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brightest fog lights

i have the 06 sport and i was wondering what the brightest fog lights that i could use on the truck
 
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kc daylighters or some led hella's
 
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i went to pepboys and they said i cant upgrade to the white ones im really wanting to hid ones
 
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Are you wanting new bulbs in your factory housings, or new fog lights all together?
 
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stock housing
 
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There are HID (high intensity discharge) kits available to replace basically any halogen bulb you would ever find in a car. These will include the bulb, and the ballast/igniter, which must be mounted somewhere under the hood near the headlight housings. Most any kit you buy will plug right into your stock harness, or if you feel you're up to it you can pull power directly from the battery through a relay.

Regardless of what pepboys says, there are also plenty of whiter (not halogen yellow) tinted filament bulbs available for your fog lights, if that's what you would prefer.

Basically you take the bulb type for your 2006 fogs, (9145) and find yourself an hid kit or bulb replacement you would like. If you go with a standard bulb replacement, don't go any higher than a 55 watt bulb, and if you go with an hid kit, stick with a 35 watt kit. Any higher and you risk drawing too much current through the factory harness or melting the actual foglight housing with the extra heat generated.

To answer your question of which will be brighter, the answer is an HID kit.
 
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im really wanting a bright white light is what im looking for
 
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I got 35w HID`s in mine and they are very bright.
 
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If your fogs use the 9145 bulb , you can replace it with a 9005 for more light.Get the Silverstar Ultras.
 
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Once you go too bright they will not longer be good in Fog, they will start to glare.
Mount another set high-output units and keep the OEM Fogs.
 
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I have 3000k(Yellow) HIDs in my and there really bright!

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will the 9000 headlights work for the fog lights
 
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i run 100w 9005 bulbs in my fogs and havnt melted anything tho i only use them at night and when im moving to keep them cool
 
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i allways drive with dem on
 
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Im speaking for dave here but he said he didnt much care for the hid fog kit. I jus did silverstar ultras in the fogs n those sons of beaches are bright.
 
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you kno if pepboys would have them or would i have 2 order dem online
 
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If ur talking to me bought the silverstars. I got mine at advance so id asume theyd b at pepboys. Theres great bulbs but there expensive.
 
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how much u pay 4 dem
 
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Umm i wana say 45 or 50.

42.99 at advance auto.
 
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not that bad
 
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Ya its worth it. Deff made a difference n my old ones were still good.
 
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If you can wait my 9145 Silverstar Ultras will be for sale after I install my HID's
 
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Silverstars are usually like $50. Definitely a nice improvement over your stock.
 
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