Lokius

Today I spent the late evening installing the Hoen xenonmatch fog lights I purchased directly through their website around a week ago. I dont know when they arrived, my sister brought a box to me , and said someone had put this little box from Hoen under the christmas tree, go figure. They were probably sitting there for a couple days at least. Anyways I took before and after pictures, and I'm still unsure weather or not they match my HID's enough, I may return them, please post your opinion about them. They cost me $34.

Here is a shot of my car with the stock fog lights on...


Here is a close up of the stock fog lights...


Here is a shot of the Hoen fog lights in their case...


This is a shot of the car with Hoen xenonmatch fog lights...


Here is a close up of the Hoen xenonmatch fog lights...


Another shot of the Hoen xenonmatch fog lights...


Hope this helps people interested in these lights make a better decision, leave some points if you are feeling it, and please comment on weather or not you think I should go grab a more HID looking bulb for my car. Thanks for looking

cM3go

Nice pics! Its hard to find any bulb that will look EXACTLY like the HID color, but I think these def come really close! I think it looks good, how's the light output on the road? better or worse than OEM?

shimbo519

do you mean high beams?

DaT1PiNoYduDe

hey Lokius, where did you purchase the bulbs? Thanks

J RIDE 81

I'm being completely honest, I can't tell the difference. Maybe I'm going blind.

MADCAT

Yeh, your going blind. There is a big diff. But much better then the stock.
Are there ones for the 99 TL? These blubs look wicked!

cM3go

those are fogs, our headlights are bi-xenon, so the HIDs high and low are 1 bulb

cvajs

i dont know why everyone wants daylight fog lamps.

fog lamps in the yellow spectrum work best as a fog lamp. many tests out there that show human eyes are more sensitive to yellow light.

for example, if a rabbit darts the road, you're more likely to register that movement in the brain faster with yellow light as opposed to "daylight" lamps. this is one reason why many construction workers prefer yellow lenses on their protective eyewear (yellow lenses give better clarity of objects, tools, etc).

and of course, to compare, the bulbs need to be same lumen output (may not be same wattage).

but then again, everyone has their preferences.

automata

To each his own but IMO you should let the HID's be HID's and the fogs be fogs.

Lokius

The light output is a bit better than OEM, and the lights look a little closer to the HIDS in person then they do in the pictures, still not identical at all. I think I am going to return these bulbs, and just get a set of hyper yellow fog lights, I dont think PIAA's would be much closer to the HID's than these Hoen's and they are just too damn expensive, this mod wasnt worth $36, I'm just gonna by some super yellow fog lights and call it a day I will post pictures when I have the new ones installed, if anyone wants to grab these Hoen's, PM me, or I will just return them..

Oh and DaT1PiNoYduDe I purchased these lights through http://www.hoen-usa.com

92NSX

j ride and cvajs said exactly what I was thinking also.

Lokius

there is a signifigant difference, not worth almost $40 worth, are these Hoen's a better match then the silverstars anyone?? ANyone with pictures please post them, I have searched far and wide, and their are no images of the silverstars installed on a TL that I can find!

92NSX

so since they have been installed and used are you going to try and get a refund or just take the lose?

Twenties

looks better than the ugly stocks. but not close to HID fogs. still prob worth the low cost.

NOX 3.2

hoen are less yellow, but not blue enough for a match...
as you said, real yellow lights may give you better fog visibility.

ayethetiense

i LOVE my yellow fogs. had a thread somewhere about em awhile back. the yellow looks sooo much better and people don't mistake them for my high beams....

couple things.... i don't think we have bi-xenons. actually, im pretty sure we don't. its just a flap that opens up when we hit the high beams....

and to those that can't tell the difference, its so slight that i couldnt catch it the first time myself.

as a note... it is really hard to catch the actual color that the fog puts out. i had a difficult time trying to show people the actual yellow color.

DEI99662

Looks good.

datplayaz

There's a lil bit of a diffrence, but I dont think it matches the headlights.

mio

Normal bulbs will never match HID Bulbs~

jobes

I tried these on for size and I really like the look and output.

