Looking For the Brightest Possible LED Fog Light to Fit in Stock Housing

[Justinj360]

I just remembered I also bent that metal piece inside the fog light housing up out of the way and then flattened it out as much as I could. I think that helps some too.

 

[05Single]

I just remembered I also bent that metal piece inside the fog light housing up out of the way and then flattened it out as much as I could. I think that helps some too.

Gotta do he same for hids. Just a bit too long
I actually baked mine and removed the guard. Worth the time and effort.

 

[treehan77]

They were simple plug and play. They come with a couple of extra wiring harnesses for certain cars but they weren't needed for mine. Just the plug in ballast was needed with the bulb.

Is there no need for relays? HIDs in my other car needed a relay or risk burning stuff up. Do they LEDs not use much power is why?

 

[Justinj360]

Is there no need for relays? HIDs in my other car needed a relay or risk burning stuff up. Do they LEDs not use much power is why?

I'm no expert but I think they use a good amount of power as they are 60W. They came with ballasts, "ECM Capacitors" and "Polarity flip adapters". I tried both of the two extra ones separately and the lights wouldn't turn on. I haven't seen anything about a relay for these but I know what you're talking about with HID relays.

 

[treehan77]

Where did you mount the ballasts?

 

[Justinj360]

Where did you mount the ballasts?

I ziptied them to the bumper bracket above the housing. I placed the zipties over the wires coming off each side of the ballast so they wouldn't melt. I'm sure they get pretty hot.

 

[Martinjmpr]

So what i did was used a Ebay 6in cree LED light bar, My factory fog light housing was already busted missing the lens. I popped out the little bulb shield inside of it and used a longer bolt on the LED mount and mounted it to where the bulb would hook up to the back side of fog light housing. pretty simple, clean look and you can just splice LED lights into factory fog light wiring and don't have to worry about running any wires.

I just did this mod this weekend and it turned out great! Probably the best $25 modification I've ever made. These lights are BRIGHT! Here's a shot with the fogs ONLY, no headlights at all:



From the front:




So thanks again for posting this, it was a big help since my factory fogs were toast anyway.

 

[mooman]

I don't want to be that guy, but man, those fogs need an adjustment. they are aimed way to high.....

I just did this mod this weekend and it turned out great! Probably the best $25 modification I've ever made. These lights are BRIGHT! Here's a shot with the fogs ONLY, no headlights at all:



From the front:




So thanks again for posting this, it was a big help since my factory fogs were toast anyway.