HID Fogs are in...
02-13-2007, 11:31 PM
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HID Fogs are in...
I got my Hella Micro DE's on Monday.. installed them Monday night...
THANK YOU TUAN LE (Supporting Vendor)... I ordered these Friday and they were here Monday!
Went from the PIAA's to these... wow... but mainly the beam pattern is noticeable. It's more focused with these, but it seems to go a lot further than the PIAA's used to...
Install wasn't harder than the PIAA's. I'm waiting on the other brackets to come, but in the meantime, I mated the OEM bracket (with a slight bend to fit) and the brackets that came with the Hellas.
Here are some pix as promised...
Dave
The length was not an issue... I believe it was only about an 1.5" longer..
View from top of engine bay, with headlight bezel removed... one bolt holds the light bracket in place.
Pivoting elbow made it a lot easier to get the one bolt out...
OEM bracket + Hella bracket
Here's the beam pattern prior to adjustments...
THANK YOU TUAN LE (Supporting Vendor)... I ordered these Friday and they were here Monday!
Went from the PIAA's to these... wow... but mainly the beam pattern is noticeable. It's more focused with these, but it seems to go a lot further than the PIAA's used to...
Install wasn't harder than the PIAA's. I'm waiting on the other brackets to come, but in the meantime, I mated the OEM bracket (with a slight bend to fit) and the brackets that came with the Hellas.
Here are some pix as promised...
Dave
The length was not an issue... I believe it was only about an 1.5" longer..
View from top of engine bay, with headlight bezel removed... one bolt holds the light bracket in place.
Pivoting elbow made it a lot easier to get the one bolt out...
OEM bracket + Hella bracket
Here's the beam pattern prior to adjustments...
Last edited by MyVetteDream; 02-13-2007 at 11:33 PM.
looks sweet 
02-14-2007, 04:59 AM
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hmmm...the beam pattern looks like it does not have a sharp, flat cutoff like HID lights usually do...t's very round the way regular bulbs output.
plus the color looks very yellow. this is really the HID kit with the ballasts and not the regular micro-de kit?
how sharp is the cutoff? i was assuming it would look like this:
plus the color looks very yellow. this is really the HID kit with the ballasts and not the regular micro-de kit?
how sharp is the cutoff? i was assuming it would look like this:
02-14-2007, 12:15 PM
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I bought a pair of Hella Optilux fog lights, and I am waiting on them and the HID kit I bought to use with them. Is it illegal in most states to have HID xenon lights as fog lights?
02-14-2007, 01:10 PM
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Very nice.
02-14-2007, 02:19 PM
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Did you do a before pic with the PIAA's? That is what i have now and would like to compare.
02-15-2007, 07:09 AM
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Looking great! I'd been thinking of doing this, and will now pull the trigger after seeing this install.
Do you happen to know the part # for the brackets you used? I have a Z06 so no brackets at all.
Thanks, and a great job.
Ray
Do you happen to know the part # for the brackets you used? I have a Z06 so no brackets at all.
Thanks, and a great job.
Ray
02-15-2007, 10:26 AM
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It's the OEM fog bracket... I don't have my service manuals with me, so I don't know the # off hand... sorry. Maybe Gene can shot them out to you.
02-15-2007, 10:49 AM
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