Swapped Morimoto fogs for Ford/Putco Fogs - initial thoughts
08-31-2016, 10:54 AM
#21
I recently aimed everything - before buying the Putcos to make sure things werent too low. If you look in the pics I posted you can see the tape on the wall I used for alignment. I did some research to make sure I used the right method and triple checked my measurements.
My wife's Lincoln has factory HIDs but the cutoff isn't as sharp as the mini H1s I have. She has a bit of light scatter above the cutoff.
For the HIDs I have, when the light does hit directly on a sign - if it hits half the sign, then that half is illuminated, the other half is dark.
Either way, it appears these are doing what i need.
My wife's Lincoln has factory HIDs but the cutoff isn't as sharp as the mini H1s I have. She has a bit of light scatter above the cutoff.
For the HIDs I have, when the light does hit directly on a sign - if it hits half the sign, then that half is illuminated, the other half is dark.
Either way, it appears these are doing what i need.
09-01-2016, 11:42 AM
#22
Senior Member
One thing that I'm interested to see is how the LED's work for me this winter.
Up in the rust belt, we dump a lot of salt on the roads when the Lake Effect snow machine kicks in. This turns the snow to slush, and until it melts, a lot of the slush gets splashed up on the front bumper to the point that the bumper can be pretty much covered. I've weighed my truck during winter a time or two, and when it's bad, it's not uncommon to have the truck carrying around 500-600 lbs. of snow, slush, and ice.
I just took a quick sample of the LED's vs. the OEM's (not the Morimotos). Both trucks were in the shade, and both fog lights had been on for the same amount of time, 8-10 minutes or so. The LED's look like they run about 100 degrees cooler, so I can see them not melting off in winter weather. Ya, 90-some degrees will melt snow, but I've seen the OEM fogs get covered despite the 200 degree temps.
Up in the rust belt, we dump a lot of salt on the roads when the Lake Effect snow machine kicks in. This turns the snow to slush, and until it melts, a lot of the slush gets splashed up on the front bumper to the point that the bumper can be pretty much covered. I've weighed my truck during winter a time or two, and when it's bad, it's not uncommon to have the truck carrying around 500-600 lbs. of snow, slush, and ice.
I just took a quick sample of the LED's vs. the OEM's (not the Morimotos). Both trucks were in the shade, and both fog lights had been on for the same amount of time, 8-10 minutes or so. The LED's look like they run about 100 degrees cooler, so I can see them not melting off in winter weather. Ya, 90-some degrees will melt snow, but I've seen the OEM fogs get covered despite the 200 degree temps.
09-19-2016, 08:20 AM
#23
A quick follow up here guys....so I've been doing alot of traveling lately and havent been able to wash the truck since I installed the Putco fogs. Had some free time this weekend to wash her up....when I got to the front, my passenger side fog seemed like it was barely hanging on - super loose, easy to rattle around. So I popped it out. With these Putco fogs there is a metal bracket that screw into the back of the black metal fog light housing - the metal bracket is what has the two pivot points. One of the screws came loose - even with a lock washer - quick fix, tightened her back up, added a little lock tight and its good to go now.
Also, since I had the fogs out, I hit them with plastidip - this gets rid of that dumn putco logo on them. It was easy to peel the plastidip off the actual lenses - and it looks alot cleaner (sorry I didnt get any pics).
So just thought I would post a quick update for anyone considering these - add a bit of lock-tight when you are putting them together and consider some plastidip to black out that ugly Putco logo.
Also, since I had the fogs out, I hit them with plastidip - this gets rid of that dumn putco logo on them. It was easy to peel the plastidip off the actual lenses - and it looks alot cleaner (sorry I didnt get any pics).
So just thought I would post a quick update for anyone considering these - add a bit of lock-tight when you are putting them together and consider some plastidip to black out that ugly Putco logo.