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Old 01-09-2007, 05:07 PM
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is the oem fog light setup for the tc worth getting?
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:20 PM
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is the oem fog light setup for the tc worth getting?
you mean the one that comes from the dealer right? if so, yes. i have them on mine and i love them.
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:21 PM
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I like 'em. I'll admit they are kinda expensive though.
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Old 01-09-2007, 05:50 PM
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If I had to choose, I'd go with the VRD foglights. The OEM fogs do a good job, but I'm not a fan of the placement of them. The VRDs fit in the corners where the mock-vents are.
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I have the VRD fog lights. They cost me $255 on ebay. Looks much better than the originals and basically cost the half. I think is a better buy. I also installed them myself. I have no experience in this things and I found they're pretty easy to install. About 45 minutes.
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the OEM are nice, but i hate the way they did it, they only come on when low beam is on, instead of parking light
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I'm not a big fan of the placement of the OEM fogs either but i'm wondering comparing the VRD to the OEM...I think the oem puts alot more light out onto the ground right?? the OEM lights look nice at nite but during the day...ehhh what ever. haha

has any one put HID into there VRD fogs?? if so please let us know about the light output.
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has any one put HID into there VRD fogs?? if so please let us know about the light output.
tcridinclean has HIDs in his and they look nice from the pictures.
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I caution anyone on the OEM foglights because of a couple incidents my parents tC has had with them. Because of the collapsible design of new cars (for accidents/safety) the foglights on my parents tC have come loose from road debris.

The first was understandable (rabbit hit at 80 mph) and the second was just small rocks and pebbles, all incidents have occured on the highway. Both times the foglights and the meshgrill attached to them came loose and rested awkwardly near the radiator. Both times the brackets broke and the lights needed a whole new mesh grill. The first time, Scion replaced it, but the second time my dad didnt even bother, just took the lights and grill out completely, lol.

The OEM lights look good IMO, but I'm wary on their 'toughness' on my own tC.
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has any one put HID into there VRD fogs?? if so please let us know about the light output.
tcridinclean has HIDs in his and they look nice from the pictures.
Yea I have seen tcridinclean's in person and I think they look awesome....

After seeing his imo....VRD > OEM (Dealer option, dont know the real name...lol)
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was the light output from those HID fogs good??
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yeah, i get good output w/ my hid's




i use hella micro de's though
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Thanks for the picture neothin but I was asking about the VRD fogs with an HID kit. not the hella fogs. but damn! those are brigh..lol
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Originally Posted by allen03lv
I caution anyone on the OEM foglights because of a couple incidents my parents tC has had with them. Because of the collapsible design of new cars (for accidents/safety) the foglights on my parents tC have come loose from road debris.

The first was understandable (rabbit hit at 80 mph) and the second was just small rocks and pebbles, all incidents have occured on the highway. Both times the foglights and the meshgrill attached to them came loose and rested awkwardly near the radiator. Both times the brackets broke and the lights needed a whole new mesh grill. The first time, Scion replaced it, but the second time my dad didnt even bother, just took the lights and grill out completely, lol.

The OEM lights look good IMO, but I'm wary on their 'toughness' on my own tC.
i have the OEM lights and love them, had them for almost 40k miles and no problems what so ever. i love them so much im having them molded into my bumper (in the side vents )
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I have the OEM and I love 'em. OEM integration in terms of wiring and switches blending in to the rest of the interior is always a plus. And I think they look great. And you can easily modify them to turn on with the parking lights, as I have done.
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yup i have mine that turn on with the parking lights
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they automatically turn on w/ parking lights or yu have the abiility to flip the switch to turn them on?
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they automatically go on with parking lights, but u can use the switch to shut them off to only have the parking lights. and they stay on wiht the lows.
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do they turn off w/ the highs?
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Originally Posted by tjbartjr
I have the OEM and I love 'em. OEM integration in terms of wiring and switches blending in to the rest of the interior is always a plus. And I think they look great. And you can easily modify them to turn on with the parking lights, as I have done.
how do you mod them to turn on with the parking lights?
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