I upgraded the fog lights to the best H11 leds I could find rated at 26w, 1800 lumens & 5000K.
Bottom Line: I would not recommend this as they are stupid expensive and required modification to the bulb's retainer tabs, however, the final out come is what I desired.
Dissatisfied with the color temp difference between the fog lights (~3000K) and the HIDs (~4500K) I set out to make them match with out loosing brightness (lumens). I'm also really into LEDs which is another reason. The stock bulbs are standard Philips H11 rated at 55w, 1350 lumens and ~3000K (yellowish). The problem with most leds is brightness in this application. They can make them as bright as the halogens but heat kills leds quickly so they must be engineered with heat sinks/cooling fins and/or fans. This gets expensive so most don't make these as no one would buy really expensive bulbs, except suckers like me. Almost all H11 leds will be for cosmetic purposes only to match the color temp as their light output would be half that of the halogens or less.
I really only found one choice to get the brightness as good, actually better, than the stock bulbs and the needed cooling engineered into them. They are from VLEDS.com for $120.
5K WHITE 1800LM LED HEADLIGHTS DRL FOG LIGHTS 9005 9006 H11 H7 H4 | 1 PAIR - Featured
Here's where the problems start. They wouldn't fit as the 3 retainer tabs were too thick. Using my dremel I ground them down to be half as thick and then they were able to turn in the socket to lock them in. I found the reflector in the projector housing is not symmetrical and because the led bulbs only have leds on two sides the beam pattern it cast was not good. Needing to rotate the bulb 90 degrees in it's locked position I had the modify the tabs once again as one tab is bigger making them seat only one way. Making all the tabs equal width I was able to get the bulb rotated 90 degrees. Now the beam pattern is much better.
I also realize they are now worthless as real fog lights (not that they really were to begin with) because of the shorter wave length frequency so they are now driving lights.
Pics below are the LED fog lights on without the DRLs or headlights except the last pic to show how they match the HIDs.
Bottom Line: I would not recommend this as they are stupid expensive and required modification to the bulb's retainer tabs, however, the final out come is what I desired.
Dissatisfied with the color temp difference between the fog lights (~3000K) and the HIDs (~4500K) I set out to make them match with out loosing brightness (lumens). I'm also really into LEDs which is another reason. The stock bulbs are standard Philips H11 rated at 55w, 1350 lumens and ~3000K (yellowish). The problem with most leds is brightness in this application. They can make them as bright as the halogens but heat kills leds quickly so they must be engineered with heat sinks/cooling fins and/or fans. This gets expensive so most don't make these as no one would buy really expensive bulbs, except suckers like me. Almost all H11 leds will be for cosmetic purposes only to match the color temp as their light output would be half that of the halogens or less.
I really only found one choice to get the brightness as good, actually better, than the stock bulbs and the needed cooling engineered into them. They are from VLEDS.com for $120.
5K WHITE 1800LM LED HEADLIGHTS DRL FOG LIGHTS 9005 9006 H11 H7 H4 | 1 PAIR - Featured
Here's where the problems start. They wouldn't fit as the 3 retainer tabs were too thick. Using my dremel I ground them down to be half as thick and then they were able to turn in the socket to lock them in. I found the reflector in the projector housing is not symmetrical and because the led bulbs only have leds on two sides the beam pattern it cast was not good. Needing to rotate the bulb 90 degrees in it's locked position I had the modify the tabs once again as one tab is bigger making them seat only one way. Making all the tabs equal width I was able to get the bulb rotated 90 degrees. Now the beam pattern is much better.
I also realize they are now worthless as real fog lights (not that they really were to begin with) because of the shorter wave length frequency so they are now driving lights.
Pics below are the LED fog lights on without the DRLs or headlights except the last pic to show how they match the HIDs.