Fog light housing heat
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shortys408
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Fog light housing heat
Can anyone with stock fog lights tell me if their housing gets very hot? I put in HID bulbs and after a 5 minute drive, I touched the housing and it was extremely hot. I am afraid I will melt the housing.
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Ilya
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Re: Fog light housing heat
Yes. This is normal.
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shortys408
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Re: Fog light housing heat
So it will not melt?
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Ilya
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Re: Fog light housing heat
Nope. Have never had one melt and they all get hot, even halogen.
Re: Fog light housing heat
lol i was dumb and thought you could bake foglight housings and put them in the oven at about 200 degrees and nothing happened so you should be fineshortys408 wrote:So it will not melt?