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Old 09-29-2010, 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by nate_0022
Just giving an idea of how much I paid for my retrofit. $300 for the labor, projectors, 3000K HID kit, wire harness.

I bought the hid kit,projectors, ballasts and 6k bulbs for $100. So I am guessing he charged $200 for labor. I am thinking about $150 labor and will post up pictures when I am completed with mine. I also may do a flat rate $340 which will include fogs,harness,bulbs,ballasts and work.
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Lets see them !
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I am looking for a good chrome shroud for the blazer fogs, I just want a small chrome ring but I cant find anything the right size. Anyone have any ideas?
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The ones I bought come with chrome bezels
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Which fog lights did you buy.
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blazer fog light projectors. I also bought a set of smoked accord fogs with glass cover. I will get to it once they come in.
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What kind of bulbs does the blazer use?
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interested to see how this progresses
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H3 I believe. You will have to cut the wire to your stock bulbs and splice into the H3 since it will be difference connectors.
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
H3 I believe. You will have to cut the wire to your stock bulbs and splice into the H3 since it will be difference connectors.
What I did was... Cut off the H3 Pigtails on my HIDs then swapped them for H11 pigtails. That way I was able to use the OEM Accord Fog Wire-Harness.
I figured it was a better choice then to replace the connector.
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Blazer Foglights use 894 bulbs but you can modify D2S bulbs to work I have read on hidplanet. Also if you hook up a HID kit which you should! that will plug into the stock harness at least mine from DDM did.
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this mod is sweet.....ill have to do this sometime in the spring!!
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im waiting on the output pics.. I was thinking about this for awhile but wanted to do it with TL projectors. post up night shots when everything is done.
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can't wait to see the final result!!
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Blazer projectors are the best fit for the accord fogs because they are smaller. TL projectors are much larger and will not fit as they are 3" lens and much larger body, but may fit the 07-08. I will post up pics when I am complete although I already have it sold and people asking me to do it for them. This may be the next most popular mod right behind the headlights and tail lights
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I just ordered another set of accord fogs to do this on I dont want to cut into my OEM accord foglights. Ack do you have lexan to create new lenses?
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you need the lexan glass anyway, both of my fogs have cracked.

Roger, you can get Lexan glass for around $5.00. @home depot
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LExan is plastic but I'm sure that's what you ment. My OEM accord fogs ($220) came with plastic lenses stock
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Accord fogs curve, which will be a huge pain for replace the glass.
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
Accord fogs curve, which will be a huge pain for replace the glass.
True but all of the retros I have read about the lens is removed from the accord foglight by force you cannot salvage it. Hidillusionz is a company that offers the retro service now and they just replace the lens with a flat piece of Lexan plastic.

http://hidillusionz.blogspot.com/200...-foglight.html

See you can tell its flat here

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What is up with that fur?
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What is up with that fur?
It's from this.
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I don't think Roger wants you posting pictures of him
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I need this done!!!!
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so whos providing service here?!
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I got the fog lights in as well as projectors. I will post up pictures for when I am done and then they will be produced for sale. I am going to cut them from the back so that the glass/lens is untouched and still waterproof.
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
I got the fog lights in as well as projectors. I will post up pictures for when I am done and then they will be produced for sale. I am going to cut them from the back so that the glass/lens is untouched and still waterproof.
Thats what I thought too but its gonna be hard to black out the chrome with the lens still inside.
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So you did you take the lens off? Did you have to saw it off or does it come off?
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Man this is interesting, i would like to get this done but i think the blazer projector would be too small for my fogs since i have the 07-08 fogs. Any other ideas as far as a bigger projector to use? and if i already have an hid kit that fits the 07-08 fogs, can i still use the same hid bulbs or would i have to get a different set?
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Originally Posted by AckTL05
So you did you take the lens off? Did you have to saw it off or does it come off?
I haven't done the retro yet I'm just relaying information I've gathered from reading around other forums. Still waiting on my spare set of accord foglights actually.
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Its done!!!
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Cool! need more pics!
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Lookin good, Ack. Cant wait for pics with it lit up.
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Looks good. Just installed the same retros 2 weeks back and it's amazing!! I still have to play with alignment a bit since my bumper is different but the cutoff and retarded glare is all eliminated. Looks very proper now.
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Did you make them? Post up some pictures!!

I was thinking about installing these on my car first, or selling them. If people are interested I can add halos in them. I am going to make these $340 plus shipping. It will come with the fogs, projectors, wiring and the work. It really is a pain to get these made right, it took me about 4 hours just for the one posted above. These are really going to look nice and actually make the fog lights useful.
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AckTL05 can you a picture of the rear of the fog light. I am curious how you secured it together.
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I didn't secure it yet. I literally just finished cutting them and making sure they fit perfect. I just need to get it secure and they are ready to go.
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nice job ack, now you should look into doing some for us who have the 07-08 fog lights.
i know biggers projectors would be needed since the fogs are bigger on the 07-08 fogs.
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I'm sure you could use the some projectors.


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