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Old Feb 24, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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I had a pair of piaa foglights installed 2 years ago. A year ago one of them starting flickering, and eventually didn't work at all. Then the other one went. When you look at the first one that went out, it had burned up, melting the coating on the inside and cracking the lense. I have since then removed the foglights, keeping the wiring connected. My first question is why did they lights burn up? Might it be a wiring problem? Secondly, I am looking for new foglights. Will I be able to connect the new foglights(might not be piaa) to the existing wiring if the wiring wasn't the problem?
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Old Feb 25, 2004 | 06:18 PM
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Old Mar 18, 2004 | 05:19 AM
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Im not a foglight expert, but from what i have seen, bright fog lights like piaa usally turn to toast after afew yrs, the blubs are so strong they melt things around them if they are used too much.. the wires you still have should be fine but i wouldn't wire up some bright hot lights, or the same problem mite happen again
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Old Mar 19, 2004 | 05:56 AM
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thank you for your input :wiggle:
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Old Mar 29, 2004 | 10:21 AM
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yeah man fog lights or lights in general tend to give out after a while so you can just get yourself some other ones and connect them right on
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 05:52 AM
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thanks guys...i bought some new projector foglights and a mesh grill to put in front of them. the lights work great and it looks really nice. thanks again.
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Old Mar 30, 2004 | 12:00 PM
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the lights fail because they are not designed properly, and are built with poor quality materials. Piaa lights are a total joke, they are overpriced Pilot lights. Why pay $200 for fog lights when they are total crap? I guess its all a marketing thing. Pilot fog/driving lights are made from the exact same materials, and most of the lights are identical... only they cost around $20-$60. The only fog lights I recomend are the OEM lights... they're the only ones I see last. They are built with better materials, the reflectors are computer designed and the wirring harness is perfect.

Hopefully the ones you got this time will last you a little longer.

BTW- what car do you have?
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 07:10 AM
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Originally Posted by SumAccordGuy94
the lights fail because they are not designed properly, and are built with poor quality materials. Piaa lights are a total joke, they are overpriced Pilot lights. Why pay $200 for fog lights when they are total crap? I guess its all a marketing thing. Pilot fog/driving lights are made from the exact same materials, and most of the lights are identical... only they cost around $20-$60. The only fog lights I recomend are the OEM lights... they're the only ones I see last. They are built with better materials, the reflectors are computer designed and the wirring harness is perfect.

Hopefully the ones you got this time will last you a little longer.

BTW- what car do you have?
i have a 98 integra ls
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