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My HID fogs died so fast! so i got new ones

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Old 02-07-07, 09:59 PM
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Default My HID fogs died so fast! so i got new ones

3000k this time.. not 3400.. they actually are brighter than my old fogs..








Old 02-07-07, 10:03 PM
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man those are bright how long before they died?
Old 02-07-07, 10:07 PM
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maybe like. 11 months or so~
Old 02-07-07, 10:10 PM
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you should invest in OEM components, should last longer. none the less they look nice!!!
Old 02-07-07, 10:13 PM
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what brand HID are you using? MTEC? Xenon Depot?
Old 02-07-07, 10:15 PM
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Originally Posted by IS2Fizzle
what brand HID are you using? MTEC? Xenon Depot?
the lows are XD. the fogs are some cheap brand called Onex or something~ my old yellow fogs were kaixen
Old 02-07-07, 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by DonJuan45i
you should invest in OEM components, should last longer. none the less they look nice!!!
arent those like $1,000+ ?? i would never spend that much on foglights, unless they were like high tech xray vision stuff.. lol.. or like that one BMW video i saw where the navi showed the road ahead of it, but in like nightvision.. pretty wierd.
Old 02-07-07, 10:30 PM
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i'm about to put 3000k philips ultinon with hella ballasts into my GS4.

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Old 02-07-07, 10:34 PM
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im still deciding whether to go 8k or 3k in my fogs since i have 8k in my low beam.. they both look so nice.
Old 02-07-07, 10:58 PM
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hmmm. . 3000k HIDs are soo nice. . .
Old 02-07-07, 11:52 PM
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dang that sucks...

i'm running the xenondepot xtreme kit 6500k for headlights and foglights w/o any problems. been a year almost. *knock on wood*
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Most of the problems of it dying are the ballast.

I personally use the Matsu*****a (Infiniti G35) Ballast.

On the $1200+ OEM HID for the IS also uses the Matsu*****a as well. That's why i chose those ballast with rebased 9006 Philips bulbs.

My OEM kit cost about $240.00.
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very nice, I'm running 3000k too and I love them.
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crazzzzzzzzy nice
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Love the yellow fog light, blue HID look. Looks amazing.


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