projector fogs...
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projector fogs...
Anyone have any experience or witnessed them in person? I'm mostly just wondering if combined with HID kit are they worth the swap from the stock oval housings....
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ya i want the ones that look like oem with the projector in a housing...not one wehre the projector is exposed...that looks cheap in my opinion...
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I just got the projectors, the stock housing with the projector inside. I'm actually really pleased with them. I thought they were going to have plastic covers, but actually came with glass like the OEM fogs. I put 3000K 55W HID's in them too... works well, in fact it lights up the road way better than my halogen headlamps. Only problem I have experienced is infrequent errors saying either the left or right fog is out. I guess that's just part of having aftermarket HID's. All in all.. pretty happy with the projector fogs + HID's.
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One thing I forgot to add.. while projectors I got seem to be pretty good quality, I did find that the leveling screw (that you can access through the front of the bumper) is not very well made, I stripped the screw head and actually popped the leveling screw out, so now I can't level my fogs until I take the bumper off to put the BiX in. ;-( Just be careful with that screw, it's made of soft plastic, and only use a phillips head screw driver to adjust it.
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One thing I forgot to add.. while projectors I got seem to be pretty good quality, I did find that the leveling screw (that you can access through the front of the bumper) is not very well made, I stripped the screw head and actually popped the leveling screw out, so now I can't level my fogs until I take the bumper off to put the BiX in. ;-( Just be careful with that screw, it's made of soft plastic, and only use a phillips head screw driver to adjust it.
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Yea, for sure... I'll take some iPhone pix when I get home tonight.
BTW, 3000K's are awesome for the fogs... especially when you first turn em on and they flicker green then warm up to bright golden yellow. ;-)
BTW, 3000K's are awesome for the fogs... especially when you first turn em on and they flicker green then warm up to bright golden yellow. ;-)
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lol, I had them on my fogs, got tired of them on 1 week, something was not right about them having yellow foggies.
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wow i was looking to buy some black ones on ebay yesterday.. I dunno after looking at it.. I then told myself it was ugly =/ Im thinking of the depo clears with some HID 6000k to match my lows
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ya i'll def be getting some 6000k hid to match my bix...I have yellow fogs now and I like it but it doesn't do jack for light output....i think thats mostly due to our fogs aiming at the road...and i dont want to take the bumper off to adjust...but i'm mostly wondering if the lightoutput is better with the projector thus being worth almost 200 for them vice just putting the HID in my oem housing.
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Well you do realize the lower the temp on the HID's, the more lumens they output - in other words, the lower the temp, the more light output. So 3000K's, even though they are yellow have better output than 6000K's. Look into it.
Also, you don't need to take off the bumper to adjust them... take off the mesh cover and to the left of the fog light is a whole, just stick a philips head screw driver in there and turn it. Be careful though, because it's a plastic screw and the head is easy to strip.
Also, you don't need to take off the bumper to adjust them... take off the mesh cover and to the left of the fog light is a whole, just stick a philips head screw driver in there and turn it. Be careful though, because it's a plastic screw and the head is easy to strip.
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yes i know 6000k isn't more light output...i never said it was...4500-5000k is max light output not 3000k...and how do you get the grill off? is it screwed in or does it just pop out?
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There are clips around the edge of the mesh grille - theres about 4 of them all the way around, get a flat head screw driver and *gently* pop mesh grille off. You can even do it with just your hands (which is what I do), just be gentle with it.
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well kinda hard to never let your car touch snow...when it's snowing and its your only car! haha not everyone can just rock multiple cars...
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