Before and After fogs.....

[evoic]

A fellow 'ziner was kind enough to cut me a deal on some Hoen H11 bulbs, so I threw them in this weekend.

For the record, I tried every possible way to find a solution OTHER than removing the bumper for us non S-Liners......

No luck. The bumper comes off.

Anyways, as soon as I figure out the bulbs or track down the thread that has all of the sizes, I'll be changing the headlights and the DRL's as well.

I'm loving the new blues.
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BEFORE

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AFTER

[bhvrdr]

You dont have to take the bumper off to change fog bulbs. You can reach in the grilles and get at the socket...

http://www.audigeeks.com/forums/index.php?topic=359.0

cheers! Mike

[evoic]

Not with my hands / arms.

Also, if you can get the clip off of the bulb with one hand, without looking while stuffing it through the grill, I'll give you a crisp $50.

[Allan T]

Looks great

[Hondakiller]

I did my fogs without bumper removal as well...$50 goes to me, but not my arms I had an asian buddy comeover cuz there hands & arms are like little 8 year old boys, so I was in luck!

[evoic]

Originally posted by Hondakiller
I did my fogs without bumper removal as well...$50 goes to me, but not my arms

$50 for YOUR arm, One-Handed, WITHOUT looking.....

Originally posted by Hondakiller

I had an asian buddy comeover cuz there hands & arms are like little 8 year old boys, so I was in luck!

Bwaaa-Haaa-Haaa-Haaa ! ! !

[Hondakiller]

LOL $50 for my arm...damn that shit is cheep..I'l take 2.

[evoic]

Originally posted by Hondakiller
LOL $50 for my arm...damn that shit is cheep..I'l take 2.

Parts of your poor body would be permanently chaffed if you had ANOTHER arm.....

[Hondakiller]

I'm already use to walking around with 3 arms!

[evoic]

Originally posted by Hondakiller
I'm already use to walking around with 3 arms!

With your foot in your mouth half the time....you have to balance yourself SOMEHOW.

[parks853]

Yeah, looks good evoic. Let me know what you find out about the other bulbs. I am going to wait now till I get all the bulbs I need and change them all while the bumper is off for the clear corner mod.

I will do some searching later to see if I can find any other bulbs as well.

[grizzles]

For all bulb sizes use this site: Osram Sylvania Replacement Guide

I have Hoen all around and I would highly suggest getting the City Lights from them when you buy your highs and lows otherwise you will despise the yellow messing with your clean look.

Good plan on waiting till the bumper is off parks853, I had a helluva time trying to replace the low beams with these damn gorilla hands of mine.

[evoic]

Hey....Griz!.......Thanks for the post and the link.

Much appreciated.

Got any pics?

[Del@Creative]

Originally posted by evoic
Not with my hands / arms.

Also, if you can get the clip off of the bulb with one hand, without looking while stuffing it through the grill, I'll give you a crisp $50.

you can do it from under the car by taking the front half of the skid plate off plenty of room that way and you can see the bulb clip that way

[evoic]

Originally posted by Del@Creative
you can do it from under the car by taking the front half of the skid plate off plenty of room that way and you can see the bulb clip that way

That was my first thought after I realized I wasn't going to be able to go through the grill, actually.

Either:

A.) I forgot once I had the skid plate off and just kept removing stuff....

B.) I looked and didn't see what I wanted to see after the plate was off so I kept going.

[parks853]

Ok.. looks like our cars have 4 lights in the headlight assembly and the foglight below. We have the day time running light, city light, HID, and parking light. I am sure everyone knows that but I have never taken the time to see which lights are on when. I have HIDs and my car is programmed for Euro style lighting so there maybe some differences.

I looked on Osram Sylvania's website to get the numbers then matched them with Hoen lights.

One more thing.. Sylvania's site list our cars as having a high beam light.. I thought with HIDs they just raised up and we don’t have another bulb so not sure why their site lists a high beam bulb.

City Light (small bulb above day time running light) – on with the HIDs in the low or high beam position or when the parking lights are selected.
Hoen W5W (Osram – 2825, others 194) - http://www.hoen-usa.com/city2.htm

Day Time Running Light – When turned on and everything else is off.
Did not find these yet? they are 1156 who makes a xenonmatch or LED?
I remember someone using some white LED’s to replace one set of their lights
I found this tutorial (helps a little bit) - http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...&highlight=led
also looks like a 220ohm 5W resistor in parallel will get rid of the bulb indicator warning when using LEDs

Parking Lights – on with the headlights, parking light position, or turn signals
Euro style - turning signals only.
Chromium 7506 (might be some better options for this one and assuming the corners are going to be cleared) - http://www.hoen-usa.com/cr.htm

Fog Lights – HIDs on and the switch pulled out
Hoen H11-55W - http://www.hoen-usa.com/fog.htm

If any of these are wrong let me know. I just want a good reference to the lights and sizes.

[evoic]

For those without the HID's, I believe that you can run the H7 XenoMatch bulbs from Hoen as an alternative for that white / blue loooking effect.

