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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 12:26 PM
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Old Aug 10, 2006 | 09:29 PM
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Never install those cheap Korean HID kits. They get extremly hot and die after a year. The best ballasts are made by Denso or Hella.

I have 8Ks in my headlights, and I also had 4300K HIDs in my fogs. Two days ago someone stole my fog lights and I am very unhappy about it. The only good thing is that, they could not get to my ballasts. I had them under the hood.

When I first installed HIDs in my fog lights, I placed them behind the front bumper. Both, right and left sides have plenty of space for that. However, I had a lot of problems with them when it was raining. Actually, it was only the driver's side which caused problems. The passenger side was always dry. The ballast would get wet all the time and would not work. I even burned one once. So, I had to extend the wires and place them under the hood, where the other two from the headlights were. Never had a single problem since. Also, most of you know this , how easy it is to take off the fog lights. There are only two screws there. Having your HID ballasts under the hood is not only saving them from the rain, but also from thieves.
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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 01:41 AM
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Kandle , I Have A Mculloch Kit For The Fogs...the Bulbs Are 9006 , 3000k Yellow...iam Selling If Interested , 250 Shipped , I Payed Close To 300 , Had Them For A Few Months..i Still Have Paperwork Showing Exact Date Of Purchase If Ur Interested. I Have Mine On With The Clear Housing They Look Sweet , Its Just i Want To Match My Headlights Now So I Need 8000k.

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Old Aug 15, 2006 | 11:05 PM
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I thinkin, getting a 9006 either 6k or 3k.....since my lowbeam is 6k, I might getting 6k for my fog.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 07:52 AM
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Replace that philips screw on the foglight housing with an hex head screw. 99.9% of the time thieves targeting our cars will only carry a phillips. Thats probably because 99.9% of GS owners have the original phllips screws on there. There are also keyed screws. Kind of like a wheel lock but in the form or a small screw....only problem is that these are a bit expensive while you can get all 4 hex screws for less than a dollar.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 09:04 AM
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I, too, have 6000k HID fogs in clear housing/lenses. My kit is a Polarion kit that uses Phillips Ulitinons, Phillips ballasts and a true plug and play harness. I've had them for almost two years and absolutley not problems.
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Old Aug 16, 2006 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by JeffTsai
Replace that philips screw on the foglight housing with an hex head screw. 99.9% of the time thieves targeting our cars will only carry a phillips. Thats probably because 99.9% of GS owners have the original phllips screws on there. There are also keyed screws. Kind of like a wheel lock but in the form or a small screw....only problem is that these are a bit expensive while you can get all 4 hex screws for less than a dollar.
lol, or just get body kits. if it uses the stock fogs, usually it's mounted from inside, so it's hard to take off. if it's lip kit, usually it clip on the bumper around the fogs, so you can't take out fogs unless you take out front lip
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:35 AM
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Originally Posted by KANEDL25
I'm kind of hesitant to put HID's in my fogs because of how easy it is to steal the fog lights.
People steal foglights on a regular basis?
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 08:02 AM
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I have Philips 6000K HID's in my fogs. I also upgraded the OEM 4300K HID's in the headlights to 6000K Philips bulbs.

These pics show the 4300K headlights and 6000K fogs. I don't have more recent pics with the headlights when I upgraded them to 6000K bulbs.





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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 09:34 AM
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still remember back when you upgraded the fogs, hameed. what a long long time
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 09:54 AM
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Originally Posted by rominl
still remember back when you upgraded the fogs, hameed. what a long long time
Yes, indeed my friend! I still can't believe I will have had my GS for 4 years this November! It's been a roller coaster ride on here as well as driving the GS!
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:15 PM
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i am running 3000k yellow hid's on my fogs .
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 07:32 PM
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indypwr - that is an AWESOME SC...

I like how you really get some ground coverage close to the car with your fogs.
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Old Aug 18, 2006 | 08:21 PM
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indypwr, That's very nice SC's HID lights.
I just wondered could you take some shot of down the road? Like from driver seat position's view to the road at nite.
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Old Aug 19, 2006 | 07:22 AM
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Originally Posted by indypwr


i am running 3000k yellow hid's on my fogs .
damn that looks sexy
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