Im going to be Installing some hid fogs this weekend when this got damn rain stops , can anyone who has done this run through quickly what needs to be removed , engine guard etc... To get to the fogs , thanks people .

 

Basic front bumper removal.

4 plastic push pins under the hood.
6? push pins underneath the front bumper.
If memory serves 4? screws bottom side front bumper.
2 bolts in the fender well, one on each side of the car.
Then rip front bumper off.

 

I dont think you need all that...this removes the whole bumper...
all he need is access to the fog light bulbs since the HID piggy backs onto that. So i think you need to remove the wheel well guard and the bottom engine splash guard...and then you should have access to the fog lights...make sure you put the ballasts as far away from any electronic modules/parts...there have been cases of the magnetic field developed by the ballasts shorting out surrounding modules.
Let us know how it goes, i just ordered my set and will be ready to go next weekend.

What color did you get? i got me some 3K for the fogs and 15K for headlights( just changing bulbs on the headlights here )

 

I just installed hids in my fogs and all I needed to do was remove about 6 push screws underneath the front bumper, allowing me to pull down the splash guard enough to access the fogs. No removal of bumper needed. Hardest part is deciding where to mount the ballasts.

 

I got me some 6k for the fogs and im waiting for my 6k d2s headlight bulbs and i should be straight but i cant wait so im throwing the fogs in now haha but yeah as soon as i finish the fogs ill put up pics to see the stock 4300 on top and the 6k on the bottom difference! Thanks again for the info people i app. it

 

I installed 6000k fogs and d2s few weeks ago. Fogs are easy, remove about 5-6 push plugs near the front of the car and you have hand access to the fog light bulbs. For the d2s I did it the hard way removing the bumper because I couldn't do it through the wheel well. Next time I am gonna force myself to do it through the wheel well. But because I had the bumper off I was able to place my foglight ballasts nicely. Hope this helps and good luck.

 

I should just wait till i get my heads then and just pop the bumper off and do everything one shot cuz i dont like to **** around with tight spaces and squeezin my hand in the wheel well and get burnt out

 

You don't have to install the fogs through the wheel well, there is tons of room to install them after taking the 6 push pins out. It's really simple.

 

I just installed my fogs and im havin a bit of a prob service engine light came on and one light turns on then both then the right goes on a sec later the left catches and the cycle repeats 5 times they both go on and thenthey act up wtf has anyone seen this on their rides lemme know whats up im about to beat the **** oit of it with a crowbar or something this aint suppose to happen i did hid installs a 100 times before and no probs like these ever !!!!!

 

Did you put a relay to you fogs bro??

 

Nah no relay was installed , some people on here did that same thing and there was no issue !

 

I would throw a relay on it bro...

 

thats weird. I got an HID fog kit off eBay and some H11 wire harnesses off Amazon - thing was completely plug and play no relays nothin like that.

 

thats whats the hell I'm saying i don't know maybe one of the hid bulbs and or ballasts is bad but i have no idea either ghozt it frustrating cuz i been doin hits on my cars for a while and i never had this happen and that service engine light that came on also wtf? how can i reset it ? i found something online but its like 5 steps and timing is crucial down to the millisecond and i can't get it to reset maybe ill take it to my local shop where i know the guys and they'll throw in on the computer and tell me if theres an error code thanx for ur help so far people but i think ill leave the hits alone the headlight d2s bulbs were a piece of cake tho i threw em in last nite and they look great ( 6 K ) ill post pics when i get a quick minute

 

anybody have idea or pics to mount the ballasts??

thanx!

 

I have a 2009 maxima S mine did not have fog lights. Of I wanted to install them what would I do? I noticed there is a plug for where the fogs plug into and was wondering is it just plug and play?

 

I'm waiting on my HID from DDM tuning seeing they are coming from China, where is the best place to mount the ballasts? Pictures if you have any would be good also. Thanks for the help.

 

plus 1! that would be a HUGE help

 

Or a discription of where y'all mounted them would be nice as well!

 

Anybody able to help us out on where to install the ballasts? I should get mine tomorrow and I'm sure I will be putting them in right away seeing i'm not real patient. Thanks.

