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Got a set of the LED E2 fog light bulbs for X-mas. Pass side went fine, however the drivers side didn't go so easy. This bulb has a 90 deg elec connector. Bulb only goes in one way and after it's twisted to lock in place, the connector points straight down. Problem is there's some gizmo in the way preventing the wire from being connected. The mystery gizmo appears to be an emission device (EVAP??) and has a large hose that connects to the air filter assy. Determined to make it work, I loosened the fog light assy bolt (10mm) which allowed the entire light assy to rotate a little so I could get the wire connected, then tightened the 10mm bolt. Now the elec connector is up against the emission gizmo.This interference causes the light to rotate a little and effects the projected light pattern. Also this interference prevents aiming adjustment from functioning properly.
Anyone else had this issue?
Planning on installing KDTV headlights as soon as they arrive (on back order) so I'll re-visit this at that time since I'll have better access to the area with headlights removed. Car is a 2000 coupe.
I basically used method 2, but just loosened the 10mm hex head bolt. Also needed to re-route the fog light wire since it wasnt long enough using the orig routing. The light works but the interference causes issues. Found out the mystery Emission gizmo thats in the way is the elec air pump for the AIR sys. Saw a video that removes that air pump from it's bracket.
Looks like I might be able to bend the bracket a little and get clearance for the fog light elec connector.
The interference is causing the projected light pattern to be higher on the left side, like it's slightly rotated clockwise as viewed from drivers seat. This is bad news for oncoming drivers. Also when adjusting up/down, I need to reach in behind the fog light and help it move. Pass side projects a nice level pattern with a sharp cut-off.
The lights themselves work much better than stock bulbs. I drove around the neighborhood (very dark) with just the fog lights on and was able to see as long as I drove slow and dimmed my dash lights.
Had the vette on the lift yesterday doing an oil change and figured while I was at it, I'd pull the bottom cover under the driver's side fog light and get a view from the bottom. I could plainly see the elec connector was touching the air pump exhaust port. Got my big long screwdriver/prybar in there and bent the air pump bracket so pump didn't touch the fog light connector. Projected pattern was still rotated clockwise. Rotated the bulb itself but projected light pattern didn't move.
Then I noticed that when I had previously loosened the fog light assy to get the connector on, the entire fog light assy wasn't level after tightening it. Loosened the 10mm bolt that holds the fog light assy and moved the bottom towards the pass side. This leveled-out the projected light pattern but the elec connector was again up against the air pump. Got the screwdriver/prybar back out and tweaked the air pump bracket a little more. Now it's all good. Love the LED look. Huge difference from stock fog light bulbs.
Before tweak
After 1st tweak. (Fog light still not positioned correctly as witnessed by gap on right side)
Old VS new.
Last edited by zz28zz; Jan 13, 2025 at 03:37 PM.
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Cue that other thread with vinyls and cassette tapes but I kinda like the warm incandescent glow nowadays lol. Of course back when only the beemers and benzes had HIDs/LEDs we all had to plug them in,, now they are on every kia and carrolla and it is rare to see a car with glass bulbs on the road anymore it's kinda neat!
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Glad you were able to tweak the bracket on the air pump to get the fog light to project a proper pattern. The new fog light does look a lot brighter than the stock light.
I was wondering why some folks had issues with the LED fog lamp bulb installation and I (as well as others) did not. The PO had removed that air pump setup on my car when he installed the LG headers. There is a whole lot of room under there without the air pump. I really love those LED fog lamp bulbs as well as the Bi-LED headlamps and the LED switchback (white DRL, amber turn signal) lights.
Not sure how well bracket bending would go from the top. Probably be OK with the headlight removed. From the bottom, there's a good place in the front subframe to get some good leverage.
Round KDTV headlights are on the way soon (I hope). Will probably go with the LED white/amber switchback lights to even it all out at some point. Think it will look sharp at night.
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but I kinda like the warm incandescent glow nowadays lol. Of course back when only the beemers and benzes had HIDs/LEDs we all had to plug them in,, now they are on every kia and carrolla and it is rare to see a car with glass bulbs on the road anymore it's kinda neat!
