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Old 02-23-10, 12:03 AM
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Default Any pre-95 retrofitted corner lamps?

**One light is finished!! Final product pictures posted**



Im sure most have you have noticed that I dont have the stock cornering lamps on my SC, but I have some projector fogs in place of them..well I recently found my stock cornering lamps and discovered that they could be retrofitted into the cornering housings fairly easily, and was wondering if anyone else has done a retrofit on them to make them actual fog lamps, not this faux-fog flubber...

Also is it possible to deline the inside of the cornering lamp lenses? Or is there not enough material to sand down?

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nobody has retrofitted the 92-94 cornering lamps?! Guess I will have to be the first.
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Currently my cornering lights have 9005 bulb sockets I retrofitted. However, I grew bored of the project and never finished wiring it up... haha. Its been about about a year since I started... really just needs to be wired up.
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I had though about just doing the bulb sockets, but the fog lights I have on my bumper now work excellent and I just ordered a 3000k set of HID's for them (yes they have a nice cut off) and would like to keep them in play, but prefer the stock look of the cornering lamps.

I guess I will pull out the dremel and start cutting and see how it turns out. Thanks for chiming in Phoenix..wire up your lights and post some pictures of how they turned out.
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Originally Posted by turbodremz
nobody has retrofitted the 92-94 cornering lamps?! Guess I will have to be the first.
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What kind of projector fogs are you using?
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the ones in this picture here:



not the best picture, but they have an excellent cut-off line, and from what I measured last night, they should fit the housings perfectly. Once I get started I will get some better pictures of them.
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i was thinknig about doing the same thing, where did you get your fogs from?

i think it could be delined pretty easly, i havent been able to try because the previous owner stripped on the screws holding it to the bumper
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where did you get the projectors? i can see this being an awesome DIY for us 92-94 guys


cause right now i have LED corner lamps modded to fogs and they look great when on with the LED city lamps together. but i would totally prefer HIDs
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I actually got them from ebay a couple years ago, but I havent seen the same ones since then. I ordered another set that I though were the same, but they didnt have a cutoff line, so I trashed them.

They are very similar to the Hella E13 projectors, and if you do a search on ebay you will see them.

I will get started on them this weekend if I get some time.
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alright man keep us posted. i'm interested in this

edit: okay, i searched ebay and it looks like there is a pretty wide variety of projectors to choose from. my question is, if I were to pick up some of these projectors, how would we wire them up to the car...especially since there is no factory headlight output clip like the low-beam headlights to plug HID's into...

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will do, and I will try and post up a DIY provided I dont do too much of a hack job on them
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Good job. I think it'll look even better with some kind of cover around it. Reminds me of a aftermarket fog project to look like oem on my legend.
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any ideas on wiring HID's to them?
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Originally Posted by KA8
Good job. I think it'll look even better with some kind of cover around it. Reminds me of a aftermarket fog project to look like oem on my legend.
Well they are going to be set inside and behind the factory turning lamp lenses/housings, so unless you look closely, you shouldnt be able to tell they are retrofitted.

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any ideas on wiring HID's to them?

Im just going to use a relay, and when my new shift bezel comes in, Im going to find a fog light switch from another vehicle to try and obtain the factory installed look on the inside.
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