 

I'll be installing mine today so I'll take some pics. As far as I know there is a small shelf on each side and the ballast fits right in there.

 

Thanks Ryan that will be helpful.

 

awesome cant wait for the pics!

 

Bump

 

Def would like to see some pics of the fog light ballast mounts...I need to order mine and install some just want a heads up as to where to mount the ballasts. I havent even looked around in that area.

 

i bought 2 hid kits for low beams and 2 hid kits for fogs

i mounted fog and low beam ballast towards the top of the engine next to each other for one reason...to be able to switch 2 plugs so that i can run fogs with parking lights on and switch it back whenever...the ballasts haven't moved around either



driver side:


passenger side:

 

I just finished up swapping out the fogs to hid 3k's and the lowbeams to 12k's from ddmtuning, it was a pretty easy install.

Llfe: that's a clever idea to put them up there, not as functional for those of us who don't use ballasts fo the low beams though

For those of you looking for a place to put them, I mounted mine to the actual bumper, which is two metal bars right above the fog housing. Once you can see the back end of the foglight, you'll see the nice little shelf up there. I just cleaned it off and double sided taped it right in between the two.

 

I mounted mine on the angled bar that one of the clips that holds the wheel liner on... Pretty obvious when u take the wheel liner off plus it offered an open area that was shielded from the elements!

 

awesome thank you for posting pics havnt had a chance to install mine yet

 

Hey 11Max, could you post up pics of your 3ks in the fogs? I just ordered me a set and anxious to see how it will look..

 

Sure, here are some iphone pics, they dont really show how yellow they are from head on, but you can tell by the color of the driveway. its been foggy here for the last week, and they've worked wonders.

Also, today i put some time into making the fogs work without the headlights, I took some pictures of that below as well if anyone wanted to do something similar. Basically, I used an 'add-a-fuse' thing from autozone to duplicate the parking light fuse, then ran that hot line to the dash where I put in a toggle switch, then ran from the toggle switch to the driver side fog and used a wire splice to add it to the red line going into the ballast. This was the only way I could think of doing this without a complete rewire or cutting any stock lines. As it stands warranty should still be 100% and the fogs work with the toggle or the stock switch(if the headlights are on). I suppose you could do the same with a constant power fuse, but i opted for this way so i would remember to turn them off..

The 'add a wire' duplicating the tail light fuse, red line ran to toggle switch:


the line from the toggle spliced into the line into the ballast:


Toggle switch location:


Wiring through the firewall


Fogs + parking lights


Fogs only color:


12k Headlights, 3k fogs:

 

wow looks great!

 

Well done. I did somewhat the same thing. Fog only looks good at dusk.

 

Thanks for the pic man, it looks good, My 3ks should be here tomorrow and idk when I will get the chance install due to me working all the time but I cant wait to see how these 5ks and 3ks look like!

 

I just installed nokya 2500k fogs and the bulbs are two different colors. The one is a nice yellow while the other is just a bit more yellow than stock. I am not happy.

time to scrap them and put in the HID kit...

 

This also happened to me but with my headlights. Bought a pair of PIAA bulbs that supposedly looks like 6000K but looked like SH*T . Should of listened to my friend. So the same day, I went to blindinghid.com and bought a premium plug and play 8000K Conversion Kit. Had it for six months already. I bought it for $ 130.00.

 

so i have a maxima S and do not have fogs.

i noticed that there is a plug where is should be if i got HID's and fogs is it plug and play or do i have to do some wiring?

 

Its plug and play. I installed HID bulbs on my fathers Escalade. I thought I needed to do some extra wiring like a relay but people from the escalade forums said just plug everything and test... The truck already had a relay LOL... Do you have HID lowbeams on your Max??

 

Yea I have low beam HIDs but after market he maxima S didn't come with HID's . So I could plug in HID's and it will work? But it will always be on or only on when my headlights are on?

 

Yes Just plug it and it will work. But make sure you find a good place to install it. I installed mines under the headlights where the stock HID is supposed to be. I made a custom bracket for it. Set your headlights to auto. That's what I do.