fog light blinkers

[accordluvr93]

so i have a crazy idea. i am getting some headlights that have blinkers in the housing. so what if i got some clear bumper blinkers and wired them up to a switch and put hid's in them i could use them as fog lights. so my question is 1 do you think this is possible and 2 could i find hid's for them

[SNOOZE]

FFrom what I read its possible to use them as fogs, but ive heard that they might melt from the heat since they arent meant to wiith stand so much heat for so long, as for putting hids in it, that might be a lil difficult/expensive to do. I would just go with some super white/blue bulbs in them and just wire them up to your lows.....

[accordluvr93]

hmmmm i think i am going to have to play with it for sure

[stence2028]

The best way would be putting some oem fog lights off of another cb7 and putting them were the blinkers are.Then you could put the hid kit that fits the oem fogs.

[accordluvr93]

would the oem fog lights line up with the screws and what not of the blinkers???

[Accord214]

would the oem fog lights line up with the screws and what not of the blinkers???

No.

If you have a 90-91 accord, those have a plastic part below the blinkers that tells you where the fog lights go.

92-93 have an outline behind the bumper that tells you where to cut in order to mount the fog lights.

[lesson]

well i did it and it melted my housing not a good idea so i went and got some oem ones from the junk yard and wierd my blinkers to it

[accordluvr93]

well i did it and it melted my housing not a good idea so i went and got some oem ones from the junk yard and wierd my blinkers to it

so i can go to the junk yard and get some oem fog lights and they will fit in place of my blinkers???

[stence2028]

No but you can make a custom mount so that you can fit the fog lights where the blinkers are. that way you dont have to do any cutting on the bumper.

[AccordWarrior]

Putting any sort of fog bulb/HID, etc., into the stock bumper light housing isn't going to give you any sort of useable light output. The reflector setup for those housings is for a blinker only.

If you want a foglight, add the OEM pieces beneath the bumpers, as has been said. If you want the bumper light housing to light up, you can cut off the stock socket, and replace it with an 1157 bulb style socket (3-wire). This will allow you to run an 1157 dual filament bulb. You hook the OEM black and green wires to the signal/ground wire of the replacement socket (you can source this from a 92-95 Civic corner light or an 86-89 Accord brake light socket, amongst other types) and then hook the 3rd wire to the always-on socket in your corner light and you're done.

Just be aware that even if you add an OEM foglight setup, you won't get much useable light from them either. The optics, at least on the 90-91 setup isn't all that great.

[accordluvr93]

sorry i seem retarded i wasnt understanding what was being said however i took another look and i understand now thanks for your input. what have other people done to make their stock bumper lights look better with or without the blinkers??

[EJX_Michael]

sorry i seem retarded i wasnt understanding what was being said however i took another look and i understand now thanks for your input. what have other people done to make their stock bumper lights look better with or without the blinkers??

Put a 3 wire bulb/ socket in there.

Keeps the signals on dim with the parking lights and they brighten with the turn signal. You can get the sockets and bulbs from a civic at a junkyard.

EDIT: Ha... I see AccordWarrior already posted that... Thats what I get for not reading...

Also, what headlights with the blinkers are you getting? If they are the "JDM" projector headlights commonly seen on ebay, you will want to steer clear of those. The light output is very bad.

[accordluvr93]

i am getting some jdm 1 piece ones that are not from ebay i dont trust ebay lights ever since i bought some taillights and after a year they were sun faded and looked horrible