Has anyone put in brighter fog lights in the OEM bulb location?

If so what did you use and how were the results? I've searched (maybe not well enough) and it seems like lots of people are doing aesthetic changes like HID's or LED's. I want maximum lumen output. I live in the mountains and would love to increase the broadcast intensity, distance, and width.

CAM

 

I put some nice PIA super-bright lights in there, but they burnt out in about a year. I replaced those with some other really bright lights and they burnt out in less than a year. At $100 a pair in Canada, I finally said screw this and bought some cheapo standard brightness lights and everything has been fine.

I also tried some LED replacements but at the time, they weren't really bright enough to be used as driving lights. That was about a year ago and the technology may now allow for brighter ones, but I've given up.

 

I'm in the process of doing that. Just purchased LED bulbs. I will see how it performs. If not then I will step it up to an HID

 

Let me know. Do you have any idea how many lumens the OEM setup puts out?

I was thinking the baby lamp from these guys could work but I'm a little weary just because I prefer to not butcher electrical: https://www.clearwaterlights.com/

 

Will do. Not sure how many lumens . Just received today so I will try to install by tonight. I'll take pics

 

Sorry to resurrect this thread but I noticed there were no pics posted of the HID setup so I figured I would update this thread with a few pics of the HID setup I used.

Don't mind the mess in the garage at the moment...




I got the OPT7 AC CANBUS HID Kit with 6000k H3 bulbs. Light output from this setup is advertised to be 4,100 Lms. The light output from these HIDs are amazing!

 

I wonder if they are available in a 3,000K version. That would be awesome for fog....

 

I ordered this kit for my car

http://www.ebay.com/itm/111366220860?_trksid=p2060353.m2749.l2649&var=410348645570&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT
and yes, you can order the H3 bulbs in 3000k

 

Thanks!

 

Was the installation difficult?

 

I followed this DIY when I did mine...


It wasn't too hard...

 

Yeah, the LED Sucked and forgot to post findings. But the HID option looks much better. Good job Charlie! :-)

 

Thanks Jon!

 

Let's see the DIY on the DRLs you just install too :-)

 

Had LED's sitting in my garage waiting to be installed