H11 fog light

[IRONMAN]

Hi all,I am looking for a pure white H11 foglight bulb set for my Mk2 Focus 08( pre-facelift), also wondering has anyone fitted drl's to a 08 focus, the wiring is no problem just cant find a good place to put them. Thanks in advance 👍

[Jonro2009]

Nighteye do a good range of pure white LED fog lights, as do Autobeam. I favour nighteye as they have a good reputation. If you go down the LED route then most will have a heat sink on the back so you may require larger rubber boots to cover the back of the bulb, you can get them off eBay for about £5.

bear in mind that pure white fog lights will be useless in fog.

[JW1982]

In case you want LED Bulbs you can also search for H8 bulbs. H11 and H8 bulbs have exactly the same socket/fitment. The only difference is that H11 is 55 Watts and H8 is 35 Watts. H8 LED Bulbs however are a bit more common than H11 LED Bulbs.

In my opinion the best looking way to install DRL onto a Focus MK2 is by installing combined fog/DRL lights. These are available from Osram and many Chinese manufacturers on Ebay/Aliexpress.

 

[Jonro2009]

I don't think the plugs are 'exactly' the same but they will fit, I didn't know the wattage was different though [emoji106]

 

One of the metal tabs is much wider on the h11 and will need to be filed with a Dremmel, you can also remove the red ring gasket on the base to allow it to sit better.

 

I'd definitely go with the H11 now that I know that they are a better wattage

 

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[IRONMAN]

20 minutes ago, JW1982 said:

In case you want LED bulbs you can also search for H8 bulbs. H11 and H8 bulbs have exactly the same socket/fitment. The only difference is that H11 is 55 Watts and H8 is 35 Watts. H8 LED bulbs however are a bit more common than H11 LED bulbs.

In my opinion the best looking way to install DRL onto a Focus MK2 is by installing combined fog/DRL lights. These are available from Osram and many Chinese manufacturers on Ebay/Aliexpress.

 

The combined fog/drl looks great, Thanks for the info

[IRONMAN]

14 minutes ago, Jonro2009 said:

I don't think the plugs are 'exactly' the same but they will fit, I didn't know the wattage was different though

 

One of the metal tabs is much wider on the h11 and will need to be filed with a Dremmel, you can also remove the red ring gasket on the base to allow it to sit better.

 

I'd definitely go with the H11 now that I know that they are a better wattage

 

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Great info Thanks for your help

[F0CUE]

11 hours ago, IRONMAN said:

Hi all,I am looking for a pure white H11 foglight bulb set for my Mk2 Focus 08( pre-facelift), also wondering has anyone fitted drl's to a 08 focus, the wiring is no problem just cant find a good place to put them. Thanks in advance 👍

Yeh I removed the chrome rings and glued these powerful rings in place with a Drl Controller.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F133094732781

[IRONMAN]

8 hours ago, F0CUE said:

Yeh I removed the chrome rings and glued these powerful rings in place with a Drl Controller.

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.co.uk%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F133094732781

Cheers, Mine is the pre-facelift and the fog trim is not a complete circle so its not an option. Thanks for your reply👍

[F0CUE]

Aw right if it's the type like below then if it was me I would remove the covers and mount led strips to the fat part at the top and either tuck the wire or make a small hole for the wire to go into so it can be routed to a controller. The controller requires a small splice into the headlight wires to dim when on or if you want it to dim when sidelights go on then it's your preference.

[StephenFord]

I installed DRLs on mine... here they are.

 

And installed separate switches for 'halo' and centre LED (They come on automatically with ignition, but can be switched off selectively)

[IRONMAN]

Thanks for the info and pics, the halo/fog looks super, nice job with the install ,would you have a link for the lights and switches please. Thanks

[StephenFord]

34 minutes ago, IRONMAN said:

Thanks for the info and pics, the halo/fog looks super, nice job with the install ,would you have a link for the lights and switches please. Thanks

Okey dokey, the first thing you'll need is a LHS & RHS foglight holder, I picked up both for a tenner off a breaker. You may just drill a 3" hole in the original blanking plate, but, I think personally they'd look rubbish!

This is the seller of the switches...

This is the seller of the lights...

Best of luck, and post some photos when all done 😀

 

[IRONMAN]

Cheers Stephen, I have the trim covers and fogs already fitted (my profile pic shows them after I painted them). Thanks again for your help, much appreciated.