I’m really excited about this one and it was a simple replacement that really took years of “age” off the car. The fog lights were very foggy-ish no pun intended and original to the car, and both headlights have what appeared to be a million micro cracks so there’s a lot of glare even though they’re not “faded“. The headlights are also original so I thought it would be a great time to give the Kia somewhat of a “facelift” and replace the fog lights and the headlights.
This is cosmetically as much as safety in my opinion to have clear headlights that are aimed correctly without glare.
I was still able to find genuine fog lights straight from Kia in Korea and the headlights will be DOT approved, if I get a few good years out of them – I’ll be happy.
These are the original fog and headlights:
A couple teasers shots after:
I will post pictures of the headlight installation tomorrow.. the factory service manual had me removing the front bumper to replace the fog light assemblies….. I removed the splash shields instead and went in via the backside that way.
This is cosmetically as much as safety in my opinion to have clear headlights that are aimed correctly without glare.
I was still able to find genuine fog lights straight from Kia in Korea and the headlights will be DOT approved, if I get a few good years out of them – I’ll be happy.
These are the original fog and headlights:
A couple teasers shots after:
I will post pictures of the headlight installation tomorrow.. the factory service manual had me removing the front bumper to replace the fog light assemblies….. I removed the splash shields instead and went in via the backside that way.