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View Poll Results: Are you interested in clear lense for the stock fog lights?
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Old 02-26-10, 06:38 PM
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This should turn out pretty good.. projector fog..
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Old 02-26-10, 09:34 PM
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sounds good! interested!
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Old 02-26-10, 09:54 PM
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im down also
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Old 02-27-10, 01:21 AM
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Spyder78, any chance you can get a picture of the output of what you have done. Just want to see what it look like with verticle lines. Also count me in for the clear lense too. Thanks
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Old 02-27-10, 05:33 PM
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sounds great! i have broken lens, this would be perfect!
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Old 02-27-10, 10:05 PM
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sounds like a great mod in the near future if cost is pretty low. but you can count me in also
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Old 02-27-10, 10:27 PM
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im down depending on cost
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Old 02-28-10, 08:00 AM
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only problem with this mod is putting the clear lense on the fog without doing a projector in there. The fluted lense is made to create the beam pattern becasue as we could all see the reflector is smooth. If the reflector created the beam pattern, jike in the head lamps then a clear lense would be fine.

Just my .02 and great if you are doing the projector retro, but probably make fogs useless with that OEM smooth reflector.

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Old 03-15-10, 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by fro20
only problem with this mod is putting the clear lense on the fog without doing a projector in there. The fluted lense is made to create the beam pattern becasue as we could all see the reflector is smooth. If the reflector created the beam pattern, jike in the head lamps then a clear lense would be fine.

Just my .02 and great if you are doing the projector retro, but probably make fogs useless with that OEM smooth reflector.

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Actually Jeremy the reflector is in no way smooth, the fluted lense is made to scatter the light output which is the way that fog transmit light, which is very inefficient. You still pretty much the same output without the lense on the fog light, I will post up beam pictures of everything withing the next few days.

But bumping this back up to the top.
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Old 03-18-10, 11:36 AM
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Originally Posted by 4play4dr
im down for this if its not hard to do
put a cloth over the lense and apply the hammer
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Old 03-18-10, 12:53 PM
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Originally Posted by TLcoats
Oh okay gotcha, You should of worded it like "flat lenses" or something to clearify any confusions. I am interested too, but depends on the expense?


Also mine have alot of condensation in them, is there any easy way to remove it?
I'm not sure if there is a way to seal them better, but I'm going to assume you have condensation because the bulb is not sitting in the socket the way it should be?

What you want to do is remove the the fog light housing. It's held in by 2 phillips head screws. Then once you get those out, you're going to slide the entire housing towards the center of the car. You will then be able to pull the housing out. Now remove the bulb and either let it sit in the sun with the lens down on a cloth so you don't scratch it or take a blow drier to it.
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Old 03-18-10, 04:01 PM
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Here are the comparison pics as promised:

Stock fogs 55 watt 6K Bulbs

Stock fogs 55 watt 6K Bulbs cutoff

Stock fogs 55 watt 6K Bulbs headon
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Old 03-18-10, 04:10 PM
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GS Fog Light Projector 3K 35 Watt NO lense
GS Fog Light Projector 3K 35 Watt NO lense Cutoff closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 35 Watt With lense

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 35 Watt With lens Cutoff Closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 55 Watt NO lense

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 55 Watt NO lense Cutoff Closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 55 Watt With lense cutoff

GS Fog Light Projector 3K 55 Watt With lense cutoff Closeup
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Old 03-18-10, 04:17 PM
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GS Fog Light Projector 6K 35 Watt NO lense

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 35 Watt NO lense Cutoff Closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 35 Watt With lense

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 35 Watt With Lens cutoff closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 55 Watt NO lense

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 55 Watt NO lense Cutoff

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 55 Watt NO lense Cutoff Closeup

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 55 Watt With lense

GS Fog Light Projector 6K 55 Watt With Lense cutoff
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Old 03-18-10, 04:19 PM
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As you can see in the pics the stock lense really deteriorates the output intensity and quality. I am still searching for a manufacturer that is willing to make a small batch of lenses as there isnt much interest.
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