Aftermarket fog light discussion thread

Sveivo · Jun 17, 2007

MazdaSpeeder said:
Does anyone have any experience with melting wires/harnesses due to the use of a 85w or 100w set of fogs? It seems to me that this would be more common with a fog requiring greater power. I'm also assuming that these aftermarket fogs are pretty plug-and-play with the stock harness, enabling use of the foglight switch (if you haven't modded to make it ineffective). Anyone have any thoughts/experience?

According to Mr Magnum, the fogs @ JC Whitney are not plug and play; however, it's just a matter of connecting two wires using whatever means you like.

Mr Magnum · Jun 18, 2007

I tapped into the wires of the H3 harness for our cars, and I've had these fogs for over two yrs with the same bulb they come with and have never experienced any problems with the heat of the bulbs. The ones I referenced above are very good and very bright

Here are more pics: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94393

Sveivo · Jun 18, 2007

Mr Magnum said:
I tapped into the wires of the H3 harness for our cars, and I've had these fogs for over two yrs with the same bulb they come with and have never experienced any problems with the heat of the bulbs. The ones I referenced above are very good and very bright

Here are more pics: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94393

Cool! That looks great.

Beau M · Jun 18, 2007

CATZ rule, make the road in front look like two eggs easy side up.

amsgator · Jul 31, 2007

murda79 said:
I replaced my stock fogs with Catz, fitment was great and light output was even better. They were 85w not 55w. Now one of the catz is cracked so I'm removing the fogs and putting in the delete kit.

are those, fog, driving, or spot lights?

JoshP5 · Jul 31, 2007

Fog. You can tell by the fluted lenses.

amsgator · Jul 31, 2007

i am debating btwn the driving lights and the spot lights. i want the smooth glass of the spots so i might go with those

JoshP5 · Aug 1, 2007

In case you care about lighting performance, that's a crappy mounting location for driving/spot beams. They project further when mounted higher on the car. It's an ideal location, however, for fogs (which is why Mazda put them there).

amsgator · Aug 1, 2007

i'm stuck getting driving or spots.

i think i am going to go w/ spots b/c i want the smooth glass. :-\ idk, we'll see

amsgator · Aug 2, 2007

Beau M said:
CATZ rule, make the road in front look like two eggs easy side up.

have you melted the wires? i've heard of so many people melting their wires i am almost afraid to buy them now

JoshP5 · Aug 2, 2007

amsgator said:
have you melted the wires? i've heard of so many people melting their wires i am almost afraid to buy them now

Just install the wiring/relay kit that's included with the foglights--it will protect your stock wiring harness.

Mr Magnum · Aug 3, 2007

Hey guys, I've been getting some PM's about the aftermarket fogs that are for sale at WWW.JCWHITNEY.COM and for a while back they sold the yellow lenses for the fogs in my sig and avatar, as I was getting some replies I decided to call JCWHITNEY myself to help you guys get the part # for the yellow lenses, but they unfortunatley do not offer them anymore, they still sell the clear lens and the amber lens (which btw are nowhere near yellow, they look exactly like stock turn signals, very orange/amber). So buy the clear smooth lens and buy some decent yellow bulbs and they will work perfrect.

Again, I hooked it up to my stock wiring and for two yrs now run the same bulbs they came with and haven't had any wires melt of any kind.

INFO WWW.JCWHITNEY.COM PART NUMBERS 73ZX6025T (AMBER) & ZX736025T (CLEAR).

PICS: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94393

Hope this helps.

amsgator · Aug 4, 2007

they both come back as amber on my end. only thing i found in clear is the driving lights: ZX890170N

misbehave · Aug 7, 2007

Mr Magnum said:
Hey guys, I've been getting some PM's about the aftermarket fogs that are for sale at WWW.JCWHITNEY.COM and for a while back they sold the yellow lenses for the fogs in my sig and avatar, as I was getting some replies I decided to call JCWHITNEY myself to help you guys get the part # for the yellow lenses, but they unfortunatley do not offer them anymore, they still sell the clear lens and the amber lens (which btw are nowhere near yellow, they look exactly like stock turn signals, very orange/amber). So buy the clear smooth lens and buy some decent yellow bulbs and they will work perfrect.

Again, I hooked it up to my stock wiring and for two yrs now run the same bulbs they came with and haven't had any wires melt of any kind.

INFO WWW.JCWHITNEY.COM PART NUMBERS 73ZX6025T (AMBER) & ZX736025T (CLEAR).

PICS: http://www.mazdas247.com/forum/showthread.php?t=94393

Hope this helps.

What kind of bulbs do they use? H3 like the stock ones or something else?(bowdown)

amsgator · Aug 7, 2007

it says on the site. a "special" h3 bulb. how special it is idk

Mr Magnum · Aug 8, 2007

Nothing special about it. It's just a a regular 100 watt H-3 bulb with a fuse. No biggie, but it is bright.

amsgator · Sep 2, 2007

for the lights, it is telling me to tap into the wires for the drls...can i not just tap into the wires for the stock fogs so that the switch in the cabin still works and i dont have to use the switch it came with? Catz btw

02kllrb · Sep 4, 2007

i'm in the same boat. my Catz driving lights came in TODAY! i cant wait to get them in! i got the 55w version, and might bump up to the 85w if the stock wiring can handle it. Do i need to use the harness it came with, or can i just use my factory harness and cut the connector??? someone help me out! Thanks

David

Sliver5 · Sep 4, 2007

any body tried putting HID's in them?? thats what I was planning on doing.

Diehonda · Sep 5, 2007

amsgator said:
for the lights, it is telling me to tap into the wires for the drls...can i not just tap into the wires for the stock fogs so that the switch in the cabin still works and i dont have to use the switch it came with? Catz btw

You can tap into the factory wires.

I have them.(silver one)

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