Well I've been thinking about replacing my oem foglights which are a dissappointment really. To be honest, the 25W bulb is useless, you can't even tell if they are on or not. I've read here that the HID would melt the housing because of the heat, and some say HID is not that hot. There's only one way to find out, and I'll take one for the team to find out. So here goes.
Took the housing out by taking the clips out in the front fenderwells. You can access the foglight housing by pushing the fenderliner out of the way. It's pretty easy to take out with 4 screws. Sorry wasn't able to take pics of these, but you guys can wing it.
I then took out the bulb from the housing by pressing on the tabs on top and below. Pretty straightforward. As you can see, the bulb is nothing but a glorified corner lamp.
Here's the HID set I used. I opted to get the slim ballast. More on that later.
Here's pic of the replacement HID bulb. It's a lot longer than the stock one. It's not a drop in replacement, but the H1 bulb would fit the diameter of the stock hole.
Here's the bulb seated on the stock mounting point.
Since the bulb won't lock in, I just used some heavy duty sealant to keep it in place. The bulb is pretty much tight, but to make sure no moisture would get in, I used the sealant.
Here's the slim ballast I used. I positioned it below the windshield washer and radiator on the other side.
Connected everything and bolted everything up. Tested the bulbs. I used 3000k bulbs to keep that JDM look and all-weather usage.
Here's a nightshot with just the 3000k fogs on.
Here's a shot of the 4300k headlamps with the fogs.
Here's a front shot.
A little bit to the side shot.
Big improvement from stock as the output is far stronger than the stock fogs. Sadly, the HID makes a lot of heat and I noticed that there's a slight deformation in the middle of the plastic lens. It's barely noticeable, and using it for a few days now, it has not worsened. I'll update you guys if there's more deformation or if I straight melt my lens covers.