MAX Gold Xenon 9006 55w from http://www.midnightmoose.com/9006colored.htm#

VTEC=happiness

If you are gonna yellows, I would get the Nokya yellow bulbs like I have. I tried the PIIA yellows and the Raybrig yellows and they just didn't stand out too much. The Nokya yellows have a high wattage output while using only 3-5 watts more power than the stock bulbs, so the wiring harness is still safe. Also, much like the Hoens you tried, the Nokyas throw off a whole lot more light toward teh ground and off to the side a bit, which makes it a lot easier to see in especially dark areas

VelfarreClubber

I don't know about you guys, but i love how this looks

92NSX

Yes, yes yes

EZQ831

The best bulbs you can find, to match your HID's for the fog lamps are Raybrig White Sonic but they run around about $75.00, the good thing about raybrig is that they use the same wattage as stock, but produce a brigther beam, other brands us more watts, which can cause your wires to fry.

Lokius

Where do you recommend purchasing those Raybrig White Sonic's, and do you have any pictures of these lights installed, so i can get an idea of how close they are to the HID's.. Thanks ahead of time!

MOMOTL

I agree with you in this picture. The light looks great!!! Our TL lights definetely don't look anything close to the picture. The TL in the picture has a blue hue to the HID lights. Ours would look like this the first 2-3 seconds when we turn on our HID lights!!! But turns White after that!!!

92NSX

Did I miss it or does anybody know how we can get that look?

Lokius

Honestly, I think acura did some photoshop work in that photograph, the HID blue hue is blending into the fog light's position, doesnt look real to me. However if we were able to get our lights to look like that, then that would be a pretty good thing.

I posted awhile back about a company that a company that changed the HID's to be a bit bluer... Heres are the pics...














http://www.japanjdm.com/

VelfarreClubber

Whoa those pics look identical to the acura pic i posted. Looks nice! but now we just need to find some fog bulb to do that.

Lokius

The fog light bulb they are selling, and pictured above does just that, however next to our standard HID's, it would look a little too blue..

Haha I sorta feel like the Goldie Locks of the HID world, too blue, too yellow, when will I find just right 8,000k is pretty nice, if the money pops up, I may just jump on that mod, we just bought a 2001 740i, and it has an aftermarket angel eye kit... Lights look great and it's something I would love to carry over to the TL, just around the HID's of course haha

EZQ831

Try going to spwusa.com and find a local dealer in your area. They have some pictures.

PTN

i have a 5000K HID Fog kit in my 2K Maxima and the light output is slightly bluish. this would be a nice compliment to the TL's HID's i think. i got them from umnitza. i don't know about availability of 9006 kit though.

also, the PIAA xteme white plus bulbs come with a colored blue tip which does not affect the light output but does reflect in the light housing somewhat to give the housing a slight bluish tint when the lights are off. you can check out "xtremely automotive" for these or for Raybrigs or Polargs for that matter. i have ordered there.

Lokius

Very suprisingly, the past week I have noticed the fog lights are getting closer and closer to matching the standard OEM's, I took a picture last night and I believe I captured the change. Hopefully you guys can tell the difference or maybe I am imaginig things. I use the fogs always with the HID's now and I think I burned them in or something hehe...

Crazy88

I agree VERY little difference....looks nothing like HID

PTN

[QUOTE=Lokius]Very suprisingly, the past week I have noticed the fog lights are getting closer and closer to matching the standard OEM's, I took a picture last night and I believe I captured the change. Hopefully you guys can tell the difference or maybe I am imaginig things. I use the fogs always with the HID's now and I think I burned them in or something hehe...

you should contact the manufacturer and ask if this is the way they are suppose to work, as far as the light color becomming whiter over time and post the answer. it would be good to know if this is the way they are designed. you would think they would list something like that to let people know to give it time to come to the intended color. this would help those of us still on the fence with choosing a bulb. thanks for the pics. they sure look very white now.

da808n

I agree

PTN

what's wrong with having HID fogs?

ed99

Wow those 8000k HID bulbs makes the light housing "GLOW"!!!!!


It looks very nice!!!!