Seems the Dodge Journey switched...er, I mean upgraded to this bulb in 2010. Apparently it allows them to use a very cheap...er, I mean light weight fog lense assembly. This means no glass lenses or metal reflectors to take the heat...oops, there I go again...I mean the new light weight assembly uses less power and is more efficient.

So while you may be able to put the old bulb back in, it might melt your fog light...dang...I mean you'll be using more power...which makes you an evil CO2 producer...or something.

 

I wonder how hard or expensive it would be to fit the 2010 fog lights into the 2011's spot. No wonder all US 2011's come standard with fog lights.... they are spending the same amount as before, but more people are getting "fog lights"

 

Also becareful because my new 2011 Dakota also has these for fog lights and the fog light lenses are plastic. MY research shows some people replacing the PSX24W with H16 9009 5202 but becareful because those plastic lenses acan melt. I replaced mine with some h16 35w yellow and I m still a little nervous.

 

How is this working for ya? Im thinking about replacing mine with a 35w Hid kit.

 

Any more thoughts on this subject? I am finding these 2011 fog lights to be weak sauce compared to the useful fog/cornering lights on my now-traded '04 Grand Cherokee. Can the entire assembly be replaced with 2010 Patriot compatible hardware made with glass instead of plastic?

 

http://www.jeeppatriot.com/forum/showthread.php?t=77194

Try this instead.

 

Does anyone know the actual Lumen output of these LED foglight replacements? As near as I can tell, the original weak 24w halogens still exceed the LED replacements. I can't seem to find the output rating for the 68 SMD LED bulbs though.

 

I just noticed that link in the other thread for the $90 SMD LED replacements does specify a LUMEN output of 400. This does not compare favorably to the 500 lumen output of the typical PSX24w halogen bulb used on the 2011 Patriot fogs, and is downright terrible compared to the 900 lumen output of the earlier model year Patriot fogs.

http://www.v-leds.com/V-LEDS-6K-HID-WHITE-28-p8701564-3-2.html

 

psx24w

if you goto a dealership and buy this light its $45.00 each. search psx24w on eBay and you can get a set for $14.00 and they're very powerful led lights. dont get the 18 smd bulb. get 36 or better. they are considerably brighter than the stock halogen bulb.

 

I bought my LED SMD 6000k bulbs for like $35.00 on ebay and I love them. I changed them out the 2nd week i had my patriot and I upgraded to a 6000k headlight bulb $25.00 for 2 pairs of bulbs Ebay again..

 

*bump*

 

Do HID or LED, you'll never look back.

 

I had HID in the headlights of my 11 Sentra SR, with yellow fogs, and it was such a great visibility! I wanna start with my fogs, but I wanna see how he's doing with the kit, and it hasn't melted his lenses yet. I don't think 10 more watts would melt it, but you never know!

 

HID's run near cool in comparison to halogens.

 

That's what I was thinking. So it would prolly be as much heat as the 24W are putting out, maybe even 30w. I just know this halogen light s h i t ain't cuttn it for me, after having HIDs.

 

I had H11 in my Nissan Xterra with plastic lens and they never melted….. I now have a 2014 Dodge Journey and I want to replace the crappy PSX24W fog lamps with a PIAA H7, anyone out there think it will melt the plastic lens?