ghostrider17

iTrader: (6)

I've had my Fogs wired to my Clearance lights for almost as long as I've owned my car (7+yrs) and my passenger CLEARANCE lamp seems to suffer premature death as a result.

FYI: I ran an aux. wire into the fusebox direct to the clearance lamp to bypass the circuit, and tapped pwr to the fogs from there....

I now have HID's installed in the fogs, and run them quite often as DRL's.

I've now burned-out two sets of LED clearance bulbs (clusters) and even the grounded / shielded version that's SUPPOSED to be surge-proof.

This has been happening b4 the HID's came onboard two yrs ago, so I don't think they're the cause.

I'm no wiz @ diagnosing electrical gremlins....anybody got any ideas???

Bulbs seem to be lasting about 1 year regardless of make or style -- this CAN'T be normal??!
Am I missing an inline fuse between the fusebox and the bulb??? WTF?

Should I just STFu & keep extra bulbs on-hand for the imminent ANNUAL failure???

input welcome.

gr

rvamaxima

iTrader: (19)

Did you have the fogs wired directly inline with the marker lights or did you do the fog light mod in the rely box? I have done 3 cars at the relay box with no issues. If your setup is inline you will blow lamps and possibly cause a short or worse yet an electrical fire.

ghostrider17

iTrader: (6)

Relay box -- one of the original write-ups....can't remember who started that one....

It's been said that HEAT from the engine compartment can be bad for the LED's...but I go thru reg. Filament Bulbs ALMOST as regularly -- so i don't know if that's it or not?!?!

I'm probably just grasping for straws....just wanna make sure I'm not missing something here.

Those LED clusters are like $10ea. from Autoillumination!!

Might just go BACK to Filament style....but they look so YELLOW.

gr