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Old 8/25/10 | 12:06 PM
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Thanks Dan!!! I know its hard to tell the difference in my picture but the Drivers side is the factory foglight bulb and the passenger side is the Hoen foglight bulb.
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Old 8/25/10 | 12:10 PM
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Those look great! I can see the difference... You should snap some night shots with both the HID headlights, and the foglights.


Great mod
Old 8/25/10 | 07:22 PM
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Here's a night picture.
Now i'm not ashamed to have my foglights on with my H.I.D.'s.
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Old 8/25/10 | 09:38 PM
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Those do seem to look pretty good. Thanks for the other pictures!
Is it a spot on match? Or pretty darn close... Looks good in the picture none the less.

If possible would you be willing to take one at an angle? As opposed to dead center, just to see the light and how it compliments the HID's a bit better.

Anyone know what the lifetime of these bulbs are?
I don't want to get new ones every 3 months...
Old 8/25/10 | 09:44 PM
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Looks good guys!
Old 8/26/10 | 09:29 AM
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The Pony Package V-6 and the California Special G.T., acording to the owners manual uses foglight bulb number H-11. The G.T. uses bulb number 9145 (owners manual) which is the same as H-10 on the Hoen web site.

The H-11 foglight bulbs have a 'very slight' blue tint to them, which looks fine with me. Better than the pee, ready to burn out looking color LOL!!!

Dan will have to answer your questions about the G.T. H-10 foglight bulbs.

The bulbs come with a 1 year warranty. I think i read that somewhere LOL!!! I'll change this if its not true.
Old 9/6/10 | 02:13 PM
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I have a 2011 GT with the HID option. I just installed the Hoen xeonmatch lights in the fog lights. The color was a good match for the HID's. I did have a problem with the bulb fitment. The Hoen lights where loose once installed in the fog light housing. I compared the bulbs and there was a slightly larger gap (below the keyed assembly) when compared to the stock bulb. I pulled the tiny orange o-ring from the stock bulbs and rolled it below the Hoen bulbs. When I re-installed the Hoen bulb the new bulbs lost the looseness and became tight. Just my experience, others may not have this issue with bulb replacement... Sorry I did not take pictures at the time of the install if anyone is curious.
Old 9/6/10 | 02:21 PM
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Here's a night picture.
Now i'm not ashamed to have my foglights on with my H.I.D.'s.
Good show David, it now really blends better with the HID's. Glad you like 'em. This to me is a very nice and cheap upgrade that you get real nice noticeable results.
Old 9/6/10 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by tyndallcbr
I have a 2011 GT with the HID option. I just installed the Hoen xeonmatch lights in the fog lights. The color was a good match for the HID's. I did have a problem with the bulb fitment. The Hoen lights where loose once installed in the fog light housing. I compared the bulbs and there was a slightly larger gap (below the keyed assembly) when compared to the stock bulb. I pulled the tiny orange o-ring from the stock bulbs and rolled it below the Hoen bulbs. When I re-installed the Hoen bulb the new bulbs lost the looseness and became tight. Just my experience, others may not have this issue with bulb replacement... Sorry I did not take pictures at the time of the install if anyone is curious.
Sean, funny you mentionned that about the fitment issue you've experienced. I did not get this loose bulb problem when swapping the old ones. Did you get the H10's !
Old 9/6/10 | 02:40 PM
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I put these in my 2011 GT fogs too (the large ones in the grill) and to be honest, they seem a bit too blue. I can live with them however and they are better than the overly warm orange OEM bulbs.
But, I'm going to shop around to see if I can find a set that's not so "ricer" blue but rather has a color temp that's a bit less blue and a bit more white.

The small fogs that David Young posted in his V6 with these bulbs looks better and not so blue.
Old 9/6/10 | 02:55 PM
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Originally Posted by montreal ponies
Sean, funny you mentionned that about the fitment issue you've experienced. I did not get this loose bulb problem when swapping the old ones. Did you get the H10's !
I just checked the invoice from Hoen. The invoice said H10 (9145) xeonmatch bulb pair They looked exactly the same as the stock ones, except for the slightly larger gap. I torn the paper off the package so I am assuming what was in the box match the invoice. Like I side the looked identical.
Old 9/6/10 | 03:21 PM
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These look great; but I'm skeptical on light output.... Are they the same or worse than the factory halogens?

I'm used to the Sylvania Silverstars......
Old 9/6/10 | 04:29 PM
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Mine were 55 watts, the same watts as the factory foglight bulbs.
Old 9/9/10 | 04:47 PM
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I too installed the Hoen's in. Came out nice.
Check more pics here. https://themustangsource.com/f783/my...3/#post5945397

I also installed the chrome ambers... looks good and I'm happy with it all.



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Looking nice Tony. By the way mine had no blue in them at all. They were the H10's.
Old 9/9/10 | 11:06 PM
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The H10's do look blue-ish. I believe they are the only ones that fit the large fogs.
Old 9/10/10 | 09:04 AM
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Just ordered these for my fog lights.

I'm hoping they're a better match than the standard bulbs. I rarely use my fogs because I think it looks terrible with the HIDs.
Old 9/10/10 | 09:15 AM
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Originally Posted by kierankelly
Just ordered these for my fog lights.

I'm hoping they're a better match than the standard bulbs. I rarely use my fogs because I think it looks terrible with the HIDs.
Well they are a better match as the fogs are a typical halogen warm light you see in most cars.
I put these Xenonmatch bulbs about 6-7 days ago.
I'll post a pic of them with one in stock and one Hoen bulb in.

They definitely look better than the orange stockers, but I think they are a grand or so degrees Kelvin too blue (have a feeling they are about 7000k ). But I also tinted my fogs so it may be more noticeable because of that.
If they were about 1500 degree K more "white" (more like 5500) they'd be perfect!
HID's actually have a white, blue, green look to them depending on angle.

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Old 9/10/10 | 09:24 AM
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I'll be putting them in after I get back from a trip, so I'll post pics as well.

No tints on my fogs, so maybe they'll match up better.

How hard were they to put in?
Old 9/10/10 | 09:39 AM
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Originally Posted by kierankelly
I'll be putting them in after I get back from a trip, so I'll post pics as well.

No tints on my fogs, so maybe they'll match up better.

How hard were they to put in?
Start to finish about 10 minutes.
You pop out about 4-6 (can't remember) clips that secure the cowling over the headlights by using a flat head screw driver to pop it up a bit then just grab each one and pull out.
Once cowling is removed you reach your hand back behind the fog light and you'll feel the bulb harness sticking out from behind the fog.
Twist the harness to unclip it and then slide the bulb out.
Pop each bulb out and place the Hoen in and put the bulb and harness back into the fog light itself.
The passenger side fog is a bit more tricky to get to. If you have fat hands you may have a problem there and may need someone with average or smaller hands to get back there for you.

Here's a couple pics:
1 is exposed a bit brighter and 1 is stopped way down so you can see the bulbs light a bit better but it makes them look a bit dim because of that.

Don't get me wrong though, I am quite happy with the Hoen bulbs, and will probably not change them, unless another company I find makes them in a bulb that's 6000k and then I'd put them in and see if it's a BIT less blue. If so, I'd keep them. If not, then I'm happy with the Heon because they are much better than stock.
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