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Old Sep 12, 2004, 06:06 AM
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Easy & Cheap Foglamp Bulb Upgrade

In case you haven't noticed, the fog lamps are plain-jane halogen bulbs that look weak and yellow next to your bright, white HID headlamps. Why did they do this?

I went here: http://www.intakeone.com/Light_bulbs...cticBulbs.html , and bought (~$30) the H11 12v100w Nokya Artic White lamps. The swap took about 5 minutes, and now my fog lamps look great, giving the same bright white as the headlamps. Also, the fog lamps are now brighter and probably more useful.
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Originally Posted by Ted B
In case you haven't noticed, the fog lamps are plain-jane halogen bulbs that look weak and yellow next to your bright, white HID headlamps. Why did they do this?

I went here: http://www.intakeone.com/Light_bulbs...cticBulbs.html , and bought (~$30) the H11 12v100w Nokya Artic White lamps. The swap took about 5 minutes, and now my fog lamps look great, giving the same bright white as the headlamps. Also, the fog lamps are now brighter and probably more useful.
Let us know how long it will last. Usually those bulbs dont last long at all. B/c they're junk. My friend went through so many of them in a short period time. (NO, he didnt touch the bulb)
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Originally Posted by JaguarS4R
Let us know how long it will last. Usually those bulbs dont last long at all. B/c they're junk. My friend went through so many of them in a short period time. (NO, he didnt touch the bulb)
I can also vouch for this. My other beater car has a variant of these bulbs. I must have gone through a pair every 6 months.
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H7 55w

I believe these are the standard Fog light bulbs? H7 55W
yeah the H11 100w are brighter but you're not achieveing anything, with foglights that bright, you may as well just drive around with your main beams on in the fog, cause it will create the same amount of light output, which results in too much light to effectively see with. It creates too much glare back, I would keep with the same wattage if I were you.
There is also a good chance you could cause problems with your system wires running too hot, and blow fuses also not to mention the bulb life will be shorter.

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Old Sep 12, 2004, 07:11 PM
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i'm still waiting to get some eurolites, I remember Diesel saying they were great, thanks for the heads up though.
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We'll see how they hold up, but since I infrequently use the fog lights, I'm not overly concerned. I just felt it a nice touch to have matching white lighting instead of 'ol yeller'.
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i'm still waiting to get some eurolites, I remember Diesel saying they were great, thanks for the heads up though.
Eurolites were the ones I got over and over and kept burning out. Then I went and bought some off-brand ones at a local auto parts store, which has lasted me much longer.
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ok going through some old pm's these are the ones Diesel recommended http://www.europeanautosport.com/optik.htm they even have a nice before and after picture of an evo.
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what are the standard fog light size/ wattage?
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55W size bulb... it's an H11...
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I just sucked it up and bought PIAAs for like 65-70. Been running them for over a year now.
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i had mtec on my celica. last well over a year. good color too
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Mine have been running for a year, 1st one blew out, I bought them in June of 2003, just blew last week, well worth the $30.
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yeh, don't burn your foglight housing with those 1oo Watt bulbs. It does happen.

That and those crappy bulbs blowing up inside the headlight housing and leaving burnt marks.

I don't think it's worth it.

If you must do it, I would go with Sylvania white bulbs. They've been in business of making bulbs for a very very very long time. They can't afford to produce crap like these noobie companies.
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the ones we offer are less expensive and as far as we are aware, have not had a set go bad yet!

http://z1auto.com/prodmore.asp?model...or&prodid=1134

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