Foglight HID Problem

[tx07tahoe]

What size bulb did you use? You should be using 5202's.

 

[nytahoe]

my 880 hid melted the housing but i put the 5202 bulb in and dont c any more damage

 

[Conor]

yup... should be getting my LED 5202 on tuesday,... ill try to get pictures up even though im sure people here have them already..

fast 55 got it down right,.. 25 watt or led is the way to go for round fogs.

Hey bro, if you can try to snap some pics when you get the LEDs installed that would be great. I am now considering changing my mind to go with an LED, but my primary concern is having them match my head lights.
Modded said that the LEDs didnt quite match his 6000K which is what I have. I am wondering if it would match better match if I do LED's in the fogs and change out my headlights to 7000K instead of 6K.
Any thoughts on that?

also, the bulbs that melted my housing was a 35 watt 5202.

 

[tx07tahoe]

also, the bulbs that melted my housing was a 35 watt 5202.

I thought you said that you didnt put them in correctly.

 

[Conor]

I thought you said that you didnt put them in correctly.

Correct. However, my drivers side light was installed correctly and it is still working, but it is pretty burnt inside. At first it turned yellow but them turned kind of a brownish yellow color inside the housing. I will try to get some pics up soon of how bad that one side got. I cant believe it didnt start a fire.

 

[r6acer]

ill get pics up as soon as i can. im definitely concerned to match them to the headlights...but it has alot to do what kind of led exactly. maybe if i have time on my hands ill do a led to hid and to stock comparison. pics coming soon.... promise.

 

[Fauxnali]

I had HID's in my truck when I got it and the stock housings were melted to a nasty looking blob in the back as said before I can't believe there wasn't a fire.
Went and installed some cheap fog lights from a local auto store that have actual glass lenses and no melting problem. It just involved building a custom mounting bracket in the back. It helps to have been a welder/fabricator by trade in the past. But i would say that as soon as you up the wattage you are going to create more heat and when I asked about new stock housings at the local GM dealer his first question was "what did you melt the other ones?". His comment was that as soon as you go with a higher wattage with the stock housings you will melt them. He has the fog light sales to prove it at $148.00 a pop.

 

[AV2TA]

Darn, I wished I did a little more research before I purchased the HIDs for fogs. I changed the lows and DRLs this weekend- very happy. I also tested the fog HIDs; it was blazing hot and so I didn’t complete the install. Oh well, I guess I’ll use the ballast for the motorcycle.

I will have to wait until later the year to change the fogs to LEDs; I’ve been spending too much money accessorizing the Hoe, Beamer and motorcycle- the wife is close to the breaking point.

 

[YFZRider69]

Hi, I was wondering if this is also a problem with the '05 models. I just got my hid's today and installed them in the headlights and I want to get the fog lights to match but I don't want to melt my housings.

 

[tx07tahoe]

I have no idea. You might want to try searching in the 2000-06 model section.