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Old 03-17-13, 07:20 PM
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Default New fog light bulbs

For those of you not wanting to drop a lot of money on fog light hid kits, this is it. I picked these up from kbcarstuff.com and I have bought all my lights from them, great service! These are 5000k fog lights to match my 5000k hid headlights. Only cost $49.00 and I am very happy with them. They finally match!!! The part I ordered was 9006 / HB4 XenonDepot CREE LED Fog Light Bulbs
[Color:5000K]. The driver side was kind of difficult but the passenger side was easy, total time was 20-30 minutes. The first picture is stock fog light and the rest are the new bulbs.
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New bulbs, sorry have to load pics separate on the iPad.
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Front view of the car.
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thanks for all the replies.
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How does the output compare to the OEM fogs? I'm thinking about getting these.
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Almost the output as the OEM. But the color match is spot on!
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Nice, color matching on the fogs. I went for a more JDM look and got Putco Jet Yellow bulbs for my IS. My fog-lights took a bit longer since it was the first time I took the fender liner off my car on both sides, to make it easier to take the bulb out from the housing and the connector.

This pic wasn't the best I took (as it was out of focus on my iPhone 5), but it illustrates how yellow the fogs are (much better viewed in person). Very usable light in the fog with the 3000k output I've learned.
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I took pic with iPhone 5 also. In person they look very nice.
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Originally Posted by knguyenk
Nice, color matching on the fogs. I went for a more JDM look and got Putco Jet Yellow bulbs for my IS. My fog-lights took a bit longer since it was the first time I took the fender liner off my car on both sides, to make it easier to take the bulb out from the housing and the connector.

This pic wasn't the best I took (as it was out of focus on my iPhone 5), but it illustrates how yellow the fogs are (much better viewed in person). Very usable light in the fog with the 3000k output I've learned.
You don't really need to take off the bumper for changing fog light bulbs. I changed the lights by partially removing the fender liners and it took about 40 minutes for both. I also got the putco yellow bulbs and with XenonDepot 5000k bulbs, they look really nice.
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jbone29 - Thanks for taking the time to provide some feedback and posting pictures. The results look fantastic! They may not have the same brightness as an XenonDepot HID kit or Halogen bulbs for that matter but as you can see they are perfect for color matching!

Danny
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