Should I get HID Fogs?

[WeatherB]

Hey guys,

Having done the Angel Eyes and Independent Fogs modifications, I feel that I need brighter fog lights for "safety" during the day. That's my reasoning and I'm sticking to it. :loco

My concern is the amount of glare which will be generated, given that the 2007 fogs do not have projectors.

For those who have HID fogs, do you think the amount of glare is intolerable? How is it compared to stock?

Tnx

[BLKOUT]

i say do it! i have been thinking about it ever since i saw a picture of a gray hatch that has them. it looks sick!

[cwp_sedan]

If you have the cash...go for it. 04-06 were halogen also and there isn't that much glare from them. Personally I love the look of them.

[Nextmod]

I can get you some HID fogs for $235 Tax in if you are interested

[Caz]

Get them!

[BLKOUT]

do it! get them! call SSG! do it! get them! lol

[Pimpin_29y]

I an 05 with hid fogs and honestly the beam isn't any different from stock and shoots out 3 feet the most. There isn't any glare at all....it's more for esthetics then function....

[WeatherB]

Thanks guys.

SSG, you've got email. I'm looking for something that I can get for the weekend. Other places need to order them from the US. :(

[Operator]

The glare from a distance isn't bad. Only time I've been flashed is after my angel eyes install and I didn't reset the levels on my lows, and I have 50w HID's lows and 35w HID fogs.


I still have glare but there is a cut-off of sorts. Wish I had a stock pic.

MTEC Super Whites
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1637/dscf1351nu0.jpg

6000k HID's
http://img182.imageshack.us/img182/8433/dscf1472do1.jpg

[JPAV8S4U]

HID Fogs look great! I have the independant fog mod which also looks awsome! Audi style is best IMHO! Hid fogs stand out! No function what so ever... but they look great! 235 from SSG! cant go wrong with that!

[Operator]

If you can retrofit projectors they become more functional.

[CoolColombian]

+100 Get them, I'm loving it, heres a pic of mines with the angel eyes and signals on.

http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9920/dsc01545dl4.jpg (http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/9920/dsc01545dl4.jpg)

[WeatherB]

Holy glare Batman!

CC, are both your low beams and fogs the same colour? The fogs look more blue.

[MattC]

jesus you could kill a deer with those fogs alone.

[CoolColombian]

Both the low beams and fogs are 6000K but thats a pic of just fogs + angel eyes and front sinals. I'll post a pic of fogs + low beams some time tomorrow.

[CoolColombian]

jesus you could kill a deer with those fogs alone.

lol, it might be the pic cause the kit is a 35 watt and its not that bad in person, I was driving behind doughboy the other night with fogs and low beams and asked him about how they were for the driver ahead and he said it was fine.

[BLKOUT]

does anyone know if it costs more or less then the headlights to get the hid fogs installed?

[S.F.W.]

it would be approximately the same, maybe slightly less. BLKOut - check your PM

[royroy]

i have hid fogs + angel eyes and hid low beams..
i personally thing hid fogs is just for the looks.. but it does catch a lot of attention at night =P
sometimes i run my angel eyes with my hid fog at night, but u will barely see any light from the driver seat...

[Operator]

does anyone know if it costs more or less then the headlights to get the hid fogs installed?

Same price just get the right bulb. I also went cheap on my fogs and went with an ebay kit.

[bluntman]

sometimes i run my angel eyes with my hid fog at night, but u will barely see any light from the driver seat...

No comment.

[majic]

No comment.

wasn't ^^ THAT ^^ a comment in itself :gone

[Broli]

i want HID fogs

but just for the look, i dont expect to have any usable light out of em.

[MattC]

I want to blind as many people as legally possible when im driving down the street.

[WeatherB]

Thanks everyone. I ordered a 4500K from Xenon Expert.

[Operator]

Here are my night shots. I NEED TO WORK ON MY CAMERA SETTINGS I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

http://i53.photobucket.com/albums/g71/davesoc/100_0281.jpg

[majic]

holy batman.. resize the picture in SOFTWARE not with html tags :loco

[WeatherB]

Wow. Looks awesome. I can't wait till I received mine kit.

[chinsterr]

angel eyes look cool and all , but how long can you actually expect them to last ?

[WeatherB]

If you get them through Devin, they come with a life-time warranty. The manual says they should last 50,000 hours.

That works out to nearly 6 years of round-the-clock driving.

[Operator]

holy batman.. resize the picture in SOFTWARE not with html tags :loco

It worked with my other forums. http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=73567.180

[majic]

It worked with my other forums. http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=73567.180

first of all, using tags is a retarded way of resizing pictures.. WHY? two reasons: it does NOT decrease the bandwith as a resized picture would and the browser often does not do a good job at the scaling resulting with a picture that is either jagged or not very clear

go to http://www.oakvillefestival.com/

there is an image on the right hand side "top 50 2007, sponsored by via" see how long that image takes to load plus how shitty it looks :loco

http://www.oakvillefestival.com/FEOTOP50_RGBVIA1.JPG

that is the original pic.. :whoa

anyway.. there are FREE tools to resize pictures.. this one, image resizer (http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx), is a part of MSFT's powertoys.. it's quick and easy to use

also, M3F uses different forum software and the tags aren't compatible (some are but not all)

[WeatherB]

Thanks everyone for your help... I received the kit today and managed to install it within about 30 minutes. Very easy and straight forward. :-)

They are a bit brighter than I expected, but too late to do anything about it now.

No thread is complete without a picture. Please ignore the ghetto ramps.

http://www.istop.com/~fbiglar/Mazda/IMG_0724.jpg
http://www.istop.com/~fbiglar/Mazda/IMG_0710.jpg
http://www.istop.com/~fbiglar/Mazda/IMG_0714.jpg
http://www.istop.com/~fbiglar/Mazda/IMG_0715.jpg

[MattC]

gd those angel eyes look sweetass.

every pic you guys post drives me closer to doing that mod...

nice Pics Weather, maybe if I get a set i can coax you into comin help me install em :chuckle

[WeatherB]

I'm very happy with the angel eyes. Gives the car a unique look.

The installation is easy, but time consuming. You really only need these two guides:

http://www.mazda3forums.com/index.php?topic=43779.0
http://www.torontomazda3.ca/forum/showthread.php?t=18152

[JonsMazda]

I will tempt this task very soon. Wish me luck guys! lol

[Tokic_o]

since you guys say you have HID fogs....is there alot of glare and will it give the driver ahead of me a really hard time if i got 6000K fogs?

[WeatherB]

Nope, it's actually okay.

[bubba1983]

im still waiting to source out a set of 4100k polarion hid fogs! i got a lead, but its taking forever!@!!!

[Gods Son]

Anyone with stock headlights and HID fogs?