so if those lights you see on ebay are made to fit where the oem fogs go then yes they are a direct fit. The only thin gim not sure about is that if there are any differences between your usdm bumper and the jdm civic type r bumper. Because the ebay lights are from a civic type r or so it says
I beleive the USDM fogs are round vs the JDM squarish ones. If I did do the fogs, I would want the square ones, but that would require more cutting of the bumper.
also, the link to the ebay auction for the 96-98 fogs, if you read, they are not OEM, if you read, it says, oem style and type r style. i dont think it even mention what brand or who makes it.