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Old 10-18-2006, 08:33 PM
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Foglight lamps?

Is it possible (i.e. has anyone done it) to mount aftermarket foglamps (http://www.piaa.com/Lamps/Lamp-pages/1400.html) where the stock ones are? I was thinking that it might be nice to have foglights that actually do something, and the yellows would look nice, too.

Any advice would be a great help... one of my luminics just burned out, and i'm not too keen on the capsules... and either way, the fogs really just don't help at all in rain/fog/snow.

edit: PIAA says that with some drilling/cutting/etc these could be mounted: http://www.piaa.com/Lamps/Lamp-pages/510.html, but i think it'd look kinda ridiculous if u can't take the grill off.
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Originally Posted by shorty3870
Is it possible (i.e. has anyone done it) to mount aftermarket foglamps (http://www.piaa.com/Lamps/Lamp-pages/1400.html) where the stock ones are? I was thinking that it might be nice to have foglights that actually do something, and the yellows would look nice, too.
Having a rectangular foglight mounted within a circular opening may look a little weird. Better to mount it in the air dam, but you won't be able to put in a valence grille.

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Any advice would be a great help... one of my luminics just burned out, and i'm not too keen on the capsules... and either way, the fogs really just don't help at all in rain/fog/snow.
Look into the Helios H3 HID Kit in the Group Deal Section.

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edit: PIAA says that with some drilling/cutting/etc these could be mounted: http://www.piaa.com/Lamps/Lamp-pages/510.html, but i think it'd look kinda ridiculous if u can't take the grill off.
It's gonna look ugly with the grille.
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Old 10-19-2006, 01:01 PM
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You can definitely use aftermarket foglights but the choices your looking at aren't going to look good at all. There are quite a few people on here that went with a different fog light, including myself.
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Old 10-19-2006, 03:41 PM
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Thanks for the replies guys... what lights did you go with org?
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Old 10-19-2006, 04:27 PM
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I went with some bubble eye fog lights from Pepboys. I replaced the fog light bulb with PIAA Plasmas.

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^^^ Looks pretty neat.
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My car was in a wreck and one of my fogs were damaged and i missed the output of having fogs after a while i bought some fogs and i basically used what i had left of the stock foglight holder things. Some people like how they are set further in, others dont, i like em tho.
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Not feelin em being recessed. Especially because the housing isn't completely smooth inside so it just looks ill fitted imo. But, like you said," you like it."
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PM to GBAUER. He has non-stock fogs in the stock openings, and they look good, and sit up near flush, like stock.
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Old 10-20-2006, 02:29 AM
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Not feelin em being recessed. Especially because the housing isn't completely smooth inside so it just looks ill fitted imo. But, like you said," you like it."
No offense, but I dig his over your 6 shooters.
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