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Old 06-25-2019, 08:00 PM #16
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It's funny to me that people pick out the little things that have zero bearings on the value of the thread.
For my part, I see it as having a LOT of bearing on the value of the thread. Mostly because I inherently can't stop wanting people to not suffer loss or injury (sorry, double neg there). Put another way, dude, I don't want your rig to catch fire or you to suffer injury should your lights (granted fog, not mains) cut out at an important time. A *LOT* of people blindly follow things posted on the internet without ever considering that it might be unsafe, so I post for Their benefit too.

Wire-nuts are designed for solid-wire, not stranded. From experience (couple decades as a motorcycle mechanic), wire nuts on stranded wire tends to be a fire hazard. If I come across as an ass, but manage to save someone from loss ~ I'm okay with that equation.

BTW, look at all the free bumps to your thread you're getting. WAY more visibility than a huge number of posts on here.
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Wire nuts have been removed, wires have been soldered and shrink wrapped. No pics but everyone can rest easy now.

I've been very happy with the lights, and they don't seem to bounce too much for only being mounted on one side.
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Any night shots of the light output from these lights? I like the idea of them as an alternative for trying to find stock fogs, since both of mine are currently broken on one of my trucks.
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Any night shots of the light output from these lights? I like the idea of them as an alternative for trying to find stock fogs, since both of mine are currently broken on one of my trucks.

Not quite "night" but it was getting dark.
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The thing I ran into when using a set of Hella Micro DE's to replace the factory fogs is that the bulbs would burn out because of where the fogs are located up front. Since they are right in front of the front wheels, they would get constantly sprayed with water when it rained and that would make its way into the housing and then burn the bulbs out and pop fuses.
I ruined a pair of Micro DEs the same way. For the next pair I'm going to extend the breather fittings and plumb them towards the engine bay, like the extended diff breather mod. I'll also use hose clamps so the rubber boots have a more water-tight seal.
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I ruined a pair of Micro DEs the same way. For the next pair I'm going to extend the breather fittings and plumb them towards the engine bay, like the extended diff breather mod. I'll also use hose clamps so the rubber boots have a more water-tight seal.
I never ruined a pair, but was super frustrated with them burning out all the time. Here's the saga of how they were fixed if you want some tips.
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I never ruined a pair, but was super frustrated with them burning out all the time. Here's the saga of how they were fixed if you want some tips.
Actually that's where I got the ideas to extend the "breather" and clamp the boots LOL
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It's good that you can hook the new Lamps to the old wires... I would've used the Harness that came with the replacement kit.
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It's good that you can hook the new Lamps to the old wires... I would've used the Harness that came with the replacement kit.
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The new lights did not come with a harness. Each light had ~6inches of wire coming off of it. I liked the idea of not adding another switch and using what's already there. To each their own.
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