Well I bought the CS fog light kit and am planning to retrofit it to my gt mustang and delete my stock gt foglamps. Is it possible to add in a 55w HID kit with 6k bulbs (main reason i want HID's is because the stock halogens look yellowish and I want pure whitish blue 6k spectrum) and will this be safe for the stock housing? What about wiring harnesses? I prefer not to cut anything, has anyone retrofitted a aftermarket hid kit to the CS light assembly and not had to splice wires?
So i bought the CS fog light kit
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Im planning to do this swap eventually and was planning on using this:
2010 2012 Mustang Fog Light Extensions Set H10 to H11 California Special GT | eBay
It looks like it would work to avoid cutting wires as I know I'd prefer to not cut wires as well.
2010 2012 Mustang Fog Light Extensions Set H10 to H11 California Special GT | eBay
It looks like it would work to avoid cutting wires as I know I'd prefer to not cut wires as well.
The CS halogen bulbs are 55w already. So why would we want to downsize on the wattage?
Those harnesses won't work on a 13-14 with led fog lights per se. The led fog lights have a 4 wire plug. You only use 2 of the wires the CS fog lights. You can just cut the end off and use a deutcsh connector or weather pack connector on the chassis side/harness side and then use the harness above.
haha a 55w halogen does not equate to a 55w hid, trust me a 35w is all that's needed, but do what you choose, it's your car man
Chris, get a 35W HID kit. It will be plenty bright. Brighter than the halogen H11 bulbs in there now. 55W will be too much for a 2" projector housing. If it were 3" different story, but those projectors don't really have enough venting.
So who makes a good 35 watt h 11 retrofit kit ?? I planned on using McCullogh as i have had excellent results with them in the past. Dont think they make 35watt kits
Has anyone replaced the h11 halogens with LEDs? Seems easier than HIDs.
I don't think LEDs will work like they should inside of a projector housing. An open element bulb housing would probably be better for an LED swap.
really is hit or miss with ddm. i got so tired of washed out bulbs and ballast not igniting that i went with leds. but that was on my lightning. leds would prolly look decent in the cs fogs but project no light
My thoughts on DDM is exactly as 1sweetSVT said. It's hit or miss, and I'd rather just get a more reliable and better produced kit without the potential for headaches.
Yeah, I don't know why people want to put LEDs in a projector housing. It would be bright to the human eye, but all the light would probably just project back inside the housing. :lol1:
Whatever you do, don't get the Stangmods kit...Junk.
Good thread man, I've been planning on upgrading the bulbs on my CS fogs
Thanks for the link, what specific bulb would you recommend? I just want white, no blue tint. From the looks of it 5000K but I'd rather listen to someone with experience. And since I already have a '11 cs I could just buy new H11 bulbs and be done with it, correct? These? http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=4121
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You will need ballasts and also a relay harness for direct 12V power to the ballasts.
If you want pure white, stick with 4300K, which is the color of the factory HIDs that Mustangs have in the premium lights.
This is everything you need. H11: Morimoto Elite HID System - HID Systems from The Retrofit Source Inc
Thanks! Yeah I had no clue what the difference between pure white and "warm" white lol.
If you want to wait before you order, I can take some pictures of my 4300K once I get them installed and you can see.
Are you in Huntsville right now or Stepheville?
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