i bought a 3000k h3 HID kit for my fogs, but today when i disassembled the fogs the bulb was too long??? its hitting the grey cover piece, i've seen a write-up somewhere that shows that, that can be cut off. my question is, if i cut that off is the light from the bulb going to be just a random spray of light, or is it still going to be focused?

 

Don't cut the shield. The light will glare all over the place. There's a special bulb size- H3C. Get that bulb size. www.hidextra.com sells that bulb size. Check the group deal section.

 

They don't sell it anymore? EBay does though.

OP, just lock it in there best you can. It shouldn't hurt too much. I know a few guys who've run em that way. I prefer H3C as Nismo said because it's easier, but I ran H3 for a little while without issue.

 

see my sig. h3's fit my car fine w no problems

 

goomz did you cut the shield?

 

no, i didn't have to do any modification to make the bulb fit in place, your sure you have the bulb correctly installed...with the notch on the bulb lined up w the indentation on the bulb housing?

 

the stock h3 bulb looks like this...



the hid bulb i bought looks like this...



as you can see the hid bulb is longer and its hitting the shield. so back to my question can i cut off the shield without too much glare?

 

No you cannot cut the shield without causing a huge amount of glare. Just sell your HIDs and get some higher watt bulbs off eBay.

 

yea i wouldnt cut or eliminate that shield. perfect example...disconnect a headlight bulb from the headlight, hold it up, and turn ur lights on and try to look at it. it will be bright as hell, with no directional pattern at all w/o the reflector. that will make a cop on the opposing side make a u-turn and give u a ticket everytime.

the 95-96 and 97-99 fog lights are designed differently, maybe thats why mine fit

 

our fogs don't do anything. they hardly provide any light output, and what light they do provide is mostly just glare. just get some cheap yellow H3 bulbs and be done with it. removing the glare cap isn't a good idea.

 

my front end is 97-99 converted wit 97-99 fogs. and you used the the hid bulb in the 2nd pic w/o cutting the shield?

couldnt i just return the bulbs i got and buy h3c bulbs with the same stuff? or do they not make 3000k hid bulbs in h3c?

 

oh. well yeah, i know what your talking about, with them hitting the reflector. luckily for me i didnt have any fitment issues.

i saw a FEW h3c hid bulbs on EBAY and they are 1. suspicious, 2. wacky Kelvin's

but try this link anyway if interested http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/3000K...Q5fAccessories

 

Yes.

I just bought this kit:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...K%3AMEWAX%3AIT

Just get bulbs an you should be fine.

 

Blazer Projectors with 881 hids FTW! 100 bux!



Stock fogs are garbage no matter what bulb you put in em...

 

true i'll just see if i can get the right bulb size, didnt wanna rip apart my fog lamps anyway

 

You serious? They dont have them listed on their website. You have to go through the group deal on here I think.


OP, it seems that the bulb dimensions vary by manufacturer. Depending on where you buy the bulbs from, they may or may not be able to fit.

 

if that is the case, i got my hid's from this guy

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/H3-Xe...Q5fAccessories

 

thanks to goomz i found these:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Nissa...Q5fAccessories

but my question for these is it simply plug-n-play? take out the stock bulb and insert this one, or do i still need a ballast since is a xenon hid bulb?

 

those are not legit hid bulbs. they are a regular gas bulb, but not actual hid bulbs. and wow they are 100 watts. thats almost double the power demand compared to factory which may = melting of fog wiring harness. but those are plug and play w your factory lighting system, no ballast required.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Xenon...Q5fAccessories

as you can see in the pic, you can see the obvious difference in the 2. the harness for the ballast, the covers that the bulbs are packaged in, and the description

 

go to your local Nissan dealership ask for a drain plug washer (for your oil drain liug) it will be a copper crush washer put that over the bulb place bulb in fog light and clip it will take aliittle sxtra effort but everyone does it where im from with maximas never had a problem dude! get a drain plug washer for any nissan there all the same i belive i always get maxima ones though just for the sake of it !

 

i can see that working, acting as a spacer. but that sounds like a ***** to clip the bulb in place. i guess thats where the "little extra effort" comes in lol.

 

thanks bro is there a part #? and cost?

 

well a drain plug is $3 at pep boys so i can't imagine a crush washer (which you can even probably get at home depot) being much money

 

I didn't know that regular h3 bulbs can fit until this thread so I got some.

Honestly, they look unimpressive when looked head on. I've also moded the corner turning lights to stay on with the fogs.

head-on fogs only


Headlights only


Fogs only



Headlights and fogs

 

i bought some 10k hid for my fogs and they fit perfect........

 

what did you end up doing angel?

 

still using the stock bulbs but those guys make me really wanna install my hids so i plan on stopping by the nissan dealership and getting those drain plug washers and trying that out, just havent gotten around to it

 

lol yeah. i couldnt wait to install mine when they came in. just to caution you, i had to re adjust them down just a tad bit, theres a screw on the back of the fog lamp that allows you to do so. just be careful, the adjustment is VERY sensitive. and with that fog lamp re wire...driving during the snow storm in nj was actually very humbling due to the fact that i didnt have headlight reflection of the snow in my windshield lol. they are a good purchase imo