Headlight and LED fog projector upgrade on my Maruti Baleno

I discussed with Pratham and opted for IPH LED fog projectors. Advantages are easy to install, VFM pricing, lower operating temperature, and consistent output. Drawbacks are high beam won't be as good as HID and full projector has to be replaced if anything goes bad. It's a fully built LED projector

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I was using HID projectors from Xenon Planet since last 5 years. They called it Mini Super V2 which was a decent projector. I had faced couple of issues with the setup and had to visit the installer multiple times to rectify. Not going into details, it's all documented in my Baleno ownership thread.

I had driven to Mumbai for some work and also got an opportunity to meet couple of S-Cross 1.6 owners. Few of them were running HID projectors which were installed by fellow S-Cross 1.6 owner named Pratham. He is into retrofits since the last 2 years and his work has received good feedback.

XP projectors in my Baleno had good brightness for first 2 years and it gradually decreased. After 5 years it was pathetic. Reason ? Read on...

I discussed with Pratham and opted for IPH LED fog projectors. Advantages are easy to install, VFM pricing, lower operating temperature, and consistent output. Drawbacks are high beam won't be as good as HID and full projector has to be replaced if anything goes bad. It's a fully built LED projector.

Few pics:

Pre installation check:

Low beam:

High beam:

The setup is not plug and play as the OE fog connector wouldn't fit into this fog projector. It should be possible to make it fully plug and play by sourcing suitable connectors. I am not exactly sure what was done, but the installer did tell me that the OE connector is retained and I can plug it with OE fog lamps if required (reversible). The high beam wire of the fog projector was tapped into the headlight coupler. We had not planned this installation in advance, it was a sudden plan. If not, they could have sourced the suitable connectors for the Baleno. I am very bad with wiring and electricals, sorry if I am wrong.

Fog projectors were easy and flush fit in the Baleno. It hardly took 30 minutes for the installation:

Output:

This is the low beam of fog projectors. Headlights aren't on. Cut off is good and it won't glare or blind the oncoming traffic.

I was impressed with the product. Output was also good. But the story doesn't end here.

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