HID Fog Light Install

[Mre2099]

Anybody know how to install these? I can't find a DIY. Is it simple plug n play or is it a bitch like the headlights?

[itskohler]

Anybody know how to install these? I can't find a DIY. Is it simple plug n play or is it a bitch like the headlights?

Do you have the projector lenses for the lights? If you do, it should be fairly easy, if not you'll have to do some cutting and splicing.

[Mre2099]

So I installed them today (In OEM reflector housing btw).. They work... but intermittently. The driver side works perfect, the passenger works 10% of the time. It flashes on then turns off... anyone know of some sort of fix for this?

[gruven_diesel]

So I installed them today (In OEM reflector housing btw).. They work... but intermittently. The driver side works perfect, the passenger works 10% of the time. It flashes on then turns off... anyone know of some sort of fix for this?

Probably just a loose wire. Check thepins on the hid harness make sure they didnt get pushed out the back of the connector. Happened to me

[oosnakeoo]

To get mine to work reliably, I had to run a harness directly from the battery and they fired up every time. That was with a dem kit. I have since went back stock until I do a proper retrofit, it was more for testing purposes. You could try a cabbie kit maybe from trs and you may not need to run power from the battery, I haven't tested that yet.

[CJetta821]

So I installed them today (In OEM reflector housing btw).. They work... but intermittently. The driver side works perfect, the passenger works 10% of the time. It flashes on then turns off... anyone know of some sort of fix for this?

Weird, passenger side always has a problem. I had similar problem on m headlights and used cancellors. Or could be a power problem, perhaps using a relay?

[gruven_diesel]

Weird, passenger side always has a problem. I had similar problem on m headlights and used cancellors. Or could be a power problem, perhaps using a relay?

Mine is the opposite. The driver side is off I just bang the bumper and im good

[CJetta821]

Mine is the opposite. The driver side is off I just bang the bumper and im good

Haha nice way of fixing it

[LoDub1.8T]

If you run a relay in light with the harness they WILL trigger on the first time every time!

[Mre2099]

Just checked it again, it trys to turn on and then goes off. Im guessing its either not getting enough power or the ballast is f***ed.. LoDub, could you explain that a little more?

[CJetta821]

Pretty much what happens is, HIDs run at lower power than halogens, but to turn them on or trigger them, it takes a little more initial power than stock lights. So the relay pulls from the battery to help with triggering them on.

[CJetta821]

This was told to me by my friend who does HIDs all the time anyhow

[azthegame]

95% chance that it is simply the need of a wire harness relay for power direct from battery. 5% that the ballast is bad.

[itskohler]

100% that you should stick with halogens unless you have projectors.

[azthegame]

100% that you should stick with halogens unless you have projectors.

Its for freaking fog lights, only headlights matter in "hid in reflectors = bad" and even then, these particular headlights have a sharp cutoff even with drop-ins. I have had them both ways. Projector is way better of course

[Mre2099]

100% that you should stick with halogens unless you have projectors.

Already checked with a buddy, no glare whatsoever.

[itskohler]

Its for freaking fog lights, only headlights matter in "hid in reflectors = bad" and even then, these particular headlights have a sharp cutoff even with drop-ins. I have had them both ways. Projector is way better of course

The cut off is sharp...for reflector housings. Compared to what they are supposed to be used on they aren't sharp at all. Even the smallest amount of light that escaped above the cut off is blinding.

But that's neither here nor there. If you want really bright fogs, projectors are the way to go, even if they use halogens.

Already checked with a buddy, no glare whatsoever.

Pics or it didn't happen.

[lagamm]

Pretty much what happens is, HIDs run at lower power than halogens, but to turn them on or trigger them, it takes a little more initial power than stock lights. So the relay pulls from the battery to help with triggering them on.

this!!!!

[lagamm]

100% that you should stick with halogens unless you have projectors.

[oosnakeoo]

has anyone...retroed a projector into the foglight housing on a gli?

[BsickPassat]

GLI's are on CAN-BUS. So... 1st try disabling cold diagnostics & use capacitors on the ballast.

[Mre2099]

The kit I got was can-bus.. Im buying a relay tomorrow to see if it'll work.

[ChrisFu]

Never, ever put HIDs in foglamps. Ever wonder why absolutely ZERO OEM manufacturers have HID fogs? Im talking $100k Mercedes, $300k Ferrari etc. Nobody does it. Ever consider why?

HID is inherently unsuitable for foglights, and you are creating INSANE amounts of glare for all other drivers around you, especially in the rain. Talk about a dick move. Stick with halogen, and the lower color temperature the better....unless you really are going for the "Hey everyone look at me, I have a $30 set of TOTALLY COOL blue ebay HIDs...glaring your brains out"

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...fog_lamps.html

[itskohler]