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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 11:21 AM
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Originally Posted by meanwhitemopar
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/94-01...item33578a5931

heres those fog lights.. and they are bright as hell...
Do these fog lights mount to the stock location without issues? My fog lamps either have a compromised seal or the lenses are crack, so I want to replace them.

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i like the second set.
why do you care about blinding oncoming drivers? they can just look at the white line when you pass if you're too bright.
Well, it's called being discourteous to other drivers as well as illegal to run headlights that are too bright. Typically, it's a_ssholes with trucks who are always blinding me by not switching off their high beams.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 11:41 AM
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as long as the lights are aimed correctly then i doubt it would be any worse than some of the newer imports coming out these days. until you go with hid lights, then i could see them being too bright.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 11:43 AM
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Originally Posted by Sheriff420
as long as the lights are aimed correctly then i doubt it would be any worse than some of the newer imports coming out these days. until you go with hid lights, then i could see them being too bright.
There is some style of lights out there, can't remember which, that fielded so many complaints of blinding drivers that they aren't installed on new cars anymore -- import or otherwise.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 12:06 PM
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those fog lights, are in the stock place, with the mounts
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 12:22 PM
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a buddy of mine got the halos like the second set u posted cause he thought they would be brighter than stock but they werent. they looked cool all lit up but they were not very bright at all. just my .02 cents
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 12:23 PM
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Originally Posted by meanwhitemopar
those fog lights, are in the stock place, with the mounts
Do they just bolt right in place? Are they nice and bright?
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 01:47 PM
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I'm just worried about the fitment on a Sport Bumper 99-01.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 02:00 PM
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for those fogs, can the halo be switched separately? i thought it would be cool to have the halo flash with your blinker
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 02:15 PM
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If you're going for cool factor, great, but if you want best of both worlds, you need to look else where. HIDS wont help projectors out that much. They just get more irratating when you need light. The type of bulbs you're posting throw a pencil beam light pattern out and do nothing to spread on the dies like what you need.

IMO, look at clear housings all together that use standard light patterns. Then throw a nice set of 6500 HIDs in them. You can't go wrong this way.

On a side note about some of you not caring if you blind other people....

You better hope one of them never hits because they can't see where they're going.

Specially people with blue eyes as we are more light sensitive than anyone else. With all that tint on my truck, I STILL wear glasses at night to take the edge off the headlights.
 
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Old Nov 24, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Laramie1997
If you're going for cool factor, great, but if you want best of both worlds, you need to look else where. HIDS wont help projectors out that much. They just get more irratating when you need light. The type of bulbs you're posting throw a pencil beam light pattern out and do nothing to spread on the dies like what you need.

IMO, look at clear housings all together that use standard light patterns. Then throw a nice set of 6500 HIDs in them. You can't go wrong this way.

On a side note about some of you not caring if you blind other people....

You better hope one of them never hits because they can't see where they're going.

Specially people with blue eyes as we are more light sensitive than anyone else. With all that tint on my truck, I STILL wear glasses at night to take the edge off the headlights.
Throw me an example of some lights/housings you're recommending. Mine are yellowed and I want to change to something with more "light" and not a pencil beam.
 
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