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This is a picture of my driver and passenger 2nd gen fog lights. The drivers side is perfectly flat but the passenger side is off by at least 10*. Thankfully it's higher on the right side of the road so it highlights more of the trees but it's still a noticeable difference. Because of how hot and wet it's been, and how complicated it is to access the passenger side light, I haven't tried to readjust it.
It also looks like the passenger side is crooked, it is a little harder to access but nothing that can't be done with a car jack and removing part of the plastic undertray where the fog light is, I hope you've made a small incision in part of the bumpers plastic housing's where the fog light mounts to do you can reach the adjustment **** without removing the fog light, here's a picture of mine
Purchased these fogs for my sedan and just finished installing them. I removed the bumper entirely in order to install them, I think this made the installation much easier and gave me a lot more space, but I think it could be done by removing the plastic underneath and wheel well too.
After installing them, I can say I'm about 90% impressed/happy with them. They have a great color and color flicker and throw light pretty far. One thing I wish was that they were wider, was hoping to have closer to 180* in width, these are more like 160-165*, which doesn't sound like a lot but it makes a difference. They are not as wide as the stock projectors either. This could be because I have the V2 units since they don't make the V1 units in the 'round' style that our sedans need. Ive read that the V1 units are wider by a considerable margin, but lack the color flicker that these have; can't say for certain though as I don't have both units to test.
The color of the units is great, they are a PURE white in my eyes with an ever so slight purple hint because of how white they are; much like the LEDs that come on other cars as OEM like the Q50 units. I am running Osram CBH bulbs (which are 6000K compared to the CBIs 5000K-5500K) and they are about a 85-90% match. Head on especially from a distance they look like a 100% match. However, the CBHs in the projector are slightly cooler in color on the road but actually look a little bit more yellow when you look at them next to the XBLED foglights which really are the purest white you can get. Ive had CBIs before and can say that they will be considerably more yellow/warmer next to these foglights.
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In this pic, they look warmer than the CBHs, but in reality they are more white than the CBHs, but I guess this is the natural of LEDs. Maybe a clear lens swap on the OEM projector units will help.
Is it necessary to adjust them once there installed or do they come pre adjusted? If not how easy is it to get to the screw to adjust them once they are on the car
Is it necessary to adjust them once there installed or do they come pre adjusted? If not how easy is it to get to the screw to adjust them once they are on the car
As long as you mount them level, they should come out perfectly. Incase you wanna adjust it after its already mounted, you'd need to cut a section of the plastic bumper backing directly behind the foglight so you can reach the adjustment screw.
06-24-2016, 08:18 PM
