That's cool, I thought you were writing for another publication?That's my car actually .
Getting Alpine Type R components and coaxials coming in for the car. Already got the KTP-445U and FDR-50 for it. Going to install and run RTA measurements to show the differences and such.
That's cool, I thought you were writing for another publication?
I'm interested to know why did you pick LED over factory OE HID? Less challenging?
Nice update! I am planning to do a similar install with the ScangaugeE. I'm retrofitting the OEM fog lights with some Nokya 2500K bulbs, and I am going to install some Morimoto HID's.
I wanted to add that the brightest 35 watt HIDs made by morimoto are actually less bright than the LED bulbs you installed (3200 lumens vs 3100 lumens), so you may want to reconsider
I still need to get the OE foglight kit, but I'm not fond of the price. The LEDs had higher output on paper, but in actual use, the beam pattern was horrible. The Morimoto's would be more useful due to the light pattern whereas the LEDs had an LED on each side, 180-degrees apart. There is no direct front firing LEDs on them, which made peripheral lighting terrible. The H9s are pretty good though.
just to clarify, you mod the base of the H9 bulb to fit the stock H11 harness. You don't mess with the stock wiring.I was thinking about doing H9's but was worried that they would get too hot. Also, I didn't want to start hacking away at the harnesses but your solution (the adapter) looks like a great approach. Yeah the price on the oem fogs is a bit steep. I wouldn't have done it unless I got a good deal on them. There's a Morimoto 6K kit on the bay right now that looks like it will go very cheap: https://www.ebay.com (commissions earned)