iLoveScreamers Posted June 12, 2017 Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Title sums it up pretty well, I'm using another OEM part from some other car on my Cobra. Yay! 2013 Mustang GT's showed up on dealer floors a few years ago and yours truly noticed that they came with LED fog lights... cue the gears turning. Now, Ford wants something in the neighborhood of $500 for EACH fog light Obviously that price isn't very easy to swallow. Thankfully a company called Starkey Products has take off lights. They also only want $230 for a new set, not bad. [ LINKY ] I think we can get them for cheaper... hmm, seems they have a clearance section! Boom, same lights for $120 because they are 'blemished'. SOLD! [ LINKY ] The blemish won't matter because I'm just after the LED and optic. Also, I wanted that nice weather proof plug for the back so I picked up this adapter harness. [ LINKY ] So $120 for lights and $50 for the harness. We are obviously more than plug and play LED's at this point but half the price of an HID projector retrofit. Pros Instant on/ No warm up Pure 5000k white output Sharp Cutoff Cons Price Lots of DIY Modification Price lol Now, on to the photos! This next photo is without the optic on the front, it shows how important the optic really is. Those sumbishes 'permasealed' the optic into the housing... this will be fun to get out. Finally, here is the actual LED emitter, that little guy is putting out all of this light. Looking at it directly is like gazing at the sun lol Baked the '13 fogs open to get the optic out(thanks for sealing them in Ford). Before I baked them, took the cobra fogs off. Size comparison. What's for dinner? Fog lights, Fog lights are for dinner. Dat cutoff doe! Optic only output shot, these things are going to be sick! Optic, Led/Board, heatsink and adapter harness ready to go for the Cobra lights. Comparing the back of the '13's light and my Cobra light. I'm going to have to get creative with a dremel.... Got the holes cut out for the lens to poke through into the reflector. In order to mount the lens I used a piece of PVC pipe cut to the shape of the back of the reflector bowl. That gave me a flat surface to mount the optic to. I will seal around it with black RTV to keep light from leaking out around it. Almost there! Got the hardware, not my favorite stuff, so I will improve this down the road. All I need to do is seal up everything and they are done. The car is at the exhaust shop currently, but I will have finished pics mounted in the bumper soon! Finally done! They came out great! I'm super happy with the final result, the optic seems to have a clean and sharp output. The optic also is built to bounce light into the reflector bowl so that from a distance it looks stock! They are almost perfect. I will post output shots when it gets dark out, I was too excited not to share with you guys! Photo from above the cutoff Photo from below the cutoff, bright! Looking good with the switchbacks in the headlights From a distance, looks stock to me! Here are some night time output shots. Dat cutoff More cutoff sexiness You can see some color fringing, from an LED FOGLIGHT! crazy. This gives you an idea of how bright they are. Foglights only. Hope you guys find this helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supporting Member seijirou Posted June 12, 2017 Supporting Member Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 Nice, well done. I don't find this helpful at all because I don't have the steady hands to do this. Offer to do it for $20 and that would be helpful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLoveScreamers Posted June 12, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 12, 2017 35 minutes ago, seijirou said: Nice, well done. I don't find this helpful at all because I don't have the steady hands to do this. Offer to do it for $20 and that would be helpful haha nice. It really just takes patience. You would rather not take off enough material as opposed to taking off too much lol. I wish I could give back to the community and sell some of my creations, but I just don't have time, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
95riosnake Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Very nice upgrade for sure. They fill out the fog light opening really well, and the idea of a fog light with a cutoff is great. You can actually have bright fogs that don't blind the shit out of everyone lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted June 14, 2017 Moderators Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Those look great! When I sack up and convert my '13 to GT/CS foglights, can I send you my 95's fog to convert lol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iLoveScreamers Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 10 hours ago, 95riosnake said: Very nice upgrade for sure. They fill out the fog light opening really well, and the idea of a fog light with a cutoff is great. You can actually have bright fogs that don't blind the shit out of everyone lol. Hell yeah! 8 hours ago, Psychorugby said: Those look great! When I sack up and convert my '13 to GT/CS foglights, can I send you my 95's fog to convert lol? Haha I wish I had the time, but no. That's why I put up how I did it, so others can follow along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Psychorugby Posted June 14, 2017 Moderators Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 1 hour ago, iLoveScreamers said: Hell yeah! Haha I wish I had the time, but no. That's why I put up how I did it, so others can follow along. I assure you, you've got more time lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Number Tew Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Great job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
