What type of options are out there to improve my foglights?

 

HID conversion kits. If you want them to actually function as true fog lights, go with amber 3000k's. If you want to light up the road with the most lumens in bright white, go with 4300k. If you want more of a "modern" look with a bit less function, go to 5000k or 6000k bulbs. If you want blue bling, go 8000k or higher.

 

HID all the way: http://www.shop.jwmotoring.com/produ...4&productId=57

 

Depends on the intended purpose of your foglights:

There are 2 types of patterns you can get: Fog and Driving. Foglight patten is a wide beam with a sharp cutoff and is designed to give illuminatino for about 15-50 feet in front of you in poor weather conditions. The Driving light pattern is a narrow beam with minimal width designed to enhance long range vision on unlit-poorly lit highways. Great care should be taken when aiming driving lights as they can easily blind oncomong traffic.

Here are the canidates that have worked in the C5 foglight position;

Fog pattern:

OEM foglights (blazer) - Excellent optics for HID upgrade but worthless with a halogen bulb. Reccomended bulb for HID upgrade is 880 series. Has a very sharp cutoff and good intensity but the lens does not fair well against road debris.


Hella Micro De (halogen version) - Works well with either H3 halogen or H3 HID (standard length bulb not H3C or mini) Excellent output and decent cutoff. The lens is VERY durable even without protection like a ZO6 screen or similar.


Driving pattern:

PIAA 1100X - I have no personal experience with these lights, but jdmvette does. see thread: http://forums.corvetteforum.com/c5-g...nvertable.html



Hella Micro De Xenon - Expensive as all get out, but have the durability of the Hella Micro DE with the output of a D2S HID and supurb optics. Minor trimming of the OEM foglight mount will be required for proper fitment. These are the lights i currently use with a 55w 6000K D2S HID kit.

 

Thank you for your help guys! I knew I would get some excellent opinions on this one.

I think I am either going to go with the HID upgrade or the Hella Micro DEs. As far as the Micro DEs Xenon, $700 for a foglight/ driving light???

 

That's crazy. I don't see anyone needing that unless you want HD driving

For most the HID fog light kit with properly aimed fog lights are enough. We have them at $80 ready to ship.

 

I have Jonathans kit in my fogs much brighter

 

Which one did you go with?

 

The Hella micro DE (fog pattern) can be had for about $140 a set.
I get my Hella Micro De xenon (driving pattern) for just $420 shipped.

 

You got them for a great price! I checked tire rack and they had them listed for $697.

 

aye. Autozone wanted over $1000!

 

The 6000k

 

I just installed a set while at Cruise-in X and what a difference.

 

Wow.

 

PM'd ya.

 

You already installed those!

 

I had PIAA 1100x, and I loved em, cause I hate the popups. They were bright enough (much more the cheezy factory HL's) so I would drive with just those. Trouble was, they burn out too quick ( I also have them on my winter DD), and there is no bulb to replace, but the whole light. So enough was enough, and bought some new oem Vert fogs, and coverted them to 4300K HID. End of last year I updated my ACA HID.'s to 6000K, and also the fogs, but they didn't match, so I'm going back to 4300K in the fogs cause JDMvette was giving me major grief.

 

My buddy there has a lift in his garage, made it real easy to access the fogs through the under side of the car.

 

can you blame me? they're too blue!



glad to hear you're changing them, tho.

 

I originally installed 6000k and they look cool, but the blacktop just sucked up too much of the available light for my comfort level. Too much eyestrain. I switched my main projectors and fogs to 4300k and the difference was incredible. Far more utility and visibility. Now, I've still got 4300k in the fogs, but 55w 5000k in the main projectors because I dig that sort of silvery look the 5000k's impart. But for sheer lumen output, 4300k is the king of the road.