How long have you owned your fog lights until they cracked? Just wondering how often this occurs to Honda fog lenses.

Both of mine are cracked, after 5 months, and they are JDM too

 

Thanks for reminding me of another issue I have with Acura quality.

Ugh... ~ 18 months for me, but stuff like this should not crack, ever.

 

Yeah my thoughts exactly....at least you got a mighty good run our of yours

 

Seriously, invest in some rockblocker for these.... glass has a tendency to break when hard object come at them with great speed. I've already replaced my windshield 3 times, but only once on the fogs.

 

that's why i never got fogs in the 04 TSX. i wonder if the quality got improved with now standard fogs on the 06 TSX?

 

but i've seen some posts of people with rockblocker on their fogs where they have turned brown from the lens getting too hot.
nomatter how thick the mil was

 

This is true of mine as well. I figure it is the price I pay for not having to spend $95 for a new lense. It is a terrible trade-off IMO.

 

My luck had to eventually run out...

Given it was a dealer-installed option, is it safe to assume the warranty will not cover this faulty design?

 

was it just the yellow films that got messed up? have there been any issues with the clear fog films?

 

The posts I've seen was with yellow and clear films

 

i'm gonna try to make some plexi-glass ones or something to that effect. i'll let you guys know how that turns out.

 

since i've owned the car 5/2004 - NEVER!!!

 

about 1 year before passanger side cracked, actually looking to buy 1 right now.

 

wasnt there somebody that made mini-grilles for their fogs??

 

yea i did, im sure others did as well. But it still dosent look as good.

 

you lucky bastard!
wow who voted one month?
Did you buy replacements? Or did you just give up?

 

Whenever we get cracked fogs on an Alitma, Sentra..etc that a customer brings in and its within the warranty period...we honor it.
So I'm thinkin Acura should too....well they better.

 

I think they'll melt. The fogs just get too hot.

 

I hope you're right, but I'll ask Acura to replace them after someone can come up with a "lucrative" solution to prevent these cracks. I certainly will be one of the first to purchase one.

 

Got you beat by a month, had my car since 4/05, no cracked fogs yet.

 

has anybody with the nokya hyper yellows had any melting issues yet?

 

Orderd my replacement lens for the cracked bulb, 101 dollars, guess what, that same day the other one cracked!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Small, hopefully it wont spread.


And has anyone figured out my yellow foglight issue ?

 

I plan on getting my driver side replaced. Anybody know how difficult it is to replace?

 

I have not had any melting issues so far and have had my bulbs for about 8 months now. I use them every night cause I love the look.

 

what is your yellow foglight issue. Are you talking about yellow foglight bulbs cause I have had no problems with my Nokya Yellow Bulbs at all so far.

 

Check my thread in problem and fixes.

 

Yeah my drivers side is cracked...I mean there is like a hole in the lens...it sucks...Acura should replace them for free...I think they did for the 3g Tls...perhaps we should start some petition or something...

 

If there is a clear coat for paint, I was thinking what would happen if the lens on the fog lights were sprayed and coated several times with a clear coat type finish that would withstand high temperatures and not melt off?
Any thoughts?

 

never cracked... but 3M stuff browned on me again not too long ago...

 

I think that's from the heating. If you run the fogs for a while and you are stopped or parked, the lights build up a lot of heat. I think the design practically relies on the passing cool air to cool it off.

 

*knock on wood* never *knock on wood*

 

If the lens is cracked do you need to buy a whole new foglight assembly? or is it just the lens? I need to get one ASAP...

 

You are close.

What we have found is that the TSx fogs are a lot like the Mazda 3. The heat of the fogs are right at the max temps of the film that we use which is 200 degrees. Since we have found this and worked with the Mazda community, we have foudn that if you only have your fogs on for driving and not while parked or stopped for than a couple of minutes there will not be any problems with the film burning or turning brow. We also have several customers on this forum that we have spoke with and they are not having any problems since we came out with a new adhesive as well.

If you any has any questions please feel free to call or email anytime.

Chad

 

On the forum for my other veh. (A Nissan Frontier, which has plastic fog light lenses) those guys cry like babies because when they put their "superbright" bulbs in it melts the lenses. Over here it's bad Acura "quality" because a rock flies up and hits/breaks the glass lens.

If your dealer warr. cracked foglight lenses, they're being nice to you. It's not a manufacturer defect, it's accident damage, just like a dent, scratch, broken windshield etc.

 

Whole fog (not the kit). H and A has them individually.

I actually had my fogs on (with the film) as I was standing outside the car talking with another TSX person and I watched them start to smoke. I didn't realize they could smoke. LOL

 

the car or ur friends? and what is this TSX person u speak of? some biomechanical genetic hybrid?

btw im still rollin with cracked lenses, but luckily no moisture.......yet
need new JDM fogs

 

my fogs are no more than 3 months old. both are cracked, one actually has a hole in it. I dont wanna replace them because there gonna break again!! It pisses me off like whoaa. Im gonna call my acira dealership and see what they say about it

 

Good luck.

 

^^^

Yeah, good luck at the stealership.

First set = passenger lens cracked after 19 months
Second Set = replaced them both w/Rockblocker added

They have been on about 2 months now.