What is the best option for aftermarket fog lights?

**void33** · 09-23-2013

I have a 2000 Grand Prix GT and I just bought some retrofitted projector headlights, love them. However they are 6000k and my stock fog lights are more like 4300, looks terrible. I see Diode Dynamics has some LED's for sale for the fog lights, but they also say that even the $60 (Stage 2) lights that they sell are not as bright as the stock lights.

What are my options for upgrading? Is there any bulb I can just pop in and get a bright white fog light without doing a retro fit or HID conversion? If not, what does it take to do an HID conversion?

**Matt Palm** · 09-23-2013

Led are just for show not function. And if you wanna run hids you will need glass fogs otherwise you will melt them

**void33** · 09-23-2013

Okay I will stay away from the led's then. The main reason I got the projectors is because I do a lot of backpacking and camping and driving down dark forest roads in the middle of the night can be dangerous. Sometimes it is foggy, I will absolutely need some functional fog lights.

Does anyone sell a complete fog light kit for HID's? I did a little searching but couldn't find anything and I also couldn't find a How-To anywhere.

**Matt Palm** · 09-23-2013

Nope. Get pilot housings make a bracket to fit. Then get h3c bulbs and 35w ballasts

**cmal37** · 09-23-2013

I have these, and so do 2 of my friends no melted housing

Xeno HID Kit H1 H3 H6M H4 H7 H8 H11 H9 H10 H13 9004 9005 9006 9007 D2S D2R 6000K | eBay

**void33** · 09-23-2013

How do they work? Are they nice and bright and white? Also, did you need a harness?

**cmal37** · 09-23-2013

I love them, there are plenty of colors, so you can match your 6k lights, I relied on my fog lights when i had halo/ projectors cause the light output was terrible. and everything comes with the kit, there is a wire that plugs into the factory plug, that plugs into the ballast, then u plug the bulbs into the ballast.

I do recommend you mount the ballast under the headlights not on the bumper near the fog light housing, cause mine fell off and i had to replace one

**cmal37** · 09-23-2013

also there are these,
Hella “Angel Eyes” Driving Lights: 3800 Performance

they have always looked cool to me, but never wanted to spend the money

**void33** · 09-23-2013

I think I will go with the Ebay set, do you know which model bulb to get?

**Matt Palm** · 09-23-2013

Dont go with a ebay set unless you plan on replacing tem every six months

**void33** · 09-23-2013

Oh really? Is there an alternative that is similar to that set on Ebay though?

**Matt Palm** · 09-23-2013

are you talking about the actual housings or hids. if you are talking about hids there is no good ebay kits go with ddm tuning vvme or theretrofitsource.com

**cmal37** · 09-23-2013

Originally Posted by void33

I think I will go with the Ebay set, do you know which model bulb to get?

you will need an 880 bulb

**void33** · 09-23-2013

So I could get this: DDM Tuning 35W and 55W HID Kits

35Watt
880/862/881/893/898/899 etc
6000k
+Mounting Bracket
+ Dual in/Dual out Harness
+H1/H7 to 9006 Adaptor Cable

Is that correct?

**nik12937** · 09-24-2013

If you use those HID's in anything but projectors, they're going to be horrible when used in actual fog. The beams are going to go everywhere, and you want fog lights to just light downwards so they don't illuminate the fog itself. Retrofit your fogs or get brighter halogens.

**Bronco Boy** · 09-25-2013

Here is an option.

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