I had a terrible time finding this bulb... but i found one tonight (and only 1 pair) on ebay... very difficult bulb to find!

 

Did you aim them properly, so they don't blind oncoming drivers?

That's my only real concern with HID fogs.

 

Come on I like to blind people So far no one has high beamed be to tell me I am blinding them. I have passed many cars and usually someone will do it. They are bright I must say and I am glad that I did them.

 

Can you tell me how you changed the fog light bulbs? I have NO idea.

Thanks!!

 

It's REALLY tricky getting that foglight bulb out and back in. It'd be a lot easier to get to if you had it on a lift. Trust me on that.

 

Jason,

Did you install the HID in the fogs? Come on spill it. I haven't had time to get night shots setup yet. Did the spot that I showed help out?

And Jason is right without a lift it is a Bi*ch!

 

Khanh,

No, not yet. I was referring to the time when I removed the Hoen foglight bulbs and put the OEM bulbs back in. Took 45 minutes just to do one side with the car on jackstands. I gave up when I started doing the other side because my arm got so tired. Went to the dealership and begged them to do the other side. They took the car, put it on a lift and did it in 2 minutes! Boy was I surprised at that!

If I recall, space in there was pretty tight so I'm still scratching my head at how your guy managed to get the HID bulb in there with the huge cable coming out.

 

Ahh - okay. I thought you were proceeding with putting in the HID's. I made nice with the local shop that lets me use their jacks and lifts in an open bay they use for recieving tires/wheels.

My guy who put the HID's in there said it was not as easy as he was hoping but it wasn't too bad. It is very tight in there! If I get a chance to put it on the rack this weekend I will try to snap more pics. Standing underneath the car is much better than laying underneath it Make nice with a local shop so you can use a lift to get under it. I was hoping to do it last weekend for the Cayenne to make those lowering links but his bay was full. I will do it this weekend. My dealership said they were cool with me using lowering links and would not have a problem with it. Just make sure I keep the old ones

 

sorry for bringing this thread back to life but some of the pictures are no longer available and i also wanted to see if there are any changes in the past year concerning HID kits in the fog.

i basically am looking to upgrade/change the stock HID low beams to something a little bit bluer (6000K) and have the fog lights match them. any input would be helpful and thanks in advance!

 

Yes. Did them in my B5 S4. AWESOME! Just order a plug-n-play HID kit with the bulb type you need (H3, H7, etc...) I zip-ties the ballasts in a dry secure location. It looks to be a little more complex for the 996TT since the fogs are "sealed" in the headlamp housing. I WILL be doing it to the Turbo once I take delivery.

 

What input are you looking for?
1) Has anyone put the 6000K HID lighting kit into the fogs? Yes - I have.
2) It is it a bi*tch to put them in there? YES.
3) Where do you mount the ballasts? Can't show pics its hard to show. Put it behind the inner fender lining/radiator and run your cables.
4) Does it match 6000K bulbs? 95% matching with the same 6000K bulbs. Optics in the lens for the headlights as opposed to the fogs creates a little variation.

 

What brand bulbs (low and fogs) did you use and what ballast did you use for the fogs? Total cost for parts? Any other brands or suggestions more recent?

Thanks

 

ApexCone's 6000K Kit. Don't know total cost it was not expensive. $170 for the HID kit for the fogs and $75 for the bulbs roughly.

Depending on your budget you can spend more to get almost the same results. Apex has lasted me a long time. I got the kit from Supreme Power Parts in Cali.

www dot supremepowerparts dot com - Eric

 

Bought the same ones from Eric except in the 3000k format and 55w ballasts (all Apex cone bulbs are 55w already) and they look great. A real fog light--- yellow and excellent visibility created. Before that I ran 35w HID fogs (3000k) which were fine but clearly not as bright.

 

any pictures at night with fogs on?