All right. . .now that I have been PM'd about 20 times (hehe - I love it!), I have decided to go back and take some pics of my S2000 with the PIAA fog lights installed in the fake air ducts.

Photo #1 is a close up shot of my PIAA's (model series 1200) http://www.piaa.com/displayLamp.php3?inc=1200.html



These are some great photos after my wonderful ZAINO experience!

Photo #2 is an angle shot with the PIAA's. . .



Photo #3 shows the switch. . .this is wired with the lights. I can run the PIAA's with my HID's or just my parking lights but not by themselves!



Photo #4 is the bracket that had to be made for the PIAA's to be installed. . .nothing fancy as you can see here! This is the driver's side PIAA. For this shot, I took off the tire and took off the splash guard. . .I believe this is the easiest way to attempt this type of installation. The "professional" I had to install the PIAA's jacked the car up and worked on it from the bottom. . .



Just an extra shot here of the same thing above. . .



Just a recap photo. . .



Thanks to everyone who was interested in these lights. . .ever since I first took delivery of my S2000, I searched everywhere for something to work in the fake air ducts. . .to me, it seemed like the car was missing something! I tried doing an install myself and was not happy with it. That's when I turned to a professional installer that is certified by PIAA. He has done several "custom" installations such as this one for all types of cars including his Mazda RX-7 and Toyota Supra (both of them turbos. . .). All together, between the PIAA's and installation, I spent less than $300 (I believe it was something like 270-280).

I am sure many of you can complete this installation for much less. There are several companies that make a good series of lights such as these and the cost varies significantly!

If anyone has any questions that I have not answered, please feel free to post here and I will let you know what I can!

 

They look great!
how do they work though? do the HID's over power them?

 

Mindcore: They are great. . .although I have had some folks say they don't like the different light (HID's vs. Halogens), I think they look awesome! It gives the car a very aggressive stance at night! The light patterns/look is similar to a TL, CL, RL or even a Lexus LS430! Those cars incoporate HID technology but they leave the fogs/driving light halogen!

They are bright and fill in a lot of the surrounding without blinding folks!

 

Neat looking job airgate. My questions are:

1. Did you use the clear driving or ion crystal and why did you make that choice.
2. Where did you buy them.
3. I assume the trickiest part of the install is cutting a round hole of the right size and right location in the fake grill. Correct?

Thanks in advance for your answers

 

Thanks for posting your fog install, looks great!
I have to look into it now!

 

Airgate,

Your foggies look great! You might want to try to replacing the bubs with a "hyperwhite" bulb. I use to have them in my PIAA 1100X's on my Prelude. It's a pure white bulb. Absolutely no yellow! Can't wait to see the install in person at the Dragonball.


David

 

Thanks andrewewing. . .

Answers to your questions.

1. The ion crystal is actually a "yellow" fog driving lamp and I prefer the clear driving to that look. Also, the ion crystal has a "blue" reflective glow to it and I felt that would throw off the look of the car. . .hence my decision.

2. I purchased them through the installer (a business by the name of Trucker's Toy Store).

3. Actually, this is the easiest because they used a drill mounted "hole" cutter that cuts to specific measurements.

Hope this helps!

 

That looks awsome...

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by dbkelly
[B]Airgate,

 

GREAT!!!!!!! Very Cool!!!!!

Thanks for sharing!