re I need brighter fog lights

["Smith, Kirby A" <kirby.a.smith@lmco.com>]

Derick Farfan <bg18461@binghamton.edu> wrote:
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In my 88 90, i feel that the stock fog's or not up to par.  Until i can
afford euro-spec lights, i would like to have brighter fog lights.
Should i add a relay, increase bulb wattage, or would this generate too
much heat for the stock enclosure.  Any recommendations would be
appreciated.
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Have you examined them?  Causes of low output include sandblasting of the
exterior lens, film deposits on the inside of the exterior lens and/or the
interior condensing lens, and failure of the reflective surface next to the
lamp.  Depending on how you value your time you can clean up some of this,
including partially polishing out the finer sandblasting.  I doubt the
reflector can be salvaged if it has failed.   So far as I know you can buy
separately the exterior lens separately, the whole assembly, the lamp, and a
kit of screws, etc.  Perhaps the guts can be ordered, but I haven't tried
it.

I doubt that you can find a brighter lamp that will fit in the assembly.
They seem to be a special purpose design, and I believe they are already
tungsten halogen.  You could run them hotter with higher voltage and shorter
life, but a higher output bulb at standard voltage would have a different
filament size, and likely degrade the pattern.  It might also slag the
plastic reflector.

                .... Kirby   (Kirby A. Smith)
                              2 x 1988 90q
                          New Hampshire USA