Front lighting upgrade. LED SMD Fogs and parking lights.

2 months ago I replaced the st182 bumper with the st185 original. When having the st182 bumper, I sold the original st185 fog lights. So now I had to get some new ones. Ordered them from a member of alltrac.net.

OEM fog lights reinstalled

Car polishing, waxing

I had some free time and a hangover. I have no idea why but I decided to do car polishing and waxing on my own. I used two stage product Pure Guard: Glaze. took me some 3-4 hours or so while beer drinking in the process :D

waxed, fogs installed

Celica polished and waxed, fog lights ON!

So I got bored with the yellowish lights and ordered some stuff:

H3 SMD LED fog lights

These are typical 9 SMD LED fog light bulbs from ebay.

SMD 5 LED T10

parking lights, SMD 5 LED T10

Animated GIF showing how bad the H3 LED fogs are in direct sunlight. low lighting.

st185 celica, fog light bulbs to H3 SMD LED diode lights

The only thing I`m concerned about is cops. The fogs are unnoticable during day, but we have to have the fogs or low beams on during the day. Also we are not allowed to drive at night with the fogs on. whatever..

One of the low beams bulbs died, so I got some "MOMO" bluish halogen bulbs. They`re dark and not enough for night driving outside the city, but I don`t drive much at that time of the day except for the winter.

After installing the T10 parking lights, the view is much better :)

Front lighting

Front lights. Parking and Fog lights changed

Front LED lights

SMD LED lights in fogs and parking bulbs

(Front lights. Parking and Fog lights changed to SMD LED diode lights)

While at MOMO, I bought the shoulder pads. The old ones I had were worn out. Though the old ones were much softer and more comfortable, the MOMO looks justify it :)

Hello! your car looks

Hello!

your car looks beautiful with those leds. where did you found them? H3 SMD LED fog lights??

add me to msn, please.

Posted by JeCs All-Trac (not verified) on Tue, 16/06/2009 - 21:58

i dont use msn, just

i dont use msn, just skype/gtalk.
anyways, i got the H3 smd leds from ebay. be warned that they produce very low light and are there just for the looks ;) but they do look good at night! best possible option should be HID xenon bulbs - bright and white, but that will cost more..

Posted by admin on Fri, 03/07/2009 - 13:57

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