The Only Fog Light Thread You Should Ever Post In

[Mike]

Fog lights are illegal in MA, and RI for that matter if there is not present weather conditions. I got a ticket for it about 7 years ago, and tried to fight it. Major fail in MA court.

What happen??

well considering its not a nice day out today, visibility was low... which makes sense for me to turn on fog lights. He even said it... your the only one i pulled over for fog lights. Do you think I should file a complaint?

Don't waste your time with a complaint. I was driving down an extremely dark road, and one of my headlights was out so I used my fogs to provide a little extra visibility. They were after market and super bright probably not aimed right and the officer was probably in a bad mood so he wrote me a ticket.

[JLAV6]

if you didn't get a ticket or a fine....HELL FUCK NO!

i got a citation... not a fine. not sure how it works...

[JLAV6]

Don't think it hurts too much. On the other hand, are those retro'd inside inspire housings or just projectors on OEM garnish?

projectors on OEM garnish

[timot_one]

Fog lights are illegal in MA, and RI for that matter if there is not present weather conditions. I got a ticket for it about 7 years ago, and tried to fight it. Major fail in MA court.

This man is correct.  It is illegal to drive with your fog lights on unless the weather is poor (rain, fog, snow) in MA.  Different states have different laws.  It is a law that is rarely enforced, but cops can use it as a reason to pull people over so they can try and catch them with something else.

[AV6NHBP6SPD]

i think its illegal to drive with foglights on without having headlights on. but yours seem to be aimed poorly. it needs to aim straight horizontaly, yours are almost high beams

[timot_one]

When I asked the police officer who pulled me over for my fog lights, he explained that it is illegal to have your fog lights on because they are an auxiliary light and it is the equivalent to driving around with your high beams on.  I don't think that driving around with fog lights on only (no headlights) is illegal.  You may have noticed that the current MDX and RDX have DRL's in their fog lights.  Anyway, as I mentioned earlier, it's a law that the police don't enforce strictly.  Kind of like how the passing lane on the freeway is supposed to be for passing only, and they want you to use your turn signal whenever you change lanes or make a turn.     Either way, if your fog lights are on and a cop wants to pull you over, it's their excuse to do that.  I have been driving in MA for 8 years and was only pulled over once for having my fog lights on.  It was by a townie cop in a city where the police are known for making stops and ticketing people for minor stuff.  In short, they're assholes.  FWIW, I still drive around with my fog lights on all the time.

[LFSoccer2k6]

you have to crack out your lens for a blazer retro and replace it with lexan.  I am the guy from Drive Accord who did an ES300 retro and I went about it wrong.  I am going to do a blazer retro this summer, but just purchased a blazer retro from a guy (it ends up i like yellow output, but not yellow lens).  PM for more details if you need.

[Paulius005]

Customlightz seems to have pretty good rates on fog retros. http://www.customlightz.com/?p=p_150&sN ... -retrofits

[timot_one]

Dope!  Bjorn retrofits 2nd Gen TL fogs!!  Now I have an option for my new fogs.

[rjp6262]

i did one with some Valeo D2S hid projectors. since these pictures i've taken the step out of the cut off for a flat cut off, painted everything flat black, re aligned the drivers side projector, and heat formed lexan covers for them. the lexan has messed up the output slightly but it still works like a charm! paired with rx330 projector headlights...amazing output lol

[Anthony212]

I'm taking a guess and saying this thread would go here lol, anyway the other night I was driving around and all of a sudden smelled like burning rubber (I new it had to be like a electrical problem or something like that) near my fog light switch which is where the alarm is on the left, then I noticed my fog lights were off. I tried turning them on but nothing work and the smell lingered for a good 5 mins and disappeared. Now theres no smell anymore and my fog lights don't work anaymore   . Ahhh I figured it could be my wiring harness that just completely fried, but i really don't know. Any input guys??

[CYANiDE]

Well, firstly check behind the switch. Pull the part out yadda yadda, same way you got it in lol.

Second, did you do the splicing method to get them to turn on while your parking lights are on?

[Anthony212]

Well, firstly check behind the switch. Pull the part out yadda yadda, same way you got it in lol.

Second, did you do the splicing method to get them to turn on while your parking lights are on?

Well lol I didn't do the wiring and all that crap just went to a shop for that, so i got no clue how to get behind there. Second, they go on only when my signals are on so yes. Everything else works, just gotta figure a way to get behind there could just be a wire for all i no lol

[timot_one]

I'd try to find what was causing the burning smell first.

[k24low20z]

why not just take it back to the shop who did the job and let them find out...shit you paid for it to be installed right