HID Foglights

[edram454]

Just installed HID Foglights on my Z. Makes a huge difference in lighting at night. I bought the kit about a year ago from CorvetteHID. I thought that it would be difficult to install so I bought some LED bulbs 2 weeks ago. When I received them I saw that they were L shaped and that will not work with our cars so I decided to try to install my HID kit since I had already paid for it and I was glad I did.

very easy to install and the results are great. I can get by just using the foglights and not even bother with the headlights at night. Highly recommend.

edramos #3028

[Paul Workman]

Details?

Model/part #s??

Curious minds want to know!

[edram454]

Details?

Model/part #s??

Curious minds want to know!

Just go to the corvetteHID.com site and order the c4 fog light kit. It is about $120.00 and comes complete. Instructions are good. I am usually not good at wiring up electronics but even I could do it easily. It even comes with the tie wraps so it comes complete. corvetteHID.com.

Good Luck Paul.

ed ramos #3028:-D

[XfireZ51]

BTW, you can swap the connectors so that the HID harness will plug directly into the OEM harness. This avoids sticking the spades in and then trying to secure the connection w electrical tape.

[XfireZ51]

I knew Dynomite would have the documentation on this. Here's the thread w pics I posted on converting the connectors to OEM.

http://www.zr1.net/forum/showthread.php?p=195225

[edram454]

BTW, you can swap the connectors so that the HID harness will plug directly into the OEM harness. This avoids sticking the spades in and then trying to secure the connection w electrical tape.

The kit is easy to install. I just did it the way the kit instructed and it turned out well. I do have access to amp wire sealer that we use in the telephone business that has a sticky clear anticorrosion material inside where you place the wires and fold over the cap and snap it tight. It is used to seal wires even under water. I did not do that yesterday when I installed it but just thought of it while looking at those different methods to protect from corrosion and weather. I have seen those amp peewee last for years in outside conditions. Anyway enjoy this fabulous upgrade.

ed ramos #3028

[Hib Halverson]

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very easy to install and the results are great. I can get by just using the foglights and not even bother with the headlights at night. Highly recommend.

edramos #3028

My experience has been with fog lights which are bright enough and have beams shaped such that they can replace low beams actually do not work well in real foggy conditions.

Have you tested you HID fog light work in heavy fog by turning off the headlights and driving with just the fog lights on? If so, was the lighting sharply cut off and very low in front of you with minimal glare reflected back at you by the fog?

[edram454]

My experience has been with fog lights which are bright enough and have beams shaped such that they can replace low beams actually do not work well in real foggy conditions.

How do these HID fog light work in heavy fog?

dont know. No heavy fog in miami recently. As soon as I see some fog I will try them out and post my findings.

ed ramos #3028

[5ABI VT]

I posted some photos last year. post #126 page 7 I think.http://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c4-zr-1-discussion/3300001-admiral-94-comes-home-finally-let-the-mods-begin.html

disconnecting the headlights was probably the first thing I did before driving it home ;) These fogs are shooting light everywhere though. I have some ideas to fit mini projector hids inside the housing but that's when I feel like pulling the bumper off:confused:

[boyking]

What color (temperature) bulbs did you go with for your fog light install? The website recommends yellow (3000k). Thanks.

John

[Hib Halverson]

The deal with fog lights is you want a beam which is very low and with a sharp cutoff. The key is the cutoff which reduces the amount of light reflected off the fog and back into your eyes.

You want the low (in height not necessarily its intensity) beam both to further decrease reflected glare and, if the fog is not right on the ground, to project light under the bottom of the fog deck.

Fog lights usually have a very wide and low beam with the sharp cutoff.

Back in the day, when I used to run a lot of "map-type monte carlo" sports car rallys at night in an older car with a four-light system, I had my fog lights also set up such that the beams crossed each other, so I could, also, use them as corning lights. That is, the left fog light was aimed at the right side of the road and the right shoulder and the right fog was aimed at the left side of the road and the left shoulder. In fact, using them as cornering lights was more common than using them as straight fog lights. Driving fast through the twisties at night and you'll quickly learn the value of cornering lights to find apexes.

I did not use yellow bulbs in those fogs–just regular 55W H1 quartz-halogens.

Low beams each had 100/130W H4s
High beams each had 100W H1s
Driving beams each had 100W H1s.

The fog lights were switched separately. The driving beams were wired in with the high-beams. Needless to say, driving that car, running about 125-mph on a rally out in the Mojave Desert on a moonless night was a lot of fun.

Oh, yeah. The car had a really big alternator. The high beams and the driving lights were relayed and the power line feeding the headlight system was 8-ga.

I guess that's enough on lighting, eh?

[edram454]

What color (temperature) bulbs did you go with for your fog light install? The website recommends yellow (3000k). Thanks.

John

I did not choose the color. I just ordered the kit and I got what they sent me. It is bright white not yellow. When I order my HID headlight conversion I will go with the 6000k blueish color. I did not stipulate fog light color when I ordered.

ed ramos #3028

[WVZR-1]

Oh, yeah. The car had a really big alternator. The high beams and the driving lights were relayed and the power line feeding the headlight system was 8-ga.

I guess that's enough on lighting, eh?

I wouldn't think that larger amp'd charging systems would be required for production lamps but I would think it very wise to check the voltage at the lamp of choice. Supplying "alternator output" voltage to the lamps and using relays dramatically improve even stock lighting.

I believe that most lamp life is calculated at 14V but the supplied voltage at the lamps is generally way low. I haven't measured any older systems recently but I'd think that few manage much more than maybe 11+V. Most newer production lamps are all relay controlled with separate relays for lows and highs.