XenonDepot

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HID bulbs do not burn hotter than regular bulbs as long as you are using 35W bulbs and 35W ballasts. There are many vendors that sell 55W HID kits that come with 35W bulbs which means that they end up overdriving the 35W bulb. As a result the bulb will burn hotter and can potentially damage your vehicle. HID bulbs do put out a lot of UV which is why XenonDepot HID bulbs utilize high quality Philips uv quartz glass.

Steve

fventura03

good info, will install 6000k fogs later tonight

Luke27617

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Go LED. You will not blind people and will get even better results.

XenonDepot

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I'm not sure what you mean by better results but you certainly won't get more light output. Going LED would simply be a cosmetic upgrade.

Steve

Luke27617

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Steve,
I completely agree about output My point is that I wouldn't put HID kit in fogs as it will blind oncoming traffic. You can see this on the road all the time and I am surprised that cops are not pulling people over for that. Fogs are not positioned properly to provide cut off line. By going with high power LEDs (personally have 5k 730lm), I got almost as much output as regular bulb, but at the same got pure white color like DRL in upscale cars. Since I have HID lights I don't need more powerful output as my regular lights do a great job. Also I have converted my fogs to be DRL as you can see DIY section. Overall a great result.
I have bought couple Philips kits from you which I have put in my GX460 and 4Runner (btw the best HID kits on the market). Since those SUVs came with projector lights that provide a cut off line, this is a perfect solution.
So recommend a proper solution that will give a right effect and will not cause accidents on the road.

anhvn05

looks awesome, big difference

XenonDepot

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Hi,

The newer LED bulbs that are actually achieving 700+ Lumens are becoming somewhat useful but most of the LED bulbs being sold in the market are not producing anywhere close to that many lumens.

Steve

Rolando38

HID fog lights,,thumbs up!

worker

our 3gs fog light is rectangle shape, kinda a cut off of it's own.

here is my HID fog light ON with the headlight in fog weather. You can see it doesn't exactly point up.



But yes, most fog lights are round and glare everywhere.

worker

Agree. LED is a direct light and none of them is close to 700 Lumen. Also LED need to dissipate the heat it produce, else it'll burn itself out. HID, can withstand the heat.

Luke27617

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Here it is 725 lumen. I am using them as DRL. I have disabled regular DRL (where high beam are) and made my fogs as DRL Looks great during daylight. Put some pictures in DIY section

http://www.vleds.com/bulb-type/drl-f...06-1-pair.html

TexasTaco

That's an awesome pic worker

worker

I think it said regular Halogen bulb is 900 lumen right? Pop one of the Halogen into the other DRL. Cover up the Halogen side and you see a huge light drop, cover the LED side and you see not much change.

I still use my high beam as high beam so I will not touch that bulb.

I agree the LED does look great, which is why I change the little light in the DRL with LED. Thought mine is the cheaper cheap kind..... think I paid like $14 for both. Again, just for look. Here it is comparing with the oem yellow bulb. And I think at this time I had the 5000K HID in my low beam.

worker

thanks. I could have made it a lot better if I had my tripod with me at the time. Oh well.

XenonDepot

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Interestingly enough we just started selling XenonDepot LED bulbs =) Sizes available are:

H11 30W CREE LED bulbs
9006 30W CREE LED bulbs
5202 30W CREE LED bulbs

Each bulb comes with 5 CREE XB-R5 LED diodes which will get you approximately 725 lumens.

All of these are available in both 5000k and 6000k =)

If anyone is interested in doing a product review in exchange for a discounted price please let me know!

Steve