FR Fog Lights

[goodshot]

Today I changed my fog lights from the standard h8 35w to h11 55w mtec super white 4350k, here is my guide to anyone who wants to change them on a Leon FR.

H11 to H8 adaptation

imgur.com/a/N7m8j#DIf6PLI
Snip the tab at the top to match the hH8 by making the tab a few mm thinner.

Driver’s side

To start with turn the steering wheel fully to the left then remove the three screws (with T25 screwdriver) down the edge of the wheel arch liner:

imgur.com/a/N7m8j#IlBSktn

Reach in and disconnect the power then turn the bulb to remove.

imgur.com/a/N7m8j#aW42Z00

The passenger side was a lot harder because of the windscreen washer bottle restricting access.

Turn the steering wheel fully to the right then remove the three screws (with T25 screwdriver) down the wheel arch liner and two from under the front of the wheel arch liner.

imgur.com/a/N7m8j#v18VYZC

I needed to reach in from under the car to disconnect the power cable then in-between the wing and the wheel arch liner to turn the bulb to release it.

Still not the same colour as the LEDs but a lot better .
imgur.com/a/N7m8j#kJPTkSb mtec bulb
imgur.com/a/N7m8j#dlm3zkZ mtec bulb
imgur.com/a/N7m8j#7Eygs4v standard bulb

 

[ma9mwah]

temp fix for the images

Today I changed my fog lights from the standard h8 35w to h11 55w mtec super white 4350k, here is my guide to anyone who wants to change them on a Leon FR.

H11 to H8 adaptation

Snip the tab at the top to match the hH8 by making the tab a few mm thinner.

Driver’s side

To start with turn the steering wheel fully to the left then remove the three screws (with T25 screwdriver) down the edge of the wheel arch liner:

Reach in and disconnect the power then turn the bulb to remove.

The passenger side was a lot harder because of the windscreen washer bottle restricting access.

Turn the steering wheel fully to the right then remove the three screws (with T25 screwdriver) down the wheel arch liner and two from under the front of the wheel arch liner.

I needed to reach in from under the car to disconnect the power cable then in-between the wing and the wheel arch liner to turn the bulb to release it.

Still not the same colour as the LEDs but a lot better .

mtec bulb

mtec bulb

standard bulb

 

[GrahamFR]

Non of these pics have loaded on my phone but that could be its fault not yours, but I'm curious, why adapt the bulbs, why can you just buy H8 mtecs?

 

[goodshot]

Non of these pics have loaded on my phone but that could be its fault not yours, but I'm curious, why adapt the bulbs, why can you just buy H8 mtecs?

The images on my post won't load because I haven't made 15 posts.
i couldn't find 55w H8 anywhere, I only seen 35w H8 and I was after bulbs that would be brighter not just whiter.

 

[labmousee]

Still not the same colour as the LEDs but a lot better .

If I recall correctly, I read somewhere that the LEDs are 5500K.

 

[GrahamFR]

Should've got cosmos blue

 

[Gary@Cookies]

Isn't this a bit of a pointless exercise; the amount of fog thick enough to warrant the use of foglamps is minimal in the UK and surely there aren't any of those knobs that drive with foglamps on all year round on this forum!

 

[goodshot]

Isn't this a bit of a pointless exercise; the amount of fog thick enough to warrant the use of foglamps is minimal in the UK and surely there aren't any of those knobs that drive with foglamps on all year round on this forum!

No it’s mainly for the cornering function.

@GrahamFR, the name and they are sold for 'off road' & 'Show Purposes' only, gives the impression that they are blue, but they probably would be a closer match to the LEDs.

 

[GrahamFR]

The h8 at 35w are actually road legal, it's the wattage not the colour that's the issue here http://www.hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-h8-12v-35w-cosmos-blue-hid-class-car-upgrade-headlight-bulbs/

 

[Nganasan]

No it’s mainly for the cornering function.

@GrahamFR, the name and they are sold for 'off road' & 'Show Purposes' only, gives the impression that they are blue, but they probably would be a closer match to the LEDs.

Are you sure you have cornering function with LED lights? Unless you have enabled it yourself via VCDS.

 

[GrahamFR]

Are you sure you have cornering function with LED lights? Unless you have enabled it yourself via VCDS.

He means fog light bulb colour to match main LED lights

 

[goodshot]

Are you sure you have cornering function with LED lights? Unless you have enabled it yourself via VCDS.

it was enabled via VCDS

@GrahamFR i was on hids-direct
hids-direct.co.uk/mtec-12v-55w-cosmos-blue-hid-class-upgrade-bulbs/
even set the bulb type to H8 35w still said for 'off road' & 'Show Purposes' only, at the bottom

 

[GrahamFR]

If you change the bulb type the wording On the page doesn't update itself. If you follow my link it doesn't say Off road

 

[DeanC]

I'm waiting on some like this from hong kong: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151229538496

 

[AndyN]

This looks complicated!! I like the LED ones though! Anyone found any that don't give error messages?

 

[DeanC]

They should be ok if they mention they are ok for canbus cars.

 

[AndyN]

The only ones I can see on ebay have an extra wire with a resistor on it. Looks a bit weird!!

 

[C_ED_99]

I'm waiting on some like this from hong kong: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&id=151229538496

Looks good,can't wait to see the before and after pics, I'm sure you can't wait either

 

[AndyN]

This was difficult!!! The drivers side was easy.. The passengers side? Well! I ended up having to jack the near side front up, unscrew the wheel arch from underneath and stick my arm up inside the tiny gap that created and do it completely blind. Took about an hour!!

 

[matt5964]

This was difficult!!! The drivers side was easy.. The passengers side? Well! I ended up having to jack the near side front up, unscrew the wheel arch from underneath and stick my arm up inside the tiny gap that created and do it completely blind. Took about an hour!!

Same here, but just managed it with out jacking car up, put Philips crystal vision's in