TRD Pro Rigid Foglight Replacement

I like how the grill lights match your amber turn signals, that looks pretty good. Thanks for the picture. What is "selective yellow"??

 

The attached link will answer your question much better (and faster) than I can. Once you run in crap weather with it in the Max fogs, you'll never go back to clear / white light.

Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

 

What do you mean the backlight function? They look great in the grill? Is there a kit for the Tacoma? My girl would love a set of red ones to match her truck. It looks great your taco

 

Just a word of caution on the backlight color - even though it's strictly cosmetic. Most states regulate the forward-facing colors you can have, and red is a generally a big no-no.

 

I wonder if anyone has tried putting a DD SSC2 or Morimoto 2Banger with the TRD Pro foglight bezel?

 

You would have to cut the bezel to allow the whole light to be visible. I guess a man could get creative with a dremel tool and leave some of the frame. However even at that, it would defeat the purpose of the bigger foglight not being able to project all of the light beam through it.

 

Hey OP ! If you’re interested in selling the rigid fog lights let me know!

 

If I do, I'll keep you in mind for sure.

 

I used the original Rigid fog housing, took out the light, and had to fabricate the light housing to accommodate the @Diodedynamics SSC2. I wanted to keep an oem look while at the the same time upgrade to a high level light like the SSC2. I had to use the Dremel on the inner portion of the Rigid bezel to permit a flush mounted appearance. I used SSC2 for the oem fog location, SSC2's underneath near the skid plate, and SSC3 and C1 for the ditch lights.

 

Beautiful - so this is possible! Thanks very much for trying and confirming that it works!

 

You're very welcome! The beauty of it too is that the Rigid housing isn't destroyed so if you wanted to use it again, you could. I tried the JDM ones that someone linked in a thread, but the @Diode Dynamics SSC2 didn't fit. I was determined because the Diode Dynamics are amazing light in my opinion. I'm sure there can be some improvements, but it's solid and adjusts as well if I need it too. If you need anything else, let me know.

 

Cool mod, but you did not re-install fogs. You installed the combo optic, which includes flood and is basically a short range high-beam. It will blind everyone on the road and be absolutely worthless in poor weather. It should be used as off-road only. I’d recommend installing the SAE fog optic for far better performance.

 

Thank you for the suggestion and I understand what you might think would happen. Yes, the lens is a "Combo" and not "Fog", and I reference the lights in general as a fog light themselves. However, the combo lens has given me better performance than the fog, which I had installed originally, and swapped for the combo. I did not mention this, but I flipped the lens on the combos to place the beam inwardly towards the center of the road, and have angled them to avoid the oncoming traffic. I don't get flashed by other drivers and my visibility is great with this setup as intended, on and off road. That's why I'm also thankful @Diode Dynamics makes various lens for the desired outcome of each person's individual build. I do agree it is important not to blind others on the road, and being mindful of this is important.

 

You cannot aim a flood light down to avoid blinding oncoming traffic, regardless of the aim it will still be blinding and ineffective. I 100% guarantee you that @Diode Dynamics will not support running a combo flood on the street as a fog will be an acceptable lighting practice. It doesn't matter how they are angled or what position the optic is orientated. The only acceptable fog is the SAE fog optic, bar none, zero exceptions.

 

I never mentioned @Diode Dynamics supporting my choice of how I run my lights, and my post was not to make it about them, but only share what I did for my mod to my truck. I agreed with you about blinding others, and won't debate that point of view, neither my build that I am happy with. It serves the purpose I wanted and that is exactly what it is doing, respectfully stating of course.

 

Great job on the lights man. Had this same idea and glad to see it works with a little modification.

 

Came across this thread a while back and used it as inspiration to upgrade my fogs. Love the styling of the OEM rigid fogs but wanted more performance without switching to the typical fogs everyone runs.

Grabbed a knock off set of the Rigid fogs so I could get a badgeless bezel and bracket to mount new fogs to. Huge shout out to @crashnburn80 for the help, guidance, and product recommendations. Ended up going with the Morimoto 2Bangers in amber with the SAE wide pattern. Thankfully the pods had mounting holes that lined up perfectly with the replica brackets and made it very easy to properly aim them.

Stoked with how they turned out!

 

Nice bro,

mind sharing the links to all what’s involved and all the products used?

Also did you wire it to OEM fog switch or a switch panel?

wanna do the same thing but can’t decide on the Diode or Morimotos lights.

thanks

 

Sure thing!

Morimotos (selected amber. Looks like they’re still on sale as of right now too):
https://www.morimotohid.com/2Banger-LED-Pods-HXB-Wide-Beam?quantity=1

Replica pro fogs:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3635491734...HI6TOhkSRi&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

I removed the fog lights from the bracket, only tricky part was removing the plastic aiming screw. The Morimotos coming with mounting hardware and thankfully the pods have mounting holes that lined up perfectly with the bracket so I didn’t have to modify anything. I did not wire the little LED strip on the bezel, I just zip tied the wire leads for that off to the side in the bumper.

Wire adapter:
https://caliraisedled.com/products/tacoma-tundra-4runner-fog-light-pod-oem-adaptor?variant=26128513040&currency=USD&gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0Oq2BhCCARIsAA5hubXcRS2gOMEJJ7lsW2f8WIg8lMQTlz8oIlFO0tg1t6WaSa4nVEi9_IwaAmW4EALw_wcB

This adapter makes these plug and play if you have factory fog lights, plugs right into the existing wiring harness and you can use the fog light switch on the stalk as normal. If you don’t have factory fogs, you’d have to wire up a new switch.

Hope this helps!