I had some work done on my truck and had to have my blazer fogs removed because they hit my heat exchanger. This reallllly bugged me. I had HIDs in them and because of how straight the blazers were WITH the HIDs in, it wouldnt work, and I was not removing the heat exchanger...
This option may help those who either cant find blazer fog housings or just cant afford them at this moment But still want to run HIDs in the stock housings. The problem is that the HIDs are too long to fit in the stock housings (stock housings curve at a 90 degree angle where the blazers are straight).
These are Jettstream 6K fogs and 6K lows...
First off, remove both fog lights from there location under the bumper (there are other write ups on this so I wont go into how to remove the fogs).
Once you have the stock housing out, they should look like this.
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Remove the 4 screws on top of the housing, around the area where you insert the fog light.
Once the screws are removed, pull of the top of the fog housing as shown.
This is what you have to work with.
From Lowes, grab these plastic diverter washers from the hardware section. They are approximately 1 inch around and fit perfectly on top of the hole. This is a spacer to give the top of the HID bulb room inside the housing. These are located in the bath section near the sinks and faucets. If you cannot find these diverter washers, just grab the nylon washer from the drawers at lowes. You may have to drill them out a small amount.
Discard the original screws and replace with these, they are 4-40x1/2 Machine Combo round zinc w/nut (they are $1) Do not over tighten and some loctite is recommended to hold them in place. They will snug down nicely.
Once all the screws are in, it should look like this. It will now give the bulb an 8th to a 1/4 additional space inside the housing so the bulb does not hit the top of the housing any more. I will put some black silicone around the gap to keep it water tight.
These are my HIDs using the stock fog housing and not worried about a cracked bulb. Light output is great.
Replace the housings and install your HIDs. Total cost $2.39
This option may help those who either cant find blazer fog housings or just cant afford them at this moment But still want to run HIDs in the stock housings. The problem is that the HIDs are too long to fit in the stock housings (stock housings curve at a 90 degree angle where the blazers are straight).
These are Jettstream 6K fogs and 6K lows...
First off, remove both fog lights from there location under the bumper (there are other write ups on this so I wont go into how to remove the fogs).
Once you have the stock housing out, they should look like this.
Remove the 4 screws on top of the housing, around the area where you insert the fog light.
Once the screws are removed, pull of the top of the fog housing as shown.
This is what you have to work with.
From Lowes, grab these plastic diverter washers from the hardware section. They are approximately 1 inch around and fit perfectly on top of the hole. This is a spacer to give the top of the HID bulb room inside the housing. These are located in the bath section near the sinks and faucets. If you cannot find these diverter washers, just grab the nylon washer from the drawers at lowes. You may have to drill them out a small amount.
Discard the original screws and replace with these, they are 4-40x1/2 Machine Combo round zinc w/nut (they are $1) Do not over tighten and some loctite is recommended to hold them in place. They will snug down nicely.
Once all the screws are in, it should look like this. It will now give the bulb an 8th to a 1/4 additional space inside the housing so the bulb does not hit the top of the housing any more. I will put some black silicone around the gap to keep it water tight.
These are my HIDs using the stock fog housing and not worried about a cracked bulb. Light output is great.
Replace the housings and install your HIDs. Total cost $2.39