these are the usdm foglights which i believe are the plastic ones right? the jdm ones are glass? well my question is. can i put hid's on mine without a problem. im guessing no which is why i haven't done it. don't want to melt the plastic cover on them. if not ill use those new led hid bulbs. homie has his on glass fogs with yellow hids and white hids he changes them every once in a while and his light output from the fogs is unbelievable

 

The HID def gets hot, led not at all. Also the hid is a fairly longer bulb so becareful fitting it

 

HIDs use less power than halogens. Stock fogs are usually 35-55w, HIDs are usually less than 35w. Less power means less heat.

That being said, don't be "that guy" with the HIDs in your fogs because you blind every single driver in oncoming traffic for no good reason. Fog lights already cause excessive glare in stock form but with HIDs you will be throwing a ton of light with very poor optics. DON'T DO IT.

The LED "fogs" would be fine but don't expect a meaningful gain in vision, they don't put out nearly as much light as a real halogen, and even if they did it would suffer the same problem as HIDs and would have terrible focus.

 

what are you talking about? lmao my homies fogs don't blind me what so ever!!! ton of glare with stock bulbs? wtf!!! lmao not even close!!! both hid kits he puts on don't give any glare like that. the only thing that "glares" more then his hid fogs are these new cars with hids projectors in them. like the s2000's bms' Mercedes etc.

 

A fog lamp is designed to throw light in a wide pattern to help with extremely low speed driving in heavy fog. It's not designed to be used all the time, despite how others use it.

On top of that, adding a high-output HID that has different optics than a halogen and tons of glare is inevitable. A HID capsule is a different shape than a halogen one so any housing designed for halogen will not focus HID correctly.

Don't take my word for it. See how many folks flash their lights at you. Or better yet, drive behind a couple police cruisers and see how long you get by without a ticket.

 

lmao homie must be lucky then that his fogs don't do that. lmao they don't blind me!! the ones that blind me are the new bms's s200's etc. the new cars with projectors blind me more then hid's in a halogen headlight!! i actually flash my lights at those ******** then the ones with hid's in halogen because they have them aiming down. some don't know about aiming them down and dose do blind me!!!! me and him have driving behind/pass and even in front of cops. not once has got a ticket for lighting. hes gotten a ticket for exhaust noise tho

 

Sorry didn't mean to get off topic. If you're sure they aren't blinding, then both the HID and LED should be fine for the housing.