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Vehicles - 2000 Nissan Maxima GLE

Angel Eyes Projector fog lights.

 

Since the fog lights on the Maxima were in as bad of a condition as the headlights were I decided they also needed an upgrade. I saw another user on the maxima.org forum had replaced his fog lights with Angel Eye ones from Pep Boys.

Tools used:
Safety Glasses
Phillips and SAE screwdrivers
Rotary tool with cutoff wheels and honing bits
Dial Calipers
round object for marking cut size
Crimpers
Wire Strippers
Needle nose pliers with 90 degree bend

Stuff to have on hand:
Sharpie marker
JB Weld or other epoxy
extra cutoff wheels for rotary tool
Electric tape or shrink tubing
solderless connectors

I headed there and bought a different set (slightly larger) and they sat in my garage while I was busy working on my Bronco.   

A little while later I made a trip to Harbor Freight to get a set of coil spring compressors for my future spring and strut upgrade and came across a $20 set of projector fog lights. For that price these are probably junk but what the hey, I put them in my cart. I tested them out when I got home and they have a much better light pattern than the head lights I recently purchased. That got me thinking. halo - projector - halo - projector Ding! halo + projector. 

OK I'm now about to destroy a perfectly good set of fog lights. I pulled the H3 bulb out and cut the back off with a rotary tool with a cutoff wheel.

I measured the diameter where the lens would sit flush on the projector.

I used a socket slightly smaller than the diameter needed to mark the cut. Then I used the cutoff bit to cut close to the marks. Then I used a 1/2" honing bit to clean and enlarge the hole until it fit just right.

The first one fits well and is ready for the JB Weld. I need to do something first to the silver finish that chipped when I was using a file to get the hole just right.

The next day I chopped up the second one and used JB weld to glue them together.

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After removing the stock fog lights I separated them from the box the came in, made a couple of brackets from the halo fog bracket. I cut off the mounting brackets to the projectors to make it fit.

Since the new projector uses the same 55w H3 bulb as the old fogs I cut and used the original wiring harness to make the job of wiring it much easier. I would not do this if you plan on using 100w bulbs.

It fits snug in the hole.

They are looking much better than the stock fogs. I still need to wire up the halos. 

You can see the light pattern is improved over the stock fog. I might need to adjust the beam up a little. I'm not sure yet.