What do you all think of HID fog lights?
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What do you all think of HID fog lights?
I was thinking of upgrading our useless fog lights with an HID fog light kit. Let me know of what you think about this kit. If anyone has done anything with their fog lights let us know I'm looking for something thats useful.
http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Fog_Lights.htm
One more thing how do you post pictures on here?
I keep getting this script promt: Enter the text to be formatted. I just want to post you all a pic to see. Thanks for any help
http://www.brightheadlights-hid.com/Fog_Lights.htm
One more thing how do you post pictures on here?
I keep getting this script promt: Enter the text to be formatted. I just want to post you all a pic to see. Thanks for any help
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Would look cool, but probably melt the housings. Those roadlamps don't like heat very well and will melt with even more powerful bulbs.
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i had them put in like two months ago. word of advice get new housings or do what i did, i put them in they melted a hole on the top of the housing, then i epoxyed a piece of metal to cover the hole so water doenst get it, but lemme tell u them joints are bright as hell. good luck
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
I've had mine for a few months now, and it's perfectly fine. I love them. ![Big Grin](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Originally Posted by Pure Adrenaline
I've had mine for a few months now, and it's perfectly fine. I love them. ![Big Grin](https://acurazine.com/forums/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
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Originally Posted by mclarenf3387
Your car has actual fog lamps to begin with though. Plus your housings aren't plastic in the front, but glass.
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I put Hella xenon micro de foglights on but mounted them medial to the road lamps. They are wired to the parking lights and use the oem foglight switch. They look cool when they are on without the headlights. Also, they are almost bright enough to drive with.
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I have an 03 cl type s with the factory "road lamps." They automatically come on when the headlights are on and there is no switch to turn them off. What size and what kit is recommended for an HID coversion for this? I currently have 10000k in my headlight and would like to match them up, but the size of the road lamp buld has me way off on what to get.
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im sorry. i meant 2002. lol . I just had ordered the 10k from a guy i know. He is letting me try them out, and if they are too dim, he will switch for another K. He tells me, everyone like them, so maybe they will work ok, but I want matching HID's in the road lamps. Any ideas??????????
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Why ruin a perfectly good housing? Put in the PIAA bulbs (19224 I think is the part #) like most of us do. They are brighter than stock, the color matches the headlights (almost perfectly IMO), and they typicaly don't melt the housings. Why do you need to be any brighter if the color matches?
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Just to let you know, HID's do not get hot. They gas ignited in the bulbs. Regular bulbs use filaments they heat up. When you turn off HID's they go out right away, with regular bulbs they start to fade off.
Thats why there are ignitors and ballasts in HIDS.
So they will not melt fog light housing.
Thats why there are ignitors and ballasts in HIDS.
So they will not melt fog light housing.
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Originally Posted by UNCTYPE-S
^cause if you read slowly, you would see that he doesnt have stock HID's. he has 10k bulbs.
Sorry, I'm confused. I thought all of us 2nd Gen folks had HID's??
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Originally Posted by nismo
Just to let you know, HID's do not get hot. They gas ignited in the bulbs. Regular bulbs use filaments they heat up. When you turn off HID's they go out right away, with regular bulbs they start to fade off.
Thats why there are ignitors and ballasts in HIDS.
So they will not melt fog light housing.
Thats why there are ignitors and ballasts in HIDS.
So they will not melt fog light housing.
anyone else have any input?
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Originally Posted by chriskh
Ok, slowly, What.......... are.............. 10K......... head..... lights???
Sorry, I'm confused. I thought all of us 2nd Gen folks had HID's??
Sorry, I'm confused. I thought all of us 2nd Gen folks had HID's??
"k" is what brightness/color the bulb is rated at. The higher the number the more blue the light output is. correct me if im wrong stock lights (HID) are 5000k or 6000k. 10,ooo k is ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by o2cls
"k" is what brightness/color the bulb is rated at. The higher the number the more blue the light output is. correct me if im wrong stock lights (HID) are 5000k or 6000k. 10,ooo k is ridiculous.
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Originally Posted by cltypeSLOW
stock in all USDM cars with HID is 4100k-4300k.....its govt regulated
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Originally Posted by EddieC
I was thinking of upgrading our useless fog lights with an HID fog light kit. Let me know of what you think about this kit. ........Thanks for any help
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Originally Posted by car_lost
wtf... are you serious?
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How did you install them? Did you modify the xisting fog light housings or remove them totally? How much power draw do these new HID fogs need?
How did you install them? Did you modify the xisting fog light housings or remove them totally? How much power draw do these new HID fogs need?
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i got the bulbs alone off ebay. they cost me $190 shipped for all 4, we'll see how they hold up. well, im not sure how many watts the stock bulbs (for the tl-s foglights) are but im pretty sure these create less heat. i THINK the stock bulbs were 55 watts.
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Hello everyone i have a 2001 cl type S. Had it for about a year and im read y for some mods. But first i want to know how much and what parts i need for my fog lights to match the color of the headlights
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