How to Install a Pair of Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro Foglights [Step-By-Step Guide]

March 5, 2020

I always wanted to have better lighting on this vehicle and went to HIDs years ago. Lately LED technology has been getting better so figured I’d try out what was on the market. I wanted to stay away from cheap overseas kits found on places like eBay. Did some research and learned about Diode Dynamics. Stuff is either made or assembled here in good ol’ US of A and that’s always a plus in my book.

Anyway, started out looking for foglight upgrades and I liked what they were offering with their SS3 Pro kit. It’s SAE/DOT legal so that’s cool as well.

The kit required some changes as it wasn’t plug-and-play (even though it was supposed to be listed for my application). I had contacted them about it and they promptly took it off their website, but they may now have what is needed though, as I see it on their website again.

The issue came up when installing the bracket assembly back into the vehicle, it wouldn’t seat properly. Here is how far the bracket is away from bolting up when the LED housing is installed:

There are 3 screws that hold the bracket in place. Here is what it looks like behind the bumper without the bracket (I put my ball cap in the opening so the glare from the sun wouldn’t wash out the pic, LOL):

And here’s one of the holes on the bracket:

Had to get creative so I found some old hardware and spacers in my bucket-o-spare-hardware, LOL:

And everything finally installed, now there is only a very small gap but I was okay with this:

Here is the look off and on:

Holy crap these things light up the road…WAY better than the stock fogs or the HIDs I had prior to these. Now I just wish there was some high end LEDs for the headlights that fit into our housing (I’ve tried a few sets and most won’t actually fit properly).

So here are a few night shots. I did not take any photos of the HID fogs, so this could arguably be an invalid comparison, but figured I’d show at least something. I took four photos at each position. In my attempt at making it equal and fair, I took each photo using my Samsung Galaxy S9+, mounted on a suction windshield mount. All shots where made in Manual Mode: