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Old 04-15-07, 03:30 PM
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Here is a picture of my Fog's guys what color do you think would look best
1 Keep it clear with white fogs
2 Put on the yellow film and make em always yellow
3 Keep em clear and put in yellow bulbs
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Old 04-15-07, 03:33 PM
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I'd say keep them clear and put in yellow bulbs.
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If you have HIDs, then find a pair of HID foglights or kits. Otherwise, stay with the standard white. Yellow just does not look right IMO.
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Id do yellow bulbs, theyre more unique
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3000k yellow hid kit or Retrofit a yellow capsule and put regular halogen bulbs in there!

Don't do the yellow film, i think it looks tacky
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Well i think it will look good if the fogs match the corners color idk tho
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Originally Posted by maniax
3000k yellow hid kit or Retrofit a yellow capsule and put regular halogen bulbs in there!

Don't do the yellow film, i think it looks tacky
Mmmm that sounds nice so your saying buy one of the little yellow round lights similar to the gen 2's and put it in removing the oem setup all together
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no i meant buying yellow capsules and then open up your foglight housing and glue it in there.

This is an example for the GS
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I'd prefer clear with yellow bulbs/hid. What's the point of having fog lights that don't help you in fog? Yellow penetrates more than white in fog and heavy rain as I recall.
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Originally Posted by 13loody
I'd prefer clear with yellow bulbs/hid. What's the point of having fog lights that don't help you in fog? Yellow penetrates more than white in fog and heavy rain as I recall.
I think theres been some research done and the gains from yellow light were minimal compare to a regular halogen. But I personally love the way deep yellow fogs look.
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Yellow fogs look best on projector type lenses. you can retro in some projectors behind that like someone did..i forgot.
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The yellow projection capsules sound like the was to go. Has anyone seen it done here the search tool doesn't seem to be working for me. Oh and parker gen when did you go to Tokyo, we all could really use some nice windom parts lol
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ChrisES retro'd some 92-93 yellow fogs into his 97 fog housings and they came out pretty nice. Here is the link to his thread w/ pics.

https://www.clublexus.com/forums/sho...ellow+retrofit
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Has anyone talked to chrises and see if he ever finished it. I remember vaugely reading that thread and its prob where i subconsciously got it from. I'm gonna pm him about it has anyone ever successfully gotten rid of the vertical lines on a 97?
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Hey guys, sorry to let you guys know that I never finished that mod. The ridges behind the fogs were just too big and I didn't want to sand them down. I'd try painting the reflector (piece that goes over the bulb) yellow with stain glass and using yellow bulbs. This way, the housings aren't yellow but you will get yellow output.
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