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Old 05-28-09, 05:12 PM
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Has anyone installed hid kit for their fog light?
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i have them in mine, many people have them.
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how did you get the wiring through them?
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what do you mean? they hook up the same as any other bulb, just have to put the ballest somewhere
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For my 2ES, I had to drill into the plastic cap to put the bulbs and the wires through. After that, I just spliced the wires leading to the ballast and wires to where the plug connects to the fog light switch. Heres a pic to show what I mean as I say it and its confusing haha....



After, I just made a custom cover to keep the water out. These are my old fogs btw, I changed to projector fogs of the earlier ES's shortly after for the more intense yellow look
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Originally Posted by eyezack87
For my 2ES, I had to drill into the plastic cap to put the bulbs and the wires through. After that, I just spliced the wires leading to the ballast and wires to where the plug connects to the fog light switch. Heres a pic to show what I mean as I say it and its confusing haha....



After, I just made a custom cover to keep the water out. These are my old fogs btw, I changed to projector fogs of the earlier ES's shortly after for the more intense yellow look
Thats what I mean ahaha but a little late I just took the cap off my 3ES and sealed the open up with electrical tap and surranwrap an closed up the both of them so now the cap is covered with electrical tap and the footlights is covered with suranwrap and electrical tap on the back ahahaha
ill take pictures tomorrow if some of you are wondering wht in the world am I talking about
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Hmm, I sure hope that will last for you. I did the same in the beginning before I made my custom cover and it eventually let water into the fog housing. Eventually, so much water collected that it shorted my entire electrical system, twice lol. Seal it well is all I can say. Even though we are entering the summer weather in SoCal (today is quite muggy lol...), better safe than sorry
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Originally Posted by eyezack87
Hmm, I sure hope that will last for you. I did the same in the beginning before I made my custom cover and it eventually let water into the fog housing. Eventually, so much water collected that it shorted my entire electrical system, twice lol. Seal it well is all I can say. Even though we are entering the summer weather in SoCal (today is quite muggy lol...), better safe than sorry
ahahaha well today is a very enjoyable climate ahahaha its not hot

but this is what I did (Most likely you will LMFAO seeing this, but o well)











and it works, man i need to clean my headlights though its so dirty, but how anyone know?
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Lol, nice. Just be wary that overtime the tape dies. I had one of my retrofit friends do an excellent job taping the drilled holes up (2 rolls of electrical tape) and it eventually led to my short later on haha

For the headlights, are they hazy on the outside or is it the inside part of the lens? If its the inside you'll have to bake them apart to clean it up. Otherwise, just take a mild polish to the outside to remove the oxidation or whatever is on the lens
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Originally Posted by eyezack87
Lol, nice. Just be wary that overtime the tape dies. I had one of my retrofit friends do an excellent job taping the drilled holes up (2 rolls of electrical tape) and it eventually led to my short later on haha

For the headlights, are they hazy on the outside or is it the inside part of the lens? If its the inside you'll have to bake them apart to clean it up. Otherwise, just take a mild polish to the outside to remove the oxidation or whatever is on the lens
I already used Plastex on the out side aw man I don't want to really bake them is there another way lol?
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Originally Posted by DixonPai
I already used Plastex on the out side aw man I don't want to really bake them is there another way lol?
Wetsand/buff/polish. Repeat until satisfied.
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You can do what 01LEXPL said as long as its on the outside, however, theres pretty not much any other way to do the insides than what I suggested

Its fairly simple though
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