Looking to install a new fog light setup for my CLs. Thinking about purchasing lexus is300 9006 fog projectors, I also thinking of using a fog hid setup and wanted to see if anyone had input of the best way to install them. I saw a couple of outdated DIY without pics. If anyone has a DIY with pics that would be great. I might want to use a tl switch if I can get my hands on one for cheap, but I dont have to. I have a spare 1996 civic fog light switch, will this work?

Thanks in advance.

 

anyone?

 

this is my HID fog setup. its off the 03-05 2dr accord. hope this helps.

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what happened to ur intake filter there budd

 

Very impressive work done on your cl, diddy! How did you wire up the accord fogs? Is it wired so that it turns on with your lowbeams?

 

i fucked it up not paying attention what i was doing with the car not too long ago. just havent replaced it yet.

thanks, i wired them up with the corner lights.

 

as far as getting the fogs to fit...was that hard diddy?

 

Takes a lot of cutting and test fitting. Not a nightmare though. I have 03-05 Accord coupe fogs also. I don't have pics of the whole install, just the finished product.

https://acurazine.com/forums/2g-cl-photograph-gallery-53/honda-accord-fogs-818085/

 

Yeah I was going to install the accord fogs but I didn't want to deal with the glare the hid might cause. I bought a pair of Lexus is300 fog which I going to try to retrofit to work. I might run HIDs but I might just keep the regular bulb. Will try to post pics when I finish, but that will be at the end of the month when I have time to work on it.

 

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I used ES300 projector fogs (also has yellow glass lenses) and I couldn't be happier with their performance. My ex-gf had a IS300, and I loved the fogs but I think you should do HID's IMO. For my projectors at least, the HID gave the projector a stronger beam (both wider and further distance).

 

I used blazer fogs. Lots of cutting and getting pissed off. Here what they look like on my car/ sorrys its not a CL




My camera has messed up hue. It made the 3000k look more green then it really is.

 

I wouldnt run HIDs in the fog lights. They are low to the ground, and if the ground is wet, the glare from a bright HID bulb is going to be insane.

 

I didn't want to run HIDs because I have a feeling they might overpower my headlights. I hate the way it looks.

 

^ you should see my low beam lights. They over power everything on the road. Sadly I took off the fog retros since I needed money and I am running regular fogs.

 

What are you running these days? Im getting ready to finish up retrofit V2.0.

 

Fx-R 1.0. Planing on doing ls430 and switching back to 35w ballast. 55w is just too on the eyes especially during long drives at night

 

Is the ls430 the same as the ls460?

 

I think theyre slightly different. But theyre huge and wont fit the CL housing.

 

ls460 is super wide single xenon, ls460 is bi-xenon. and yeah both are huge. The ls430 barely fits in the headlight

 

Hm.. I'm running HID's on my fogs and I never noticed a glare. I have noticed people who run 4300k (or above) on their fogs do glare when the road is wet but mine are yellow... My buddy and I swapped cars once and I didn't notice anything when he was driving behind me (in my car, it was raining) but its supposed to rain tomorrow, I'll have to test it out now cuz I'm curious.

 

Anyone have ideas of how to wire the my fogs up. They are just standard (non HIDs) 9006 bulbs. I was thinking of tapping the power from my parking lights cause I want them to come on with the first click of light switch. Will I get enough power? The bulbs say 12v which I assume be enough. Also can I ground to another ground wire?

Thanks in advance.

 

very nice!

 

you mean ls430. and yea theyre like spotlights

 

^ I have that pic in my laptop. Yeah ls430 is widest single beam projector. I was gonna do ls 430, but i did't. Because of size... I'm happpy w/ my AP1. and i'm currently running Micre DE w/3k hid for fog. I love them!!! I compared IS fogs,Blazer fogs and Micro DEs beam pattern output. Micro Des own them. Widest and evenly spread beam pattern. And i really don't notice any glare like changbanger mentioned.

 

Yup I got the 2 mixed up

I like the Hella Micro De also. I just wish they weren't 200 bucks.

 

Im sooooo happy I picked up a set of the DEs w/ wiring harness for $90 from Catera on HID-P about a year ago. Now if only Id get off my ass and install them

 

finally had a chance to take some pics of my set up. I will post some pics of it installed and night pics

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In for the pics!

 

Here it is installed. I try to get some night shot also.

 

looks good

 

Any night shots?

 

Sorry I forgot to take some. Ill take some tomorrow night and have them posted on Saturday. The output is good and sharp, I'm using a 9006k bulb.

 

night shots?

 

Agreed.

HID's are not meant to be ran in reflector housings. No different than the ricers who are out there blinding people with their smurf lights. HID's belong in projectors ONLY. A company name Morimoto makes a small micro set of projectors called "Matchbox's" and would make an excellent candidate for your application.

 

Actually you mean HID's don't belong in cars that do not have them as orignal equipment, remember the CL headlights use reflectors for the HID's but yeah all the dudes putting HID's in regular halogen based housings should be shot because they blind the shit out of people.

 

Even 2G CL/TL do a very poor job at effectively creating a cutoff. And this goes for other vehicles with reflector based HIDs such as the Navigator, Mark 8, QX4 , etc... The use of a D2R, rather than a D2S, in these housing was such a lame attempt at improving light it's rediculous. If you ask me, taking a standard D2S bulb and covering half of it up, renaming the bulb and saying you've made improvements in light is just funny. That's exactly why I have projector retrofits in 2 of my 3 Acura's. Nothing tops a projector with HIDs IMO.

 

Agreed. I did a retrofit over 2 years ago, Im never going back to reflector based lighting.

 

Correction needed here. It is not the consumer who installs these kits in halogen housing that should be punished for their actions. Rather, the blame should be put on the seller of these kits. I, for one, didn't know that installing a HID kit in the halogen housing would blind the oncoming driver. I had to find out after installation with numerous drivers flashing their high beams.

When asked afterwards, the seller said that the HID retrofit bulb was made to project like a halogen's light pattern. But when I insisted that this quick HID retrofit was blinding the opposing traffic, he then mentioned to install a projector system to cure the ill.

But by then, I've blown away $170 for the initial HID kit & have to spend another $200 to get the projection system. It was never mentioned that a HID kit in a halogen based headlight system would blind the oncoming traffic in their website. Nor, did he say anything when I gave him my halogen bulb number to ask for an equivalent HID retrofit. This, to me, is unscrupulous business practice.

Rather than buying the projection system and spend more with these guys, I just have my headlamps re-aimed by my mechanic.

 

Are these HID projectors? If so, can you furnish the part number & where you got them?

Do you have to do a lot of cutting on the metal frame & the bumper for this installation?

I'm still debating if I want to go w/ 03-05 Accord fog lights or HID projector system for the fog light cavity.