So finally I got around installing the Morimoto's I had purchased from The Retrofit Source. The whole intent of these fogs were to get to try something other than getting LED bulbs and or using HID on our stock housing which isn't even meant to reflect HIDs. I had been following Morimoto and when the Nissan version fogs came out, I jumped on them immediately. I never liked the OEM fogs, aesthetically they are nice, performance wise their output is extremely poor. Anyways here are what the fogs look like. **Note** I'm running Osram CBI's as my HID's**








The install went well, I had my local mechanic do it so it took him 40min with the car half way up on the lift. Everything fit well, the only thing that needed some modification was a small piece that was hitting the new LED fog that had to be cut out, no biggy. And now for the pics, I will start off by saying that like everything lighting related, pics NEVER do justice.


Installation of the new LED housings.






Output pics.






Output Comparison.

Stock


Morimoto XB LED



Stock


Morimoto XB LED





Thoughts
The output pics of the LED's weren;t that good due to the road surface not being even like that of when I took pics of the stock. However I'm going to be brutally honest, the fogs are great, I don't get a significant output like I had hoped but then again I do need to adjust these. Aesthetically, they look AWESOME and completely OEM. They dont have that blinding HID look like others have in the fogs. I give these an 8 out of 10. Its a great mod if you want to go that route.

 

From the pictures they look like a decrease in output or is it just me? They look good though.

 

yea one would assume that but like I said, the pics almost never do justice. Also its hard to tell if they are brighter than stock since the LED hue is a bit different than halogen and HIDs. I need to align them a bit and take pics on a more even surface. Here's a wall pic

 

I really like the Morimoto X.DRL 5s. Just don't know if I can make the mod look good in the bottom panels of the '09 one piece bumper. Gonna do some tests to check angle and see if it's doable. I really like that look. And since they're DRL's...don't care too much about projection, mostly cosmetic.

 

Those are nice and clean. Its tough to install these on to our sport bumpers unfortunately.