Optilux Fog Light Installation

For Giftmas I got a pair of Optilux 1450 Fog Lights. These are made by Hella, but are much less expensive. Lordco (a local auto-supply chain) had them on sale for $50 before Christmas. The kit comes with bulbs, metal housings, brackets, wire, connectors, a lighted switch and the relay.
This was the most major modification I've made to the bike yet. As you can see from the pictures, it involves taking off the tank to get at the battery and relays.
The Previous Owner (PO) must have had auxilliary lights, but removed them prior to sale. The wiring and switch was left in place. That was step one: Remove the old wiring and relay. Easy.
Installing the new lights really only had two big steps: run the wiring and bolt the lights to a bracket. All told, this job took me about 6 hours over a couple of days. I took my time and worked on a few other things on the bike at the same time.
The new Aeroflow windshield has holes for mounting lights on the bar that mounts under the beak to support the shield. I used those to mount the Optilux lights. It took two runs to Home Depot before I had the right size bolts to do the job.
The wiring wasn't particularly hard, but it took a long time because I wanted to be neat. Lots of zip-straps were used to keep the wires snug to the frame. I attached the supplied switch to the bottom of the instrument panel with velcro tape. The switch isn't waterproof, so I may need to replace it with something marine-rated.
In my next post I'll detail the first ride and some upcoming tweaks to make the setup better.