Ever seen OEM grilles with fogs built in? Have a look --->

[Euro'wagon]

Don't know if any of you have seen the OEM grilles with built in fogs. Quite normal here in Norway, but don't know if its elsewhere. I'm sure it has to be... but seriously not thinking the US since I'm from there.

I haven't found out if theyre actually fogs or driving lights. They're mounted kinda high to be fogs. But its a nice, rare little OEM thing to have on.







I have been trying to search junkyards here and make phone calls but no luck on how much these grilles cost or how to even get one. I dont even think Toyota stealership here even has them in stock anymore to choose from. Def a rarity.

Anybody else seen these fog grilles before???



And this is what the Norwegian normal thing to do for better clarity at night along dark roads and snowy winters.



I'm quite used to seeing this all the time now, but when I first moved here I was kinda thrown off by them. I now have a liking towards this and may add some for the upcoming winter.

[miib14]

that is quite unusual... never seen them before..

[topnotch]

not my cup of tea but if it helps for the dark and snowy roads so be it. but i would probly go with HID's instead.

[Loneyc]

ehhh
too high up for me

[SuperchargedMR2]

I like it, great place for driving lights.

[mr.swackhammer]

yeah yeah it's called Hella Grille and its quite rare. However the rareness is because of its uniqueness, not everybody's favourite tho'

[trd808]

i made my own a few years ago with a spare grill i had. used it up on tantalus and on dark roads, imo it does help.. throws the beam of light further down the road.

[Rip The E Brake]

I found this- http://www.autoanything.com/lights/65A1331A0A0.aspx

Thats about it........LOL

[Steelballz]

I see them around often enough....
could get a few sets if anyone is interested in them?

and over here they are counted as foglights, but god knows what toyota call them, fog or driving lights lol

[sequoiasoon]

I like those a lot. I actually cut in a set of rectangular Hella fogs into my original grill like that. What I also like is that the bumper is different and has an extra opening across the front for the cooling that is blocked by the lights. I don't like how it looks so much but DO like the headlight washer system.

As mentioned above for dark winding roads I'm definitely in the HID instead. There are MANY options of bi-xenon projectors now that you can retro pretty easy. There is NO comparison for a set of those. You also need to see what the local laws allow and when. Canada I believe has 4 forward law that if your high beams are separate the fogs(or driving) MUST turn off. Most of those appear to be driving lights based on beam pattern on the clear lens which means they will only be on with high beam as they would be too bright (glare) for oncoming drivers.

TRD808 has a US grille with euro spec lights (I had done the same) as the beam pattern and coverage was much better.

Something like this is actually made to fit through the factory bulb opening and get screwed in place. Yes the lens needs to come off first but bi-xenon projector is nice. http://www.retrosolutionsllc.com/ser...BIXENON/Detail

I like these better and am looking to get some for my fog lights on the Sequoia. http://www.theretrofitsource.com/product_info.php?products_id=221&osCsid=86af1061e4 791e9b1f89fdadf4c05246. That would give me a set of bi-xenon projectors at "normal" headlight height, HID Hella DE fogs, and then whatever I want to do with the factory headlight which would probably just go back to Halogen as they worked pretty good already and would allow me to avoid cop hassles if needed.

There are other more expensive options like the Hella 90mm bixenon which you figure out mounting pretty easy and just protect the lens with some X-PEL or headlight armor.

These might be an option also with a PNP HID kit. http://www.rallylights.com/detail.aspx?ID=4924 because the $500 each for the bi-xenon is definitely outta my reach currently.

[modernage]

I don't know why, but looking at that grille just made me cross-eyed hahaha.

If I had some sweet OZ rally wheels and was going for a rally theme car, I would rock those!