It was a pain to install them. I followed owners manual page 572, 573. To pull down the under cover was hard, very little space to put my hand inside. Maybe I couldn't figure out how to pull it out(didn't want to break anything).
I'd be hesitant to make this upgrade; since fogs are not aimed or shaped, 30W of LED vs. 35W of halogen could very well blind oncoming drivers. And unlike high-beams, fogs are supposed to be used continuously in the conditions that require them.
I agree. For LEDs to be used the headlights need to be re-designed so that they reflect differently. Otherwise all you are doing is making the road conditions more hazardous for oncoming drivers who might be blinded by your brighter lights. Not wise and also dangerous.
Today I Installed the Led Fog Bulbs on my 2017 CR-V Touring. The led bulbs are brighter than the regular bulbs. Here you can see before and after. It looks a lot better than the picture. Also there is a picture of the access cover. This last picture shows upside down and I don't know how to orient correctly
Today I Installed the Led Fog Bulbs on my 2017 CR-V Touring. The led bulbs are brighter than the regular bulbs. Here you can see before and after. It looks a lot better than the picture. Also there is a picture of the access cover. This last picture shows upside down and I don't know how to orient correctly
Here is the backup led replacement pictures on CR-V 2017 Touring .The last picture shows led installed on the left and regular bulb on the right of the photo. The difference is bigger than what the picture shows
Thanks bape7u. Installed mine this morning. Pretty simple. After popping the 2 push pins out, that "flap" can be work out/down if the front inner fender is pushed back. It takes a little wiggling, but it gives a person a more room. It looks 100% better than those dreadful bulbs that Honda decided to stick with from other models sans LED headlights. Great color match.
The sun is hitting the paint a slightly higher angle (later in the morning) making it seem like it is brighter in the "after" pic. Pay no attention to that. Compare the color temp between the headlight and the fog. These are the fog light bulbs that Honda should have used in the Touring. But they eliminate an additional part number and improve economy of scale by using the same bulb as the lesser optioned CR-V models. Lame, but I get it.
Just a cautionary note: Ladies may prefer the softer yellow light of the factory bulb over the brighter white light of a LED bulb in the vanity mirror. YRMV.
Folks should be careful before swapping the dome lights for LED equivalents; if you ever use the dome lights while driving, LEDs (if brighter than stock) could be quite dangerous. The same applies to the passenger vanity lights. (I hope the brightness of the driver vanity lights would be a non-issue for everybody!)
I'm also leery of swapping out the fogs (fogs are unaimed and may effect oncoming drivers) and reverse lights. (While it might not cause anybody to ram you, they may be seeing spots for a while if too bright.) Headlights should be okay, since we have projectors, but that would require some actual testing.
Am I the only one that wants yellow fogs? I don't mean the stock bulbs but preferably the brightest yellow tinted LED fogs I can get for seeing in inclement weather better.
The aftermarket LED fogs actually seem a bit better to me in low visibility conditions......maybe that's due to higher lumen output(?). As I mentioned in another post, the decision point for me was when my wife followed me home on our long trek back from the dealer after purchase - the mismatch in color temp between the LED headlights (Touring) and the stock fogs was hideous. Looked like a total swing-and-a-miss by the trim level design folks. My opinion. Maybe going with a very golden/yellow LED would be a good alternative - then it is clearly a purpose driven fog light and not a mismatch between a white LED headlight in the Touring and a white incandescent fog from lower trim levels.
I also would like yellow LED lights for my fogs as I got the blue touring model and think it would look nice. Anyone recommend a specific set? I tried finding some Sirius Led but could not find 3000k (yellow)
So i made a mod to the fog light bulbs. These sirius LEDs are just too damn bright for my taste. When look directly, it actually looks brighter than the headlights..... It looks more like aftermarket instead of the OEM look that i wanted. I want the look of the fog just like infiniti q50's or lexus's, which when you look at them, it's not that bright.
I just put some electrical tape, cover up the top and half of the front projector. The tape completely block off the light, so the reflector housing don't reflect that many lights. The result was amazing!
Thats the point of the amber/yellow bulbs. They're meant to actually work in fog. However most yellow bulbs are only clear bulbs wrapped with yellow tint, hence why I want a pair of high powered LED yellows. Of course they need to be well aimed well, aka not shining in oncoming drivers eyes. To me, it's not about looks but function. I realize not everyone lives in a zone where yellow fogs make sense.
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