jsmith1

hi, i have one headlight/ fog light out. what would be the best route for replacement? aftermarket, oem? thanks

5thgendriver

oem...on the headlights but it will be costly. you can get away with aftermarket on the fog lights.

jsmith1

some one said for the head light you cant do hids cause you have to do splicing?

TallTom

First, what year is the car? And which bulb is out? Headlight and fog light are two different things.

jsmith1

03 passenger side for both.

TallTom

Car has HID low beam bulbs.

Fog bulb: H3
Low beam: D2R
High beam: 9005

Aftermarket for all three. Sylvania from pepboys for the fog and high beam, and buy the HID online. Replace both sides when doing HID or the headlight colors will be mismatched. I personally do both sides when doing any of the bulbs for if one went out, there is a good chance the other will fail in the near future.

Retrofit source is a good place for replacement HID bulbs:

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/bu...to-xb-hid.html

https://www.theretrofitsource.com/bu...ips-85126.html

jsmith1

ok ill order the morimotos, thanks

jsmith1

so for the fogs, am i ordering a whole hid kit or just the bulbs?

TallTom

Fogs are not HID by default. They are H3 halogen bulbs. You will need a whole kit + creativity if you want to change them to HID.

jsmith1

ok thanks for the info, ill just deal with the headlights for now.

Prophecy99

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uptownsamcv

DDM tuning makes the best HID kits for the money $50 per each 55watt set, I run them on my Maxima low beam and fog and also on my 1000RR. they also have a good lifetime warranty, they have been in business for a long time..