[audia420turbo]

what fogs do u have in in the after pics? and im assuming the befores are stock?

[parks853]

I think he is using the hoen H11's

[evoic]

Originally posted by audia420turbo
what fogs do u have in in the after pics? and im assuming the befores are stock?

Read the very first sentence of the very first post. Then take your Ritalin, Captain A.D.D......

[John1.8T]

Yes your correct with the HID's and High beams. High/Low is the same thing - Halogen has 2 bulbs.

DRL's and Turn Signal Lights = 1156

City Lights = 194

Fog Light = H11

I got the Xenon Match headlights in as well without taking my grill off. I also have xenon match city light's and DRL's. Looks awesome.

[quattshot]

Originally posted by Hondakiller
I had an asian buddy comeover cuz there hands & arms are like little 8 year old boys, so I was in luck!

AHHHHHHHAHAHAHAHA Choke Choke....HAHAHBWAHAAAAAA

[John1.8T]

Here are a couple pics of my setup for lights:

Xenon White DRL's:


Xenon White City Lights:


Hoen Xenonmatch fogs:


Low Beam HID's and Xenonmatch Fogs on... usually the turn signal lights are on also but I VAG'ed them out... much cleaner look IMO:


I bought all of my bulbs from www.autolumination.com and the Hoen Xenonmatch fogs here.

[phillyquattro]

Can I get that $50. I put my hoens in without removing the bumper or without a small asian guys help. Although I can't remember if I looked or not, but fail to see the relevance of that since you can't see the damn things anyways, it's all just feeling around.

[John1.8T]

yeah you can get the bulbs for under $50... they aren't much at all.

[phillyquattro]

John,

I think you misunderstood me. I wasn't asking how much they were, I've already purchased and installed the highs, lows, fogs, and cities from hoen. I was referring to Evo's earlier post about the $50.

Originally posted by evoic
Not with my hands / arms.

Also, if you can get the clip off of the bulb with one hand, without looking while stuffing it through the grill, I'll give you a crisp $50.

[TAMApttl]

Originally posted by Hondakiller
I did my fogs without bumper removal as well...$50 goes to me, but not my arms I had an asian buddy comeover cuz there hands & arms are like little 8 year old boys, so I was in luck!

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

[Coker Rat]

i just did the same for my halogen headlights...

H7's for the high and lows, H11's for the fogs (which i haven't had the time to install yet)

only thing is one of the bulbs arrived damaged and didn't work, hoen said they will replace it. otherwise i like the results!

[audia420turbo]

is the h11 not the bulb size? i looked at hoen usa im assuming its the h11 xenonmatch?

[audia420turbo]

john 1.8t pm sent

[PRESSURIZEDB7]

ok can someone post the vag codes to turn off the darn amber lights while the low beams are off? like john 1.8's pic for the hallogen headlights? how about the vag codes for turninng the fogs on while the city lights are on or just the fog lights alone.
thanks guys.

[evoic]

Yeah.....

I would LOVE a code that let me run my fogs with my regular lights while using the auto button instead of constantly having to remember to turn them off when I get out.

Possible?

[alex310]

I love your bulbs, they look like real XENON's. My fogs are accual Xenon's and look real close to yours.

[parks853]

Originally posted by audia420turbo
is the h11 not the bulb size? i looked at hoen usa im assuming its the h11 xenonmatch?

H11 is the bulb size and the xenonmatch is the series. It is the same wattage as the stock bulbs. It is the one you want. It is also what evo has pictured above in the before and after pics.

[parks853]

Originally posted by PRESSURIZEDB7
ok can someone post the vag codes to turn off the darn amber lights while the low beams are off? like john 1.8's pic for the hallogen headlights? how about the vag codes for turninng the fogs on while the city lights are on or just the fog lights alone.
thanks guys.

If you have the newer vag software you dont really need to know the code. It has a helper pop-up window. You switch from USA to Euro code for the lights. But here this maybe some help:

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showth...ight=vag+codes

Yeah.....

I would LOVE a code that let me run my fogs with my regular lights while using the auto button instead of constantly having to remember to turn them off when I get out.

Possible?

Only vag-code is to get rid of the parking lights and the fogs will work with high beams.

[devenyi]

John1.8t, YGPM

[John1.8T]

responded to all PM's .

Just for the record....

I ordered the #194 Super Xenon bulb for the parking lights http://autolumination.com/festoon_before_after.htm

and the 1156 Silver Chrome DRL's: http://superlumination.com/images/au.../silver_wm.jpg

Just scroll down past all of the LED stuff...

[parks853]

I also posted all the info for the part numbers from hoen.com. You can get all the part there except the DRL's. Might want to get them from the site above.. ^^^

[devenyi]

Just ordered everything & can't wait to get them all in

[Coker Rat]

Just a note for those of you with halogens thinking of upgrading the bulbs. Buy new DRL's or city bulbs or w/e they're called. (you know, those little ones that are always on no matter what)

Because.... it will look lame with those stock while your lows and highs are blueish (IMO).

I wish I would have ordered them all together.