Removing Fog Lamp Bulbs and replacing with HIDs... PITA?

[domin8]

Sorry for thread jacking. Hopefully this helps:

 

[freyguy]

Pretty easy bulb to remove. Just take off the front portion of the inner-fender, and pull back enough to get hand in there. Then you can just push the tabs on both sides of the bulb, and it pulls right out. Plenty of room to stick a ballast down there if you have double sided tape.

I went with a 25W Ballast, and 25W Bulb. There’s a few companies out there that sell the combo. Some sell a makeshift 5202 kit that requires silicone and what not. I’d steer clear from them. I purchased from a supporting vendor here, but I’m waiting for them to fix some issues with their H11 kit. I’ll see how they handle this before I recommend or bad-mouth.

 

[THE YETI]

Thanks Brian, exactly the info I was looking for. So Push and pulls out. Copy that!

 

[felixgun]

Pretty easy bulb to remove. Just take off the front portion of the inner-fender, and pull back enough to get hand in there. Then you can just push the tabs on both sides of the bulb, and it pulls right out. Plenty of room to stick a ballast down there if you have double sided tape.

I went with a 25W Ballast, and 25W Bulb. There’s a few companies out there that sell the combo. Some sell a makeshift 5202 kit that requires silicone and what not. I’d steer clear from them. I purchased from a supporting vendor here, but I’m waiting for them to fix some issues with their H11 kit. I’ll see how they handle this before I recommend or bad-mouth.

Really? It was a ***** to get my bulbs out. I didn't pop the whole housing out though like some people did. I just got on my back and looked up and pulled the bulbs out. Mine were just a ***** to get out for some reason...

 

[THE YETI]

the first set i did was like that Felix... which is why I was looking for a simpler solution. I dont want to remove the entire housing, but I will if need be.

 

[Baker1k]

We have hid's in our fogs and have not had any melting issues and have them on all the time, and my cobra has had them for 3years now and they are on everytime I drive it. Halogens put off more heat so I could see where they would melt them. Hid's were in the Yukon when we got it so sorry I can not help ya on that lol I may take a look tomorrow and post it up.

 

[carbon//m3]

It's very simple, i just did mine on my z71 Suburban, push the taps and pull out no need to take out the fender liner or anything if you go underneath there is a lot of room for access down there. if you want some pics of where i mounted my ballast pm me i will snap some for you.

 

[THE YETI]

appreciated David. I am good with everything except getting those stupid plugs out! LOL Much appreciated, again.

 

[carbon//m3]

appreciated David. I am good with everything except getting those stupid plugs out! LOL Much appreciated, again.

No problem!