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Old Jun 14, 2014 | 09:51 PM
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HID or LED fogs?

I'm in the middle of redoing my lighting on my car. I went with white led bumper markers and white led running lights to match. Question is, should I go with HID foglight kit or just LED bulbs for the fogs? Not sure which route to go and looking for feedback and pics on your setup.

Heres a pic of the led running lights and bumper markers. Opinions are welcome. Picture does make the color look more blue than it really is. It's pretty white in person.
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Old Jun 16, 2014 | 05:48 PM
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I think they look good. Which parts/vendor did you use for those?

I'm interested in switching my fogs for LED's too but I haven't found anyone selling them. Let me know what you find.
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 12:34 PM
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Like it. How did you access the running lights?
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Old Jun 17, 2014 | 07:33 PM
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Like it. How did you access the running lights?
It was sort of a pain but pretty easy. I turned my wheel all the way inward and removed the pin and screws holding the mudguards in. That allowed me access to the running light and from there I just felt my way to the connector. It's a twist connector so you'll have to feel your way to it and twist it out. It took me a second to figure the best way for me to grab it and twist but pretty simple and made a huge difference in my book.
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Old Jun 19, 2014 | 02:13 AM
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Certainly improves the looks. But does the led serve the purpose of a fog lamp?
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Old Jul 10, 2014 | 12:33 PM
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Did you find any vendor that offers LED foglight replacements?
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Old Jul 12, 2014 | 03:35 PM
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I actually was going to go hid but decided to just get some 5000k philips bulb since i never use fogs. Only reason i was thinking about upgrading was due to when locking and unlocking the fogs came on and loooked off because ifthe factorycolor bulb. It was just an easier solution for me. Ill snap some pics for you shortly.
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