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Fog Lamps
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:14 pm
by CuevasRA
Good day everyone! just need some advice here. was thingking of buying fog lamps from US off ebay.
Price : US$295
Postage: US$46.40
here is the link off ebay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/390412987535 ... 1438.l2648
Is this a good deal or will I be able to get it cheaper locally?
Thanks!
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:32 pm
by Tac89
I think you can get ones from mars performance for 150ish I was looking at them myself, although the ones you have posted comes with the indicator stalk. The ones from mars comes with a button that goes near the asc button.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:34 pm
by Tac89
My bad they cost 200 but free postage
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:49 pm
by himynameisdaniel
They seem to be OEM. which is great!
Don't forget that when you install them you need to go to a Mitsubishi Dealer and get them to "turn on" the fog lamps in ETACS.
They should be able to do this for free maybe as part of your service, but they might charge you 40$ if you just rock up.
basically the OEM fog lamps are controlled by the ECU and its a 5 minute job for them to do.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 1:52 pm
by CuevasRA
thanks Terry! I saw that one too from Mars and was looking into buying from them until I saw the genuine mitsu fog lamp... not sure how much genuine foglight kit would cost locally.. has any one got any idea on this?
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:02 pm
by Tac89
Is that only with the oem ones?
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:04 pm
by CuevasRA
himynameisdaniel wrote:They seem to be OEM. which is great! Dont forget that when you install them you need to go to a Mitsubishi Dealer and get them to turn on the fog lamps in ETACS. They should be able to do this for free maybe as part of your service, but they might charge you 40$ if you just rock up. basically the OEM fog lamps are controlled by the ECU and its a 5 minute job for them to do.
i just hope they will do it for free.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 2:08 pm
by CuevasRA
Tac89 wrote:Is that only with the oem ones?
do you mean the price?
if it is, then, Yes.
Posted: Fri Aug 31, 2012 3:11 pm
by Tac89
Oh no sorry, having to get Mitsubishi to work their magic on them?
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 9:51 am
by alterego13
Will there be any difference for LHD & RHD vehicles? Just askin..
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 11:44 am
by MRWOLF
Yes the foglight parts are Interchangeable from ES-VRX and maybe Ralliart...
But defs ES-VRX most parts are interchangeable/fit all lancers
No there shouldn't be an issue with LHS/RHS as its just a globe pointing in one direction without a cutoff unlike headlights
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 1:39 pm
by ofey
MY08-11 ES-VRX Fog Lamps are all the same.
NOT
The RAs and MY12 Activs & VRXs arethe same.
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 5:31 pm
by Ectodestructo
Sorry if this is off-topic, but it is the Fog Lamps thread in the Lighting forum.
Is $665 for Fog Lamps installed by the dealer abit too much? Because it seems abit too steep, IMHO, but I understand that it's not just a simple install, there is programming of the ECU and my stalk needs to be changed, right? Also, if I do it at the dealer for this price, I won't have warranty issues down the road vs if I did it at an auto sparky?
Thanks in advance!
Posted: Mon Sep 03, 2012 6:35 pm
by himynameisdaniel
well you are paying for the labor costs + parts + profit
You should be able to get the OEM lights for about 300$.
depending on how comfortable you are with self installation the rest is up to you.
I will upload some dealer install instructions which come with my purchase of fog lamps. (next post)
Hopefully it might give you a heads up of whats actually involved.