Log in

View Full Version : throw away Piaa fog lights?


1-3-2-4
06-12-2009, 02:53 PM
So after talking to a few here and other sites they all told me it was a H3 replacement bulb... So I go and buy them and when I had a open window with no rain I went to remove it..

Long story short this is what I found when I opened it.. The bulb is one with the reflector in order to change the bulb you need to buy a whole new reflector to go with it.

:smt013

http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/8149/dscf0028k.jpg
http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/6510/dscf0029g.jpg
1-3-2-4
06-12-2009, 03:36 PM
Wow screw that.. $30 for a replacement... out they come!
06-12-2009, 05:36 PM
bionaire? is that your 1922 cell phone? :lol:
)2edline
06-12-2009, 06:46 PM
You shoulda snagged the PIAA's I took off ended up selling super cheap at the meet, lol.
rougeben83
06-12-2009, 09:04 PM
wow that sucks, you sure you can't crack that mofo open and reglue the glass/casing back together?

I never really liked PIAA, they always seem to charge a 50% premium on the same stuff you can get from hella, kc, cibie, other established light makers...
Reason
06-12-2009, 11:55 PM
You shoulda snagged the PIAA's I took off ended up selling super cheap at the meet, lol.

Lol those are the fogs I gave you with the GT bumper I sold you right?
decke48
06-13-2009, 12:33 AM
theres some nice PIAA stuff and some crap, most of there stuff is overpriced, really only good things they make are the 510's , shock lamp, wiper blades.
Navi271
06-13-2009, 04:14 AM
that sucks.. had my fair share of bad luck with aftermarket fogs too. time for JDM projector fogs???
1-3-2-4
06-13-2009, 08:47 AM
that sucks.. had my fair share of bad luck with aftermarket fogs too. time for JDM projector fogs???

yep time for some JDM fogs.. I don't know what the going rate for them now are.. i've never seen any on ebay in the last 4 months..

so I was looking up the replacement and I found the price of these PIAA fogs..

LMAO $199.... and you can't just go local and get a replacement...

besides the left fog the reflective coating inside was flaking off inside.
1-3-2-4
06-13-2009, 08:52 AM
wow that sucks, you sure you can't crack that mofo open and reglue the glass/casing back together?

I never really liked PIAA, they always seem to charge a 50% premium on the same stuff you can get from hella, kc, cibie, other established light makers...

I can't crack it open since the bulb which is a 2 pin bulb is held in with high temp ceramic.. the reflector is a one piece sealed glass unit...

on the good news the car looks better without the fogs in the front, I just need to take out the mounting brackets I don't know if I will leave the PIAA switch in.. I do need to find a fog light switch however.