9aristo

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Anyone tried these?

http://mtqinc.com/nokyausa/led_access/fog/fog.php

Was told it would fit the IS-F...

lobuxracer

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Doesn't look the it fits the IS-F. The housing for the Prius is the same part number as the IS250/350, so it should fit those models.

9aristo

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Meh. That kit is way overpriced. I decided to plop the money on some Ford fusion fog lights, then retrofitting them into the isf fog light. Halfway done. The output is pretty amazing for 1.75" projectors. Here's a teaser pic:

lobuxracer

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Overpriced depends entirely on what your time is worth. Retrofitting anything is a labor of love, and when something happens to your installation (hit a curb, road debris, accident), you're back to square one with another retrofitting project. Plug and play is hard to beat - unfortunately, these fogs are not plug and play, but there are Toyota LED fogs that do fit and are plug and play. It would not be worth my time to save even $200 on the lights if I had to fabricate the installation myself when I can just buy an OEM LED unit, plug it in, and go.

9aristo

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I see what you mean. Unfortunately for me, I wanted to maximize the lighting I can get, and the oem led kit didn't seem like a candidate (unless it housed leds from the LS or BMW or Audi with the purpose of being headlights).

I wanted to house a xenon kit without blinding people...

DCoolBeans

Projector fogs are the way to go!

9aristo

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all done, everything is sealed up and beams are all aligned. kinda sucks that the fogs seem better than the low beams...

waiting for my 3000k H11 bulbs to ship from retrofit source. i'll pair those up with the OEM 4300k low beams I have laying around.

until then, these are 5000k low beams and 6000k h11 fogs:

yjk1975

That's just too bright.

9aristo

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at 2 feet from the wall, sure. as long as it's not glaring upwards into other driver's vision, i'm happy.

also crappy cell phone pics don't really do the out put justice.

this is probably a better picture (not by much) lol

Boma

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I like it! How much did they whole project cost? What did you have to do to have them retrofitted?

9aristo

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The projectors run at $150 total for a pair at a Ford dealer. You can probably get them cheaper in amazon/ebay.

I baked my fog lights to remove the lenses, but in the end it was unnecessary - since I decided to cut off the back end, remove the reflectors, and inserted the projectors that way.

I couldn't swiftly come up with a way to keep the old leveling mechanism or integrate the new one, so I just aimed the projectors and jb welded to whole thing as one piece. Took about 6 hours in the end, but if I had to do it again, it can be done much faster.

9aristo

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Bulbs came in:

Pqbrown

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Nice job, I've been wanting to retro fit some morimoto mini projectors in for a while, just wasn't sure the housing of the foglight would accommodate them. How much modification did you have to do?

9aristo

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you're probably better off with the Morimoto Matchboxes here:

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/com...l#.UwnWw_ldXMo

I wanted the Morimoto Minis as well, but they are meant to be housed in a sealed housing. I went with the ford fusion projectors because they are already sealed from the elements (dirt, moisture, etc).

No projector will fit in the fog lights for the IS-F. I just sawed off the back end of the stock fog light housing with my dremel tool, and placed the ford fusion projectors in, then jb welded the whole thing after ensuring it was aimed right.

diablo2184

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nice job man.