i have factory fog lights on my 99 and one just burnt out tonight. can i take them apart and put a replacement bulb in or do i have to buy a whole new set of fog lights? Andy

 

The fogs on my 97 come apart and have a seperate bulb inside. You can just take the bulb into any auto parts store and Im sure theyll match it for ya.
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they come a part and theres a diff. bulb inside. if it was me id get the higher wattage bulbs for them. i remember a while back in this forum there was talk of a direct plug in replacement for the factory fogs. do a search on lights and it is on the first page under FYI higher wattage fog lights.
OH BTW the factory bulbs are 37.5 watts and those replacments are 50 watts...................mucho better

 

here it is
https://www.dieseltruckresource.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=34956&highlight=lights

 

man thats great thanks guys!! man i thought they were pretty bright and now going to put in a 50 oh ya!!! thanks!

 

ok i got the 50 watt bulbs today!! how do u get the fog lights out to change the bulbs? i havent got the chance to look and probally wont till this weekend since it will be freezing out all week! just wanted to c how fast i could put them in without having my fingers fall off!

 

I just picked up the 50 Watters too - and am waiting for the windchill to break -40 so I can put them in........

 

One of my fog lamps blew out on my 01 and the only replacement bulb that would work was the factory Dodge bulb. Every other aftermarket bulb would not light up. They were the same part number and everything. I tried 2 or 3 different manufacturers. In the end, I had to pay dodge $14 for a stupid light bulb.

 

BigBlue,

You might have received bad information on this board like I did. Or at least information that didn't work for your particular vehicle. Here's what I did...

I went to AutoZone today with some information from a post I read on this discussion board and found out that something was wrong. I went in trying to get the 894 bulbs but I noticed that they didn't look like the bulbs that are on my truck right now. It's a 2001 2500 4WD. Furthermore, I believe that the computers at AutoZone showed that my truck requires the 893 bulbs to match the ones currently in it. This was odd too because when I took the factory bulbs out, they're labelled as 896s.

Another odd thing was that unlike Rattle_Rattle said, the 894 bulbs aren't 50 Watt bulbs. They're 37.5 Watt bulbs. This didn't really matter to me though because they looked nothing the bulbs I currently had.

Anyway, what I actually wound up doing was going to Pep Boys (because one of the guys at the Tyler AutoZone was a total jerk to me and I decided not to patronize that business any longer) and looked at the connectors on the two kinds of 8XX bulbs they had to compare with the 896 that came out of my truck. The 886 bulbs were 50 Watts and the connectors looked the same as my factory bulbs so I bought one to try. Voila! It worked! And it was noticeably brighter than the factory bulb (when in the light housing)! So I bought a second one and am now running Sylvania 886 50 Watt bulbs in my fog lights.

Moral of the story here? Your mileage may vary.

 

ok i put both of mine in today and the right one works and the left side does not! whats the deal?

 

Powerwagon440,

Which bulbs were in your fogs factory-standard? Which bulbs did you replace them with? Did you try putting the replacement bulb that didn't work into the other light to see if maybe the bulb was blown altogether? Gotta give us some info, man.

 

the bulbs that where int he truck where the factory bulbs! they just burnt out. yes i tried that and the passanger side is the only one that works i switched bulbs and nothing on the drivers side!!
i dont have a tester on me to c if i have juice going the driverside fog light so ill have to wait till the weekend i guess to figure it out.

 

OK, I know this is an old thread, but I have to ask: has anyone had any issues with replacing a 37.5W bulb (896) with a 50W bulb (886)? As in, any wiring harness melting or fires, any fuse problems, etc? I know it's only 12.5W more on each side, but it's 25W total, and, well, who knows?

Thanks!

 

hi
i also would like to hear of any problems as the factory wiring for the foglights is verry small !