DIY LED POD fog lamps.

[MrRisk]

Ok so after driving around with a shattered fog lamp for 2 weeks I finally made some time to retro fit some LEDs. I scowered the market looking for available kits that I liked and I found a few but, I really didn’t like the price. I know how much it cost to actually make these kits and was not going to spend $300+ on two LED pods with some extremely simple brackets.

Ok now to the good part. I found some pods I liked and ordered four in the case I couldn’t make them fit with the OEM housing, if that were the case I would have installed two pods per side. I was in fact able to adapt the OEM housing and I couldn’t be more satisfied with the outcome.


First step was to get my truck up on the lift and expose the fog lamp bracket to see what excitement I had ahead of me for the evening.

Second step was remove the destroyed OEM fog lamp and place it in its new permanent location.

Here is a side by side comparison of the original with the new LED pod.

At this point I could tell I was going to have to modify the bracket to a very minimal extent. After about five minutes and two small notch cuts later I saw my first glimps of the pod instillation.

The instillation and modifications on the first side took about 30 minutes and about 15 for the driver side. In less than an hour I had new functioning LED fog lamps for less than $50.

I am extremely pleased with the fit and finish as well as the function, and at such low cost I would recommend this to any and all of you.


Here are some more photos to give you guys a better idea of how it looks and how bright they are.

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[Snorebaby]

Where did you purchase your LED pods?

 

[MrRisk]

Where did you purchase your LED pods?

Amazon

 

[joeb427]

What headlight bulbs do you have?
They look very white.

 

[MrRisk]

What headlight bulbs do you have?
They look very white.

Those are also LED

 

[earsmccoy]

Do you have a link to the specific pods you bought on Amazon? Also, just to clarify, you didn't use any additional hardware to mount them? Just the factory brackets with a little modifications?

 

[MrRisk]

Do you have a link to the specific pods you bought on Amazon? Also, just to clarify, you didn't use any additional hardware to mount them? Just the factory brackets with a little modifications?

I ordered these

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JK8JQSA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wqKRCb8PYXRDY

The factory brackets work like a clamp, two parts that bolt together so you can slap these bad boys in and clamp them down. Only reason for the modification is to make them perfectly centered.

 

[earsmccoy]

I ordered these

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JK8JQSA/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_wqKRCb8PYXRDY

The factory brackets work like a clamp, two parts that bolt together so you can slap these bad boys in and clamp them down. Only reason for the modification is to make them perfectly centered.

Awesome, thanks for the response. I just ordered them so I will report back when they are installed. I am all about a clean OE looking install. Thanks again for the info!!

 

[Stic-o]

How did you attach these in the housing? I actually bought some led pods already for this purpose, but haven't played with them yet.

 

[MrRisk]

How did you attach these in the housing? I actually bought some led pods already for this purpose, but haven't played with them yet.

The entire housing comes out and splits into two pieces, once the pieces are apart you can mock it up and see the trimming that needs to be done. After it’s properly trimmed you simply bolt the two pieces back together and it pinches the pods in place. Reinstall the housing and connect the wires.

 

[MrRisk]

Some photos taken so you can see the color of the light and the performance of the LEDs

 

[Neil S]

Good looking and functional mod.

 

[THLONE]

I am going to try it in a XL. Probably will need more fabrication.

 

[Cpt stoney]

Nice!

i bought these lights few years ago for my stalled comanche project. will slap them in the rnager next week.

 

[CT801]

How did you wire them in? Did you just pick up a factory plug that matches the factory one?

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