02 escalade fog light hid's

[talonstylz]

Just wondering what size of bulb you guys are using, i see some websites call for a 880 bulb but i never heard of that. Any others that would work?

Thanks.

[hcvone]

880 is the stock size bulb for those fogs, that would be the one you would use.

[JD001249]

check out www.pilothid.com. I just ordered a set of 880's in 4300K for my 2005 Escalade. I will post pix when I get them installed.

[talonstylz]

i just figured it might be something like the cts, it calls for the h10 for foglights but the 9005 are identicle when it comes to hids and are way easier to comeby, thats ok i got my hands on a set of 880's.

Thanks for the help.

[hcvone]

Originally Posted by talonstylz

i just figured it might be something like the cts, it calls for the h10 for foglights but the 9005 are identicle when it comes to hids and are way easier to comeby, thats ok i got my hands on a set of 880's.

Thanks for the help.

The 07' Escalade takes a 9145 bulb, that is close to the 9005, the 02' to 06' Escalade's take the 880 bulb which are much smaller in size.

[cocobra798]

To all of this let me say. I have put Xenons in my 2005 Escalade EXT fog lights. They are 6000K 35W Digital systems. It was not fun. The 880 bulbs fit the slot but were too long. They were hitting the metal guard inside the housing. I cracked open both lenses and ripped out the metal guards out and sealed them back up with Silicon II.

After running them for quite a while I found myself with sealing problems. (I didn't take enough time, and I think I was supposed to use aquarium glue) Water is getting into them and the bulb seems to be melting the housing a bit. I recently tapped a deer and my passenger side fog with the most water damage has failed.

I am currently trying to re-do the project with new fog lights, maybe new HIDs, and better successes.

Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
-Thanks, Craig

[zerocarpileup]

Exactly, the 880 hid bulb is a bit long and it can come in contact with the metal reflector and short out. and you definitely don't want to open the housing and break the seal, you will regret it. what you want to do is get a nice firm hold on the housing, stick a flat head screwdriver inside the housing , you want to stick it in the corners or each of the two ends of the metal reflector, gently but firmly give it a few knocks with a small hammer, you want see one of the 3 metal teeth move forward on each side. it is important you knock them out the same amount to avoid light distribution problems .

[jrs05caddyext]

I also used a screw driver to push the tabs out just a bit.

[shore]

Mine went in just fine on my 05.

[Dendensterz]

Yeah, Mine went fine also for my 04 just plug and play i've had it for a year and so far no problems..

[Jupiter600]

to get HID all u have to do is take old regular halgenon fog light bulb out and replace with a HID one? thats it?

[pcguy760]

It would be nice to custom fabricate / mold some projection HID's from another car perhaps into the fog light cut-outs in the bumper - now that would be crazy cool!

[cocobra798]

I would love to have projector fog light, but it doesn't seem like it would be a whole lot of fun to make, considering the fun I already had with the stock fogs. Back to my project; I finally just ordered some new fog lights off ebay, they are replacement parts but not OEM and am going for some new HIDs aswell. If anyone that had an instant Plug-and-Play installation could tell me what type and where they got their HIDs from, I would be forever thankful. Any additional info would be appreciated.

Thanks again,

Craig

[GCOP]

Originally Posted by cocobra798

I would love to have projector fog light, but it doesn't seem like it would be a whole lot of fun to make, considering the fun I already had with the stock fogs. Back to my project; I finally just ordered some new fog lights off ebay, they are replacement parts but not OEM and am going for some new HIDs aswell. If anyone that had an instant Plug-and-Play installation could tell me what type and where they got their HIDs from, I would be forever thankful. Any additional info would be appreciated.

Thanks again,

Craig

Check here www.hidhouston.com they have the 880's

[Spencer's HIDs]

I have 880's in stock right now. I can ship today