Tyz

Noob here -- first post. My OEM fog lens was cracked and I need to replace it. I have the limited 'fat lip' front end with OEM lights/brackets, but wanted to switch to the Hella DE projection fogs [seems in searching the webs for a solution the fine folks posting in this candy store may have started me down a dangerous ($$) path ]

Unfortunately Hella doesn't make the 4Runner kit anymore, and all are sold out at both Yellow & Blue lighting and RallyParts.com, so I'm stuck either going back to a cr*p OEM replacement for the same price, or rigging up a mount.

Wondering if anyone has managed to mount to the existing OEM bracket? I called Hella today to get their bracket specs thinking I could fab one, but they had to destroy them when their Toyota contract ended.

skjos

You can get the hella kit on ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/TOYOTA-SR5-4...item5ad8e06ee6

Not sure about mounting the hellas to the original mounts.

KZN185W

iTrader: (1)

there was thread in here a few years back about fabbing the mounts for the Hella MicroDE foglights.

Also, there were two options of the MicroDE, H3 & HID. contact pfdaxe about it. He may also know the link to the bracket fab dwgs

HTH

WildRyan

If you just need the glass and it's for a 1998 4runner, I can help you out. I have various parts including one complete glass assembly for the 1998 style (rectangular) headlights.

PM me for additional information.

Tyz

Thanks a lot somehow I had missed that in my searching. That's the kit I'm looking for -- it's about $45 more than I can get just the lights for and still missing some hardware, and I wanted to give Susquehanna MotorSports the business since they were super helpful on the phone, but then I'd also need to fab the bracket and change the harness, so I suppose that's worth the time and aggravation.

This may be a dumb question, but I've been assuming the bracket mounting points are the same on a Limited and SR5, though the Ebay page says SR5 only. Can anyone confirm this will work with the limited front end?

Tyz

Thanks. I think I hit all the Micro DE threads but didn't see anything on fabbing a mount (though there was one on fabing a splash guard to prevent direct road salt spray which seems like a good idea).

From what I've read the retail MicroDE HID is a driving light (and $$$), and the H3 a projection fog that has better throw than the OEM fogs and can also be modded to an HID fog with good cut-off pretty easily for ~$30. Those two reasons are why I'm looking to replace both mine with the MicroDE fogs instead of picking up a $70 OEM fog replacement from Amazon.

This bracket issue I think will start cropping up a lot going foward since Hella stopped producing the 4Runner kit a year or two back and the main distributors are now out of stock. I called around quite a bit.

If I get the Ebay kit I'll measure the brackets and post a rough drawing, though I suppose that will only be hepful if you can still get the vertical mounting bracket version of the lights which also seem to be in short supply (Hella part HL96621).

Tyz

Thanks for the offer -- it's a 2000 4Runner sorry didn't have my sig up yet on the first post...

skjos

Not sure about the compatibility with the limited, the kit worked fine for my SR5. Maybe someone else can chime in for the limited.

KZN185W

iTrader: (1)

The Limited came with the OEM Koito foglights. the brackets for the Koitos are different from the ones used on the MicroDEs but the Koito brackets will also work with the SE & SR5 and I'm almost 100% sure that the MicroDE brackets will also work on the Limited