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HID's in the fog lamps? Too hot or not?

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Old 03-11-10, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted by y1a2s3h4
what exactly could go wrong? and how do i fix/prevent this?
you will melt your oem wiring harness, and thats a no-no, buy an external harness for your HIDs and hook it directly to your battery
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Anybody have pics of what HID's look like in the fogs?
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mine are just fine!!!
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Originally Posted by biggieTX
Anybody have pics of what HID's look like in the fogs?
Old 03-11-10, 08:02 PM
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Glare isn't that bad in real life. I have my headlights aimed really low.
Old 03-11-10, 08:22 PM
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stay with a 35w setup... ull be a okay.
Old 03-11-10, 09:50 PM
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I might have to add this to my fogs
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I'm running 35 watt HIDs in the fogs. You can clearly see that it is sufficient.
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Well, thanks for everyone's input.

So I ended up putting some 35w 5000K in my fogs.

Clean look.

Got the 6000K up top, 5000K on the bottom, and LEDs in the middle.

It's all good now.

One thing though... I have the japanese made O-nex in on top and the chinese made Xentec on the bottom.

I've come to the conclusion that HID's are HID's.

I'm sure if you buy the german made with the phillip bulbs there's a difference, but for now, I really can't tell japan from china.

Anyways, don't waste your money on HIDs. That's my two cents (if anyone cares).
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Originally Posted by y1a2s3h4
what exactly could go wrong? and how do i fix/prevent this?
Originally Posted by tonysgs300
mine are just fine!!!
Originally Posted by GS3mike
you will melt your oem wiring harness, and thats a no-no, buy an external harness for your HIDs and hook it directly to your battery
as mike says u guys u can melt your oem wiring and SAM just cause your fine right now DOESNT mean you will stay that way

Originally Posted by biggieTX
Anybody have pics of what HID's look like in the fogs?
yes, have you tried searching?


heres a few of mine....mine look so green as they havent warmed up yet and yes i know i need to adjust my headlight



THIS IS AFTER WARMUP



AND this pic is like 2 years old when i had put my HIDS fogs in but not changed my city lights yet



Originally Posted by TopRamen
Anyways, don't waste your money on HIDs. That's my two cents (if anyone cares).
i didnt, i took them from my last lexus i had but i will tell you what. the difference with my fogs on and my fogs off (with my HIDS) is really noticeable. so i say they ARE worth it

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Old 03-12-10, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by TopRamen
Well, thanks for everyone's input.

So I ended up putting some 35w 5000K in my fogs.

Clean look.

Got the 6000K up top, 5000K on the bottom, and LEDs in the middle.

It's all good now.

One thing though... I have the japanese made O-nex in on top and the chinese made Xentec on the bottom.

I've come to the conclusion that HID's are HID's.

I'm sure if you buy the german made with the phillip bulbs there's a difference, but for now, I really can't tell japan from china.

Anyways, don't waste your money on HIDs. That's my two cents (if anyone cares).
:werd: ive had 3 of the ebay HID kits. the last kit i bought for my gs300 was $28 shipped. never had any trouble with any of these kits.
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Originally Posted by shvc1991


Glare isn't that bad in real life. I have my headlights aimed really low.
What did you put in your driving lights? Those look pretty white and clean?
Old 03-12-10, 08:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Kyle Harty
Did you change out the yellow lenses on the fogs?
Old 03-12-10, 09:59 PM
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Originally Posted by biggieTX
What did you put in your driving lights? Those look pretty white and clean?
I'm assuming you mean the headlights and fogs? For those I used the HID conversion kits from HIDExtra who is actually a vendor here on the forum. I have their 5000K kit for my high beams, low beams, and fogs.

For the parking/city lights, I just put in some cheapo 1 SMT LED that I found at a trucker's rest stop shop. Haha.

They're really not as bright as the picture makes them out to be, and they are supposed to be white, but are actually more like a blue. They would match 6000K perfectly.

In the daytime, though, they are just a small speck of light in the high beam housing. You can hardly tell they're on until night time.
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Originally Posted by GS3mike
you will melt your oem wiring harness, and thats a no-no, buy an external harness for your HIDs and hook it directly to your battery
I would have to disagree. 35watt vs. 55 watt only produces about 1.5 amps of current draw more. At idle thats about 4-4.5 amps, still way less than a 55 watt halohen which at 12 VDC is about 6 amps of current. I own a compnay called HID Mobile here in Houston, we do 55 watt kits in all kinds of stuff, no problems.....


heres my pic



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