have to remove the front bumper of your Jeep Wrangler, do not be reluctant to consult our complete guideline to find out the exact operation, know to summarize, that you will need torx wrench, and that you will have to remove screws under your bonnet, in your wheel arches and under your car. Once the bumper has been taken off, you will only need to access the front fog lamp block and replace the fog lamp bulb on your Jeep Wrangler in the same procedure as mentioned above.

    How to change the rear fog light bulb on your Jeep Wrangler?

    Finally, if you want to change the rear fog bulb of your car the technique is much simpler, here are the different steps to stick to to allow you to replace this bulb:

    • By the trunk, remove the floor covering from your trunk.
    • Unscrew the back cover of the headlight unit from your Jeep Wrangler.
    • After finding the rear fog light bulb on your car, remove the burnt-out bulb
    • Place your new rear fog light bulb into the headlamp block of your Jeep Wrangler
    • Put everything back in place

    Check that your fog lights are working correctly again before you hit the road and you’re done.

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