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DIY VIDEO: Installing L.E.D Fog light bulbs

Old Oct 11, 2013 | 05:47 PM
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DIY VIDEO: Installing L.E.D Fog light bulbs

Just wiped up a video this weekend when I installed my fog lights. This video gift comes with a question.



As you will see at the end of the video the fog lights would blink because the dash read a fog light error. The low led wattage causes the car to shut the power off to the lights, I know there is a decoder to by pass when installing aftermarket HID's, but is there anything I can do to get the LED fog lights to work?

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Old Oct 11, 2013 | 11:04 PM
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I answered this over on Benzworld, too, but yes, the same 55w "cancellers" for headlights are supposed to work for this, but I had problems with these cheap Chinese parts melting. I ended up using my OEM bulbs, wired in parallel, hidden in the bumper.
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Old Oct 12, 2013 | 12:28 PM
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I used this with my HID fog conversion. Works like a charm.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=238
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Old Oct 13, 2013 | 12:06 AM
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Those look similar to ones I had that eventually melted. How long have your been in place? mine lasted about 6-8 months.
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I installed them sometime in February. They still look pretty much brand new and I drive with my fogs on all the time.
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Interesting. I may have to try those. I also drive with my fog lights always on - it's a programmable feature of the SmartTop module to use them as DRLs.
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