Anyone have problems with HID fogs?
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From: Ringoes/Flemington, New Jersey
I tried HIDs in my fogs and they were just silly (LT trans am though). I put silverstars in them to give them a good look and put BLS in my headlights... I now know what to do from now on with any of my cars lol. Projector conversion HIDs in the headlights and silverstars in the fogs. 
Haven't tried LEDs yet but I heard they look good in fogs.
Haven't tried LEDs yet but I heard they look good in fogs. 
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From: White Bear, Mn
I have HIDs in my DD fogs, and they appear to run cooler than the halogen bulbs (both 35w). After the HIDs are running for a few minutes, the lense is much cooler to the touch than halogens. Maybe 55w HIDs melt housing designed for 35w halogens (or whatever fbody stock fogs are)?
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What you are looking for there is the Navigator NV-362W "driving" lights, they aren't really a fog light as the beam spread pattern is so different but they are the right size and easy enough to make fit and they are glass and metal instead of plastic, but you won't find HID's to fit them because of how shallow the 362's are and the type of bulb they use.
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Anyone know if LEDs in fog housings will create glare? I read they dont produce nearly as much light, but cant find any pics of that.
here are some points of reference, the driver side fog is a 6000k HID in both pics, in the picture with the file name 4 the passenger is the stock halogen and picture with the file name 3 has a "6000k" LED cheapo Chinese piece of crap that looks like the ones in the third picture.
I melted a set of fog lights with my 35w HIDs, I have since switched to LT style fog lights but have just been running halogen bulbs. The issue I had was that the HID bulbs seemed to touch the lens on the housing when they were installed, which would cause the extra heat.
I would like to find a nice set of LED bulbs to throw in my fogs for the HID look, since there is zero light output from the fogs with either halogen or HIDs.
I would like to find a nice set of LED bulbs to throw in my fogs for the HID look, since there is zero light output from the fogs with either halogen or HIDs.
here are some points of reference, the driver side fog is a 6000k HID in both pics, in the picture with the file name 4 the passenger is the stock halogen and picture with the file name 3 has a "6000k" LED cheapo Chinese piece of crap that looks like the ones in the third picture.
The LED fogs dont look so bad. Im sure they wont be useful at all but hopefully i wont need the fogs with the BLS kit. Theyll be just for looks
Thanks
I cant believe i missed that. Those were the pics that convinced me not to buy the HIDs on the fogs. WAY more glare than i imagined.
The LED fogs dont look so bad. Im sure they wont be useful at all but hopefully i wont need the fogs with the BLS kit. Theyll be just for looks
Thanks
The LED fogs dont look so bad. Im sure they wont be useful at all but hopefully i wont need the fogs with the BLS kit. Theyll be just for looks
Thanks
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I cant believe i missed that. Those were the pics that convinced me not to buy the HIDs on the fogs. WAY more glare than i imagined.
The LED fogs dont look so bad. Im sure they wont be useful at all but hopefully i wont need the fogs with the BLS kit. Theyll be just for looks
Thanks
The LED fogs dont look so bad. Im sure they wont be useful at all but hopefully i wont need the fogs with the BLS kit. Theyll be just for looks
Thanks
Do you get any glare with those? Or do you have any pics by any chance?
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From: Eastern MA
Those Cree LED still have the hotspot in the wrong place and some still have multiple LED which means multiple hot spots in the wrong places. You may find them brighter to your eyes but since the hot spot is in the wrong place the light isn't properly controlled and not going where it is supposed to. Which means incorrect beam and increased glare.
Obviously you missed the part where I said the roadway gets lit up when I turn on the LED's with the HID headlights on, so they are casting bright useable light on the road not creating glare. When I say they are brighter that doesn't mean when I look at the lit up foglight housing.
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I didn't miss anything. You can believe what you want. You can't alter physics.
Park aimed at wall 20+ft showing before and after Halogen vs LED.
You will see a proper hotspot and controlled pattern with Halogen.
LED will may be brighter, but the hotspot will be missing and the beam will be altered.
Park aimed at wall 20+ft showing before and after Halogen vs LED.
You will see a proper hotspot and controlled pattern with Halogen.
LED will may be brighter, but the hotspot will be missing and the beam will be altered.
Well i went ahead and ordered 880-WHP9 bulbs from super bright leds dot com. Theyre only like 11 bucks so ill try them and out and ill see if they dont have bad glare. I just want the rest of the car to match the BLS kit with as little glare as possible.
On a side note i also got 3156-xLX3-DI for the reverse lights. and a cheap ebay led strip for the license plate light. Ill post before and after pics when i get them.
On a side note i also got 3156-xLX3-DI for the reverse lights. and a cheap ebay led strip for the license plate light. Ill post before and after pics when i get them.
I didn't miss anything. You can believe what you want. You can't alter physics.
Park aimed at wall 20+ft showing before and after Halogen vs LED.
You will see a proper hotspot and controlled pattern with Halogen.
LED will may be brighter, but the hotspot will be missing and the beam will be altered.
Park aimed at wall 20+ft showing before and after Halogen vs LED.
You will see a proper hotspot and controlled pattern with Halogen.
LED will may be brighter, but the hotspot will be missing and the beam will be altered.
I think your Buick has projector fogs so that will mitigate any issues due to the cutoff shield inside. Reflector housings don't have that.