GEN 1.5 HID FOG LAMP INSTALL PROBLEM

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:06 pm

I recently bought the yellow fog lamp kit from ebay for my 2003 Toyota Solara and today when I tried to install the hid kit it seems like the bulb is too long...it's hitting the metal thingy that encloses the bulb...

Now, can I just make a whole through the metal part big enough so that the bulb can poke through? Since the tip of the hid bulb is exposed will the lens of the fog lamp melt?

Any help would be great!

by **woa_its_j3ff** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:22 pm

Did you get the right bulb?

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:25 pm

yup 9006

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:26 pm

I mean what would happen if I drilled a nickel sized hole through that metal part that "shields" the bulb? Is that metal part even functional?

by **Solara_916/619** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:29 pm

hey i had a similar problem when trying to install my bulbs i thought i was hitting the metal enclosure but it turned out to be the o-ring thing around the bulb was too thick so i swapped it out with the stock bulb's o-ring and fit right in. Im not sure if your problem is the same thought because this is on a Gen 1

by **Solara_916/619** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:32 pm

and yea dont drill a whole in the enclosure because i believe that is the shielding that spreads the light out and by putting a hole in it you'll probably have a giant hot spot

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:33 pm

By golly george I think you is right!!!! I was looking at the o-ring and it is pretty thick...thicker than the oem halogen bulbs...i will try that tomorrow and c if that solves my problem

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:35 pm

so what you did was take the o-ring from the halogen bulb and swapped it with the o-ring from the hid bulb?

by **Solara_916/619** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:37 pm

yea i was getting frustrated at first too thinking the bulb was too long or something but yea it was just the ring

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 5:51 pm

Now, the o-ring that you're talking about is the one that has that 3-prong looking thing? How can i remove that if it's attached to the bulb? Do i cut that off?

by **M_ABILLONES** » Wed May 07, 2008 8:28 pm

nevermind i figured it out. thanks!

by **M_ABILLONES** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:14 pm

it's a vvme 3000k yellow hid kit...i'll post pics of it this weekend

by **woa_its_j3ff** » Thu May 08, 2008 1:22 pm

congrats on getting the problem solved. I never thought about that, you are right, when doing that hid swap for my fogs I had a similar issue and I had to cut off a small part of the tab to make it fit right, but it's all worth it in the end, the biggest pain for me was finding a place to put my ballasts.

by **M_ABILLONES** » Fri May 09, 2008 7:02 am

speaking of, where did you mount your ballast jeff?

GEN 1.5 HID FOG LAMP INSTALL PROBLEM

GEN 1.5 HID FOG LAMP INSTALL PROBLEM

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