It broke even with a lens protector or is that just a thin amber film?

 

it’s not a lens protector, just a thin lens tint/film. I’m hoping i’m able to loosen the covering by removing the clips at the bottom and able to get my hand on those screws.

 

I guess you weren't able to access it from the small bulb replacement access cover. Did you look at the installation instructions besides the videos?

 

finally stopped raining so I was able to get under the car this morning and do a practice run!

i removed 5 clips at the bottom and one screw on the fender, I was able to peel the cover to remove the screws without removing the bumper. I can’t replace the lens yet as the replacement will arrive tuesday.

 

What year is your car?

 

...2017 FWD

 

There are installation instructions here, which may help you.

2016-2018

Fog Light Kit

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2019-2021

Fog Lights

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There are installation instructions here, which may help you.

thank you for your time in researching that installation pdf - this forum is great!

I quickly browsed through it and it requires for the bumper to be removed. I was able to get my hands on the lens housing by simply removing the clips at the bottom, with these clips removed, i was able to remove the lens without detaching the bumper.

 

non oem fog lights arrived last night. I was able to replace both fog lights without removing the bumper within 2 hours. replacement unit is an exact fit to the oem housing, simply remove the oem broken unit and replace with non oem unit.

Not that difficult but very tight space to get a philips screwdriver to remove one of the three screws that’s on far inside of the housing.

1). I removed 5 clips from the bottom to gain access to the fog light.

2). I removed one screw on the forward panel to gain access to the inner screw of the housing

3). very tight area but was able to squeeze a hand inside.

4). i applied two layers of tint and a 3m clear coat film

 

Thank you for posting how to replace the fog lights….
It’s my turn now, as our 2020 Honda HRV fog lights are both cracked!

Were you able to get all the screws back in?

 

Nice job repairing the fog lights and then adding more protection.

It reminded me of upgrading the wimpy horns on our HRV.
The passenger side HRV horn is accessed in a similar way as you accessed the foglight.

Horn Upgrade

Did a few searches but did not find anything on this subject so I thought I would start a thread to see if anyone has upgraded the OEM chipmunk fart horns. The OEM horns have a odd one pin waterproof connector and the only plug and play solution I found is the aftermarket "sport" horn kit sold...

www.hrvforum.com

I wonder if Honda ever put some decent horns in the newer 2020/2021 HRV's?

 

It reminded me of upgrading the wimpy horns on our HRV.

The passenger side HRV horn is accessed in a similar way as you accessed the foglight.

You can see the horn in the second picture, my neighbor’s dog is more audible than the oem horn!

Now that you’ve mentioned it, another item to upgrade on the car it’s never ending!

 

Can confirm I also replaced the left fog light on my 2016 HRV without removing the bumper. There are three screws which hold the fog light casing to the car. You can find them by feel, just use a stubby Philips head to remove them and the casing and fog light will come off. I bought the fog lights from AliExpress, they were super cheap and a perfect OEM replacement.