karmavore Posted February 5, 2011 Report Share Posted February 5, 2011 So I've been trying to think of how to upgrade the 94-04 fog lights with out doing body work. This is not very well thought out or anything yet, but my ideas is to replace the inner working of the assembly with something like this: Hella AUX Micro Xenon The major problem would be replacing the factory lens with, presumably, glass or perspex. Unfortunately, I cant find anybody that does that kind of thing. Anyway.... that's all I got. Thoughts and recommendations are most welcome. Quote Luke Colorado, Super Spy. - Lotus Owner No Longer 1987 Zender Widebody 560SEC | 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 | 2013 Honda Fit EV (#269) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Grey Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Some people buy S2000 or TSX or FX35 projector assemblies and retrofit those with some HID bulbs into an existing housing... Leaving the front plastic/glass. Quote Travis Vulcan Grey 89SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmavore Posted February 10, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Really? I've never seen that. Any pictures/details Travis? Quote Luke Colorado, Super Spy. - Lotus Owner No Longer 1987 Zender Widebody 560SEC | 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 | 2013 Honda Fit EV (#269) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mangel Posted February 10, 2011 Report Share Posted February 10, 2011 Impreza with the original housing adapted. They seem to just cut away the rear and bond or bolt in the unit!! sure its not as simple as that though!! http://i32.photobucket.com/albums/d14/BiggSean/WRX%20pics/front2.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vulcan Grey Posted February 11, 2011 Report Share Posted February 11, 2011 I was planning on doing it to my Acura RSX headlights since I can't see anything out of them... I planned to buy new blacked out housings on ebay TSX or FX35 projector lenses and housings (with reflector) and then the 4300k D2S bulbs and 35 or 55 W ballasts. Here is a bunch of info on how people do it... http://forums.clubrsx.com/tags.php?tag=retrofit http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=222173if you don't want to ruin your, you could buy more Saab 9000 Aero fog lamps and mod those http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/SAAB-9000-CS-CSE-OEM-BUMPER-FOG-LIGHT-L-VALEO-93-97-/120673433034#ht_500wt_779 Quote Travis Vulcan Grey 89SE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advantage Posted February 12, 2011 Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I took mine apart a while ago and retro fitted a small array of leds instead of the 55w bulb. I also butchered a pair of old Elise rear lamps to provide reflectors. I did this purely for asthetics, there's no optical benefit - it just looks purretty! The glass can be removed by gently warming the glue/grey goo which holds it to the plastic housing. Take your time doing this. You may or may not like the results: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karmavore Posted February 12, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 12, 2011 I think they look fantastic! Do you happen to have a shot standing further back? Good job, dude. Quote Luke Colorado, Super Spy. - Lotus Owner No Longer 1987 Zender Widebody 560SEC | 1994 Lotus Esprit S4 | 2013 Honda Fit EV (#269) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actwon Posted February 21, 2011 Report Share Posted February 21, 2011 GKP, I know you did the fog lamp modification for aesthetics, but I am wondering how function are the LEDs? Does it provide as much light or more then the old halogens? Quote actwon ------ '14 Nike Shox '12 Range Rover Sport '01 Esprit V8 '95 Ducati 916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8Esprit Posted February 25, 2011 Report Share Posted February 25, 2011 Looks great and per Karmavore if you can have a shot of the front from a distance or 2. Say one at 3 metres and one shot at 10 metres? They will more like daytime running lights which is something I have thinking of on mine. There are guys out there who installed running lights just to the side of the foglights. But I kinda like this idea........besides where I live there will be one fog in a year and only for a couple of hours at best so foglights are not an important factor for us. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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