Factory led to factory halogen fog swap

[VinceCook]

Wanting to go from factory led fog lights to halogens. Is anything needed other than the black housing and the bulb/lense? Does anyone know if the plugs are the same for parking sensors and the fog light?
Thanks

 

[Slutzk]

why do you want to go halogen for fog lights? just curious

 

[VinceCook]

In all honesty just going to switch the housing to the halogen style and put in diode dynamics as they are cheaper and brighter than what is offered to fit in the original led housing

 

[vincentw56]

Wanting to go from factory led fog lights to halogens. Is anything needed other than the black housing and the bulb/lense? Does anyone know if the plugs are the same for parking sensors and the fog light?
Thanks

That sounds like a terrible idea and I bet you're wrong about the light output too. But it's your truck and you can do what you want I know other people have swapped them. But I can't guarantee that the plugs are the same. I think if you search for swapping from halogen to LED, you'll probably find instructions that tell you how to do it. I think infotainment has a kit to do it so you could probably use their videos or instructions to see what you need to do.

 

[CornfieldCadillac]

As others have said, the OEM LEDs are much better than the OEM halogen fog lights hands down and I wouldn’t recommend going through all that work for worse light output. If you’re looking at installing Diode Dynamics light pods though, that’s a different story. I swapped out my factory LED fog lights with the Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro fog light pods over a year and a half ago on my Longhorn and I absolutely love them! They do a better job cutting through fog and heavy snowfall without blinding oncoming drivers (when properly aimed) compared to the stock LEDs, but they don’t cover as wide of an area around the truck as the stock LEDs due to the design of the halogen bezel. Since I spend a lot of time driving at night, I was fine with this trade off and appreciate the better light output. You’ll need new mounting brackets as well as new bezels since the halogen fog lights use a different bracket than the LED fog lights. I bought mine through RetroShop, they’ll provide the OEM halogen bezels and mounting brackets for an additional cost if you buy the Diode Dynamics SS3 fog light kit through them. The Diode Dynamics SS3 fog light kit includes mounting brackets to bolt the SS3 light pod to the OEM halogen fog light bracket as well as wire harnesses to plug directly into the factory fog light socket. If you want to keep the LED fog light bezel, Diode Dynamics just came out with a fog pocket kit a few months ago that replaces the factory LED fog lights with four SSC2 fog light pods and includes mounting brackets and wire harnesses to plug into the factory fog light socket.

 

[Slutzk]

In all honesty just going to switch the housing to the halogen style and put in diode dynamics as they are cheaper and brighter than what is offered to fit in the original led housing

hmmmm. gona go out on a limb here and say that is a terrible idea man. i have the halogen fog lights and i just put led bulbs in there. my dad has a 1500 with the LEDs and they are pretty neck and neck, atleast not enough of a difference to be like damn thats crazy. not worth the money, effort and time brother, and if you offroad or absolutely need them id recommend you get pod lights and or a light bar.

 

[DusterJoe]

If your close I'd be willing to swap you the parts. I have the Halogen setup and want LEDs.

DusterJoe

 

[VinceCook]

If your close I'd be willing to swap you the parts. I have the Halogen setup and want LEDs.

DusterJoe

Central IA

 

[DusterJoe]

Central IA

Ahh I’m up in Detroit area.

DusterJoe

 

[Wirerat]

Retro shop sells the full braket kit including the diode dynamics fogs. This is what you need to go from oem led fog to diode dynamics pods and use all the factory wiring.

5G Ram - Diode Dynamics SS3 Fogs

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