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.
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