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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 04:43 PM
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Hella's or factory fog lights

Okay, while I'm waiting to get my locker installed I thought about getting some lights. I noticed on my bumper that it has the spots for the factory fogs lights and I've thought about getting those.
But I've also toyed with the idea of getting a set of hella's and mounting them on my bumper. I'm not quite sure which route to go and was looking for you guys opinions. On what to get.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 05:25 PM
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i have the hellas and very happy with them they also look much cooler then the stock fogs but if you are going for the super clean look go for the stock fog lights here is a pic of my truck with the hellas on it















i made small alumi brackets out of alumi c channel and bolted them to the bottom part of the bumper. if i sold my truck i don't want holes in the top of the bumper were the lights were you can kind of see the brackets in the pic. only took a couple of hours of work and some simple tools if intrested i will get you better pics of the brackets and a list of parts and tools to make them

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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Originally Posted by 96redtoy
Tires look a little rough buddy.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 06:34 PM
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Originally Posted by cootees
Tires look a little rough buddy.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 06:35 PM
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I failed to mention that I have a 3rd gen 4runner.
How close do the hella's sit in front of the grill and would the switch out a new tacoma fit in one of those switch spots to the left of the steering wheel.

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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 09:31 PM
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i like the way the hellas look. provide more light too.
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 09:48 PM
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3rd gens had a "Factory" hella fog light option!
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Old Sep 4, 2007 | 10:09 PM
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i like my setup i have better bulbs in 500's makes them better
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 03:43 AM
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I have a '99 Limited with the factory fog lights, they are useless. I've replaced the bulbs and they are still useless.

Go with the Hellas.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 09:02 AM
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I replaced my stock bulbs with the Hella Yellowstar bulbs and with those bulbs the stock fogs do actually work but another set of larger Hellas would be nice on the bumper.
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Old Sep 5, 2007 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by cootees
Tires look a little rough buddy.
i know i need new tires real bad and that pic really doesn't help the at all.i just don't have the money right now. also the sand that is caked in them does not help anything
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Old Sep 7, 2007 | 08:13 PM
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Old Sep 8, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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walmart sells those for 54bucks
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