lakers08

I'm looking at maybe undertaking a fog light retrofit on my '12 F150. I've been in contact w/ the knowledgeable people over at theretrofitsource.com and they've suggested a package w/ the following components:


Bi-xenon Morimoto Mini H1 Stage III Kit: http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=227
MIni H1 5.0 Bi-xenon projectors (LHD)
Morimoto 3Five Ballasts
Morimoto 3Five Bulbs
H10 Relay Harness
Mini Gatling shrouds (smallest ones we carry)
Comes out to $270 shipped.

Anyway, as a lighting neophyte and somewhat flawed handyman, is this something that I could take on without too much difficulty? I don't want to get into too much modification of the stock housing and the like...I'm hoping for basically a "plug and play" install.

Go forward or back away slowly?

terraformer

I'm not too handy, either. So I prefer plug-and-play. I've yet to see a vendor offer something for foglights that is not too far beyond PnP. The kit you linked seems to me to be quite complex, not sure how easy that would be.

jn_h

Check ebay for a set of Fusion projector fog lights. I bought a set for less than $90 dollars and they are very good projectors for the money. The best feature about them is they are "stand alone projectors" which means you won't have to fit them into the housing. Just take your old halogen housing out of the bracket, trim the back of the bracket for clearance and bolt the fusion projectors in. I made a thread about this a week or two ago, I would link it but I'm on my phone and unfortunately we don't have that function. Just scroll down the lightning section and look for the Fusion Fog Light Retro title.


Here's a few quick pics of mine.

lewis26

iTrader: (1)

Do you have any close up installed pics?

jn_h

I'll get some. Anything in particular that you wanna see?

mSaLL150

There is a 0% chance that the MiniH1 will fit in your '12 fog housings, impossible. I have the big ol' square fogs and it took an incredible amount of cutting and modification for me to fit the miniH1, I wouldn't ever do it again.

Your best bet is the matchbox projector, which is currently out of stock. Fusion projectors can work as well, but these will also take cutting and modification. What I tell most poeple is that fogs should just remain halogen, you don't want a crazy intense foreground.

Retrofitting the MiniH1 in the main headlights would be much closer to "plug and play" then messing with the fogs.

lewis26

iTrader: (1)

Just some well lit pics of them off. I want to see how they look up close

jn_h

Here's the close up installed shots.

















FYI the only cutting I had to do to get the fusions to fit into the stock brackets was on the back. I had to cut most of it off for the fusion brackets to clear. Other than that it required little work.

bilinvic Retrofits

x2 That projector is too big.

lakers08

Thanks for saving me the aggravation of a failed project.

Another member (caperj) had suggested a kit through retro-solutions.com using an H10 bulb. It's a 35W kit:

http://retro-solutions.net/product-i...ct/prod_id=748