Added fog lights to my bumper
 

I made a thread but I put it in the wrong section so here it is.

I have been wanting to paint my headlights for a while now to complete my black and white theme. But, I never liked how the reflectors for the blinker and fog in the headlights had to remain chrome to reflect light. I decided I would mod projectors into the bumper for fogs and move my blinkers to the parking light spot and make my parking lights led rings. The first step in this project was the fog lights (in these pictures both my headlights and fogs have 5k HIDS, no parking lights, and white led blinkers (not shown) and will not be in the final revision.

This is what I ordered

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...hrhmi53e644vuj

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=250

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...oducts_id=1250

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...roducts_id=134

(already had the ballasts)

first I took off the bumper
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Then I got under the car with the bumper in place and figured out where the fogs could go with out hitting anything, drilled the holes and put my finishers on (gasket for a toilet bowl.. they look awesome)

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mounted my brackets and projectors on both sides
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Went outside to aim them
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and BAM
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I recommend this mod to any and everyone.. These things are brighter than my headlights.. Its insane.

Looks good. Need to see some more finished pics though.

take a pic of from the driver seat with them off and then on so we can see a comparison :bowdown:

always see these mini projectors going for hundreds of dollars, I really want to do this soon thank you op!

oh yeah and pics of the front in daylight plzzz

I took some pics to show the difference but you cant really get the effect.. Im going to take some with the headlights blocked off to show how awesome it really is.. I cant wait to put the clear lenses in the headlights.. rite now they are so dull compared to the fogs. I will take daytime pics tomorrow. I just spent the last 9 hours installing bed lights in my friends truck and doing an LED swap in his stang as repayment for the help with this lol

hypothetically, cant you just use the fog light kit in the first link you posted, and use the halogen lights they offer? Why the lens change, for the headlights? I am looking for some fogs to experiment with, but just want to use halogen yellow bulbs (i dont need HID). Does the first link you posted include everything needed? or is it easier just to go the blazer kit that includes everything?

oh man! i have been wanting to do this forever! how was drilling the plastic insert?

Looks good but we need better daylight pictures!!

Day time pics tomorrow! And thanks guys!

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Yes if you want to use halogen the item I posted comes with every thing you need besides mounting hardware which I got at the
Hardware store. I am putting in clear lenses to give off more light, show te true color and make a nicer cut off.

As for drilling the plastic it was easy.. just a hole saw and dremel with a sand grinding bit

this is very tempting. what about the mounting hardware you used and the finishing trim piece...links? sizes? assuming Lowes will have all that. How was drill into the frame/support beam (i think thats what I see you mounted them too). I have the sport bumper with different vents obviously, hopefully it will work with it.

FYI..... the last link you posted for the lenses are the 2.5" FX-R lenses. From what I've read the sedans have 3" lenses and you should have purchased the STI-R lenses.

http://www.theretrofitsource.com/pro...products_id=85

https://g35driver.com/forums/v36-diy...ns-swap-2.html

Mounting hardware was 2 L brackets and some nuts and bolts.. drilling the support was easy.. trim ring I used a gasket for a toilet lol and I posted the wrong link.. I got the sti-r lenses

how did you wire the ballasts? directly to the battery? and did you get them to turn on with the fogs? what wires do you need to tap, could you briefly go over this for a noob :icon43:

Wow....I really like that!

+1. The wiring is what scares me.

The wiring is easy! You wire it just like if you were adding hids to the stock fog housing. I used a direct harness so it takes power from the battery and just takes the signal from the stock harness.