496chevy

We all know NBS trucks with 880 there isn’t a cheap upgrade. thus leading into this mod. I didn’t want to ruin the stock housing by grinding/cutting that, so the next option would be to put the 9006 or 9005 bulb onto the 880 socket.
880 Bulb:
Simply snip the wire lead close to the (thick) flat terminal.

9005 / 9006 Bulb:
Using a Dremil tool or cut off wheel, cut the thick flat terminal looking things on each side of the bulb.
(I'm not sure exactly what this does, but there is no connection to any electronics inside the plug. It could be just a structural thing.)

Once that has been completed, I made 3 cuts in the plastic housing so I could remove the plastic housing.

Next, put the 9005 / 9006 on top of the 880 plug and solder together. I had a hard time making the solder stick to the metal terminal, not only that, I couldn’t melt the solder that mades the contact between the bulbs lead to the flat terminal. (possibly solder, although my standard radioshack soldering iron wouldn’t melt it)

I only did one bulb (to see if it would work) and it did/does. At the moment it’s to bright outside to see how well it works, but I can defiantly say it will be a huge improvement.

I need to buy a 2nd 880 to complete the conversion and I'll will take pictures step by step and post up. I don’t think my solder job will stick together being that the metal is pretty thick and I didn’t put any flux on there. But my back up plan will be to drill a small hole in the flat terminals of the 880 plug and the 9005 / 9006 terminals and get some thin metal "string like" wire and twist them together. I will also see if I can get my mig welder close enough to put a tack weld so it will be all it can be.
till next post!

clint

For future searchers out there:
fog light mod , 880 bulb , fog light conversion

1slow01Z71

iTrader: (36)

We need pics, Im a visual learner I got nothing out of that write up

496chevy

Yah, definatly! in short, i put the 9005 or 9006 bulb on the 880 socket.

I am going to go outside and see the difference after House, and then i will take a picture of the bulb.

clint

496chevy

Heres a snapshot of it.


profile shot

Well, i didnt move the truck from my parking spot in fear that i would loose my covered spot. I will take it out tomarow night and do a comarison. I was thinking about removing that metal shield inside the housing, but it seems like alot of work, so i might and might not. i will know more wed night

clint

1slow01Z71

iTrader: (36)

Good luck not melting the housing. I put higher wattage bulbs in my fogs and it melted them.

496chevy

I have some results. 1st off the solder job that i said wouldnt stick (most likely becuase the metal didnt get hot enough) came loose and no longer made contact. Before that the truck ran for 5 minutes with the fog lights on and i took a temerature with an IF heat gun.
Stock fog light with an aftermarket blue bulb (27 watt i believe) the temp was at 119-122*.
9006 bulb ramped it up a bit to 148-152*
While putting on my punisher skull on the rear window i set the remote start for a 10 minute run and about another 5 minutes or so went by and i realized the bulb no longer made contact with the socket so i ended the test. i took a reading on the Stock foglight side and it read 148-152*. once i get the 880/9006 combo back together i will do a 10 min test and post more temp times and take a picture of the difference (sitting in the cab of the truck)
clint

496chevy

Well spot welding them worked out fine. only problem was i missed and the wire went across both terminals and arc'd.. ya blew the element out. after removing the fog light housing, i did notice haze/discoloration on the top and a little bit on the back of the housing due to the stock 9006 bulb. i checked the other side with the stock bulb and it was fine. in the end it probally would have melted the housing or atleast discolored it to a point where it needed replacing.
so now im back to square one, status symbol - crappy foglights

clint