Installing HID fog lights questions

**Haulero** · 05-27-2011

Guys, have you install HID conversion kit on your foglights? my concern is: is safe to install HID bulbs using the same OEM housing? I'm just afraid that they gonna be a little hot and may burn/melt the housing. The other question is, my keyless system (aftermarket) make my foglights to flash when I lock/unlock my car. Is it gonna hurt my HID lights if they flash like that? Thank you for your help

Note: I installed regular fog light bulbs before and they melted the housing for some reason, when I installed them they burned my fuse, someone told me to put a different fuse and that was a big mistake cause it didn't burn my fuse anymore, my lights stayed on but they melted my fog light housing lol thats why I'm now kinda scared.

**machinegunsquid** · 05-27-2011

I ran 35w 5000k HIDS in mine for close to a year, and never had any problem with melting/warping.

They did blow a fuse once, but I replaced it with the exact same size fuse, and never had a problem.

Also, I always had my fogs on, so they flashed when i locked/unlocked the car...never had a problem...
Just buy a good set of HID's, and you'll be fine.

**Haulero** · 05-27-2011

Originally Posted by machinegunsquid

I ran 35w 5000k HIDS in mine for close to a year, and never had any problem with melting/warping.

They did blow a fuse once, but I replaced it with the exact same size fuse, and never had a problem.

Also, I always had my fogs on, so they flashed when i locked/unlocked the car...never had a problem...
Just buy a good set of HID's, and you'll be fine.

Thank you for your help

that make me feel safer

Also, you said you ran this for almost a year. So what do you have now? did you install better fog lights?

**dpzelenak** · 05-27-2011

i got 35w 10k in my fogs and havent had anyproblems with them, and i dont use my keyless anymore because i dont want them to flash, but i know theres a way to make it so they flash but i havent tryed do it

**Haulero** · 05-27-2011

I might stop my foglights from flashing when lock/unlocking by turning off the foglight switch, if the switch stays on all the time, my foglights will flash, so if I don't want them to flash I just turn the switch off. I was just concerned that quick flashing may hurt the bulb life of the ballast

**dpzelenak** · 05-27-2011

yea that'll work,,, but not for me i got hids in my lows to, so if i want to use my keyless i have to put my parking brake on all the time

**codyAK** · 05-27-2011

Originally Posted by dpzelenak

yea that'll work,,, but not for me i got hids in my lows to, so if i want to use my keyless i have to put my parking brake on all the time

You can just turn the flash off when using it, that's what I did.

**dpzelenak** · 05-27-2011

how?

**machinegunsquid** · 05-27-2011

*in answer to the question directed at me*

Car blew up for the 3rd time, said **** it and moved onto bigger and better things.

**mick777wauchope** · 05-07-2012

ClubGP Message Forum troubleshooting

This shows you how to rewire your car's lock/unlock to flash the parking lights instead of the headlights. Just did it today, and it worked perfectly. Note that the fogs will still flash unless you turn the switch off. That is because your fogs work with your parking lights too.