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Old 01-11-2009, 12:15 AM
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HID FOGS H3 or H3c(mini)???
I am ordering HID FOGS, some people say H3c is what needs to be ordered, others say the stock H3 will fit. I have searched the forum, and all of the posts contradict one another, so I do not know which to believe. If anyone has any pictures or any information to help me make my decision it would be much appreciated, thanks.
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Old 01-11-2009, 12:25 AM
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H3 bulbs will NOT fit well HID h3 anyways. you can do what i did and just take off the reflector from the fog light and make it fit but if you do so point them down as much as you can or everyone passing you will be blindeddddd.
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Old 01-11-2009, 08:04 AM
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hm....yea the h3 bulb is realllly short and stocky and the h3 hid is a lot longer, whats alll the talk about h3 mini?
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Old 01-11-2009, 08:14 AM
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I have heard that the H3 minis burn out rather quick. I purchased an h3 kit for my fogs recently, the hid H3 bulbs DO NOT fit in the foglight with the reflector inside. Since then i took the reflectors outs, glued the fogs back together, havent touched em since (need motivation).
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Old 01-11-2009, 08:20 AM
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lol, if im going to bend my reflector, i would like to know how they look, does anybody have any pics ?
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Old 01-11-2009, 08:51 AM
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You have to open the foglight (cut the silicone that holds the glass onto the foglight), and take the reflector out not bend it. This does offcource expose the hid bulb in the fogs. Very blinding to other drivers.
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Old 01-11-2009, 09:02 AM
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not everyone opens them up and takes it out, im pretty sure u can bend it enough for the bulb to fit in, i think...
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Old 01-11-2009, 09:37 AM
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Stick with H3 mini's
If u get ANY other size you can simple drill a 3/4" hole through the reflective shroud. Just dont push hard with the drill, you could go through the glass.

If you want to do it the right way. Bake them, remove glass, remove refector, and then re install glass.
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:06 AM
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i just dont want to buy the h3 mini and have them burn out
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Old 01-11-2009, 10:10 AM
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does anyone have any pictures of theyre installed h3c hid kit? i just want to see if the size of the mini h3 has any brightness issues compared to my headlights
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