LED foglights

 A bit of a filler while I procrastinate playing with my KTuner (forgive my laziness, afterall, it is winter here in Canada with an average temperature of -5C and with snow and ice on the road).  I will get out there once the roads clear up a bit 😉

For now, I present to you a quick tweak of appearance (with high practicality value as well), FOG LIGHTS!  Since the early days of ownership of the vehicle I have had aftermarket Morimoto Xenons installed, modestly at 4300K (i.e. a neutral daylight) to help with illumination at night time driving, which has improved a lot but has always created a vast visual contrast with the stock halogen foglight.  

All this has changed last week when I have finally swapped to a pair of passively cooled LEDs, chosen for its compactness (compared to xenons with its ballasts) and simplicity (just heatsink compared to some of the LEDs out there that uses a fan for cooling).  It is a random find from Princess Auto and its look and construction is highly similar, if not the same, as Prolightz's PLX3 that I am using on my Odyssey with great satisfactions.  I've decided to give it a go given the low price, see below for a picture of the kit.

The first think you spot might be the socket type, the kit says H11 but the tabs are not truly H11, it seems to be H8/H9/H11 compatible after measuring out the tabs.  This is great news as our Accord takes H8 for fogs and I won't have to get my dremel out to mill out the middle tab as discussed in this thread (https://www.driveaccord.net/threads/fog-lights-h8-to-h11-mod.81990/)

The installation was straightforward, I reached the back of both fog light housing from the front wheel well by removing the bumper screw and taking the end of the bumper off the clips.  It's a bit tight but it is doable.  An alternative method is to remove the fog light housing as a whole from the front by removing one screw at the bottom that secures the housing.  You can find more detail instructions from this YouTube video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elqiai6Sc-I

The final product can be seen in the picture below.  I personally like the JDM amber for the looks and more importantly the added light output really fills the gap from the driver's view, not to mention there's more light coverage on the sides too =)