Thought about doing a filler mod inbetween other mods.

I'm kind of in a debate to get some fog lights (like the ones that came on certain 4runners 96-98) or getting a set of hella's and mounting them on my bumper. Which would you guys do? or would you do both?

I'm kind of leaning towards the fog light look.

 

ORW, or Off Road Warehouse, out of San Diego has Hella 500 driving lights for $49.99 internet only. If you search in the yotatech market place, hot deals there's a link that'll go right to them. Good Luck

 

though the hellas work well, if they are mounted on the bumper they are not going to be fogs, and if driving lights, can only be on when no oncoming traffic. If you add the fog light at the 96-98 usual location and maintain the 55w h3 bulbs, then you can run them at any time. Having good light in rain/snow/fog conditions is invaluable....but then again,, so are driving lights..thats why I have both.

 

Would something like this work: (5th one down)

http://www2.toyautoparts.com/parts/p...ht+Kit&dp=true

 

hope this pic gives u a idea
hella 500s and a cheap set of yellow fog lights under them which get used when its not dark enough for head lights

 

I'm liking that look a lot... how was the install on those???

 

was pretty easy drill a few holes toss in some bolts run the wires and your done of course you have to aim the lights

 

How hard where the lights to wire up.
Does anyone have pictures of what the factory fog lights mounted up to/how there mounted up and wired?

 

I have more than my share of lights on mine and wireing them is easy. The hardest part is running the wires through the firewall. then you just tke them to a switch and wire in the relay and you are done. If you get some of the stock toyota switches then you don't have to run a relay if you are only going to run 2 lights but it is still a good idea.

Well if you have the bumper that suppurst them it will have a mounting hole in it for the stock style fog lights but they are so $$$$ then i would say just get some other ones and rig them in. They are easy to mount just drill a hole, insert light and bolt from other side (well some just screw directly in with the smaller lights...)

 

x2 on hella's on the front bumper

 

For one reason or another the wiring of the lights are kind of scaring me away at the moment.

Maybe, I'll just wait until next year to see if I have a different bumper by then and tackle it then. I don't know I need to think a bit more on this.

 

Why would the wiring scar you? that is easy with just basic wiring skills. And if you get an offical hella 500 kit it comes will and the relays and even the wire you can wire it up with. Although upgrading to 14+ guage wire would be a great thing.

 

yea hooking it up was real easy

 

i was wondering the same thing but saw another yotatecher and tnttora member (crolison) with the hella 500's on his runner and that is what i have decided to do. plus for 50 bucks for a quality light set you cant go wrong

 

dont forget to put better bulbs in the hella 500s i had a set of piaas one burned out so i toss the stockers back in man does it suck

 

I put in some silver stars and they look great and match my headlights better. there is a big differnce in quality as well.