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essmac13
02-15-2010, 05:20 AM
I recently purchased 2 V-LEDS HID WHITE 68 M-SMT DRL/FOG LIGHT BULBS H11 6K (http://www.rx8club.com/Exterior-LED/DRL-LED/White-LED/2-V-LEDS-HID-WHITE-68-p5810634-1-2.html) from VLEDS.com (http://www.v-leds.com/Exterior-LED/DRL-LED/White-LED/2-V-LEDS-HID-WHITE-68-p5810634-1-2.html) and they will not fit in my Foglight housing. Some posts suggest breaking off the aluminun piece inside the housing itself. I just want to know if this has worked for anybody and if it WILL solve my problem before i go breaking my bran new foglights. Thanks in advance.

StealthTL
02-15-2010, 06:38 AM
Unfortunately, H11 is just the bulb base, and as you found, the LED array is huge.

Taking the metal shade out will work, but you'll never be able to use a halogen (or HID) bulb in there later.

The shade prevents light shining up at traffic, but no-one will notice with LEDs, they're not that bright head-on, as most of the light comes out of the bulb's periphery.

JantzenRX-8
02-15-2010, 10:01 AM
I have these. They fit. Might want to try again.

I admit, they're snug, but they fit.

xlude
02-15-2010, 11:50 PM
I have these too. The first time I had installed them, they were hard to get in. But I just pushed hard and twisted them in. After about 3 days I had to take them out because one of them stoped working. When I got the new one, I ended up taking the aluminun part out and they ending up fiting alot better. Taking the piece out took about 30-45min. It was hard because I didnt have the right tools. It also looks better when you have them removed.