Can Khoality's hid canbus kit be used for the foglights? I was just thinking that it would be be a nice upgrade.
Here's the link
http://www.khoalty.com/bmw-e46/light...ement-kit.html
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Can Khoality's hid canbus kit be used for the foglights? I was just thinking that it would be be a nice upgrade.
Here's the link
http://www.khoalty.com/bmw-e46/light...ement-kit.html
This is the kit I went with....like them so far :thumbsup
http://shop.hidcountry.com/G4-Mini-Ballast-HID-Kit-p/g4%20mini%20kit%20hdk1.htm
great kit! May go ahead and get this. Hows the install?
Thanks for the link. So I take it that any kit will work? I've never done a conversion, would these work on my e30 headlight as well?
Do you have a pic of them on your car?
I got my 3k 35w HID's from DDM from pretty much half the price and I have no complaints..
nike- did you buy the harness and eliminator with your kit?
Also do you have pics?
Chris,
The install was very easy....plug and play. What I found amazing was just how small the ignitor ballasts were for these lights. I ordered mine with the 9006 xenon bulbs. Everything fit into the OEM fogs with no issues. :thumbsup
Chris,
Here they are with the Xenon HIDs installed. I'm using 6000k bulbs here. :)
http://i395.photobucket.com/albums/p...r/photo-17.jpg
As far as I know John, they should work if you have the same connector plug as the E46 headlight/fog connectors. :thumbsup
Keith,
Just trying to help everyone here...:) If you have any additional questions please feel free to PM me :thumbsup
BTW everyone....credit for these goes to Chad44. He had these installed on his ZHP and told me about the deal....I couldn't pass on these and am happy I got them :biggrin
I installed these when I was replacing some fasteners in my bumper, here's some pictures of them mounted to the back side of an existing bumper fastener. They fit great and are very secure.
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Here are the pictures again, they showed up small the first time for some reason.
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They look good
Easy install. Got mine from DDM (the 3k).
1. Remove both front wheels
2. Remove (I think) 3 screws on inside of wheel well that is attached to front bumper
3. Pull back the part of the wheel well to access back of foglights
4. Remove H4 bulb.
5. plug in ballast and mount it
6. place HID bulb in socket, make sure its secure, then put everything back together
-there isnt a light on the dash for missing fog lights so you do not need error eliminators for the ballasts. I have a thread of what they look like in projects forum http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...ID-kit-install
Wait doesn't the ZHP sedan use h11 bulbs?
ZHP uses 9006 bulbs for fog lights.
Link is dead :(
Spooner,
Try this link...similar kit. :thumbsup
http://www.hidnation.com/9006hidkits.html
The link goes to fog light kits....:thumbsup
Is it the same kit?
not the same exact kit but a comparible kit. Not sure why the link I posted earlier died....
If I had to get another set for fogs, I'd get these or order a set from DDM Tuning
For your fog lights, get the cheapest HID kit out there available, they all work without issues. The HIDs we offer is mainly for headlights where you don't have to buy any cancellers and other sorts of stuff. More expensive, but we buy in low quantity and it isn't the grunt of our business, we just offer it as customers do ask us about them and the failure rate is almost none after 5 yrs. We sold to other wholesalers more than anything to the public. With fogs, you possibly would need to buy a harness so it can draw the extra power from the battery, you will know if ou need them due to turning the hid fogs and you get a strobe or flash on the interior of your car as well as your mileage count will reset, the ones that can reset normally, not the actual one.
So I bought my HID kit from them, a little pissed at them. No where on the check out page does it tell you how much shipping is going to be, no options at all. SO I bite the bullet and bam an extra $16 added for shipping. They really need to change the layout and warn people of just how much it will be. I complain because I was comparing two different places with pricing (bargain shopping :D)
Oh well. HID headlight retrofit here I come.
Do a DIY write up with photos.....
I've had HID fogs for about 6 months until I flashed my high beams and my fog light fuse blew. From then on out when I turned my fogs on with a new fuse, it blew once more. Thinking it has to do with the amount of initial start up power of HID lights. The high beams flash to pass function may interfere with hid operation. Not sure if others have experienced this but I believe a harness would solve this problem.( drawing power directly from the battery). In the meantime, I'm sticking with the halogens.
I've been thinking about doing this but I have read a lot of people saying to make sure you get the projector housing otherwise the glare can blind oncoming traffic (i.e. do not retrofit your halogen housing)
JP,
I retrofitted my fogs with HID and do not have any issues regarding oncoming traffic. I haven't been flashed or anything like that. The light output is nice, well worth it imho :thumbsup
The ballasts pull quite a bit of current when starting the bulbs, this is exacerbated by turning them off and back on when you flash- it tends to damage the ballasts, as well as the current is even higher on restarting a hot bulb. Have your car recoded to keep the fogs on with flash- I had mine coded to run both hid and halogen high beam with highs, and the fogs never turn off except with the switch... This is ideal for the hid setup.
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Does the dealer have to recode or can you do it yourself?
Thanks
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I don't know if the dealer will do that coding, but they theoretically can do it. You might want to check with an indy guy or somebody in your area who knows coding
yeah i need to get on top of this. amongst a few other things i need to get on too....
I don't think you can code a car for HID foglights. You can however disable the OBC from checking if the fog lights are working or not.
When it comes to headlights though, if you have the software (which I do) you can code the LCM (light control module) your self.
I think he was asking about the coding where the fog stays on when you turn on your high beam, I know that is possible
Yes JP, as I was reading this thread I was concerend about the fuse blowing or the fogs going off when "flashing", I have never had this problem before on my //M5 with hid fogs. I purchased hid fogs from umnitza but I have'nt installed them yet, I got them with the 6000k, was thinking going back to umnitza and changing to 3000k. Thoughts? on the coding I'm not familiar with this procedure.
Steve, PM az3579 "BP" he should be able to answer your question.
So it has recently become extremely foggy here in the Blacksburg and I am seriously looking into a HID fog kit. I am looking at a 3k kit from either the DDM tuning ones or the HIDnation ones. Can someone give me more information about using different housings?