dc2kid

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hey guys i got my friend 3K hid for his fogs but when i look at the fog housing it looks white but the floor is yellow does anyone else have this problem he wants everything to be yellow, so can it be the lense?
i have the same bulbs in my car with the jdm bumper and everything is yellow so can anyone post pics of 02-03 tl with 3K hids i want to see how it looks

thelastaspec

http://www.amazon.com/Nokya-Hyper-Ye...3649822&sr=1-5

i think these make the yellow bulb look, compared to 3000k hid's where the ground is more yellow than the bulb...
read up some reviews on those yellow bulbs if there what your looking for...

ANC297

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Check my pics, I have 3k HIDS...
I should have some pics up somewhere.

TequiLa

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Your friend is probably mistaking the output of 3000k hids with that of yellow halogen bulbs. The lights that make the housing glow piss yellow are halogens. 3000k hids make the housing glow a white with yellow tint, but the reflection on the road is a very bright yellow. The yellow halogens are commonly found on some older lexus models.

I have PIAA yellow halogens and ddm 3000k hids; the hids are much brighter but the halogens are still pretty nice...

finalcross

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What if you put a yellow vinyl overlay on it like some people do.

TequiLa

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You could do that with hids to get a similar glow to the halogens... I personally don't like the yellow fog look unless it's the yellow bulb itself that's reflecting off the housing

JDM Inspired

I had that looks your boy is lookin for, the bulbs just dont do, u need the whole lens to be yellow as well, some people are iffy, but it definitely looks way more yellow.....

n1njai

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I personally wouldn't rock the the yellow vinyl over the lense because I'm afraid that the HID will burn the vinyl. My housing already gets hot enough to the touch, don't want anything getting messed up because of the vinyl. I know on the 3G side Accuratein is actually running yellow vinyl on his lowbeams, but the lowbeams produce little heat.

V_Langs_3.2TL

I like the yellow vinyl look, but I dunno lol

I wanted to get the headlight overlays from rvinyl but isn't that a bit ricey?

i dunno, I guess I've just never seen it on anything except STCC and JTCC cars...and then you'd need a bright painted lip and lip matched rims! (which would be hot...)

xtremex626

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guys.. please dont do the yellow vinyl overlay.. it just kills the look of our cars and it's not clean imo..

if you guys really want the deep yellow look.. go for halogen bulbs (not as bright as HIDs but if that's the look you are going for then dew it!). get the nokya 2500k halogen bulbs or even the luminics 3000k produce a pretty deep yellow..

hids are meant to be bright so that's why it comes out piss yellow. mine is the same.. running ddmtuning apexcone 3000k 35w hid kit and from far away.. they look white but they shine yellow on the floor.

another alternative is to purchase color caps (just like how lexus has their deep ass yellow on their stock 2nd gen GS, 1st gen IS, etc.)

here's a link: http://www.automotivelightingusa.com...yellow-h3-size

xtremex626

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and was this what you meant ? :potato:

thelastaspec

Im on the fence, white 9006 SMD LED bulbs or 4300k cheapo ebay kit shipped to Canada...

What should i go for...

dc2kid

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yea it looks white but then the floor is yellow
but on my car it looks yellow but i guess on the 02-03 the housing or maybe the reflector is different

ParaSurfer1979

The stock bulbs are only 16watts so upgrading to Nokya 55watt 2500K yellow halogens or 3000k k HID's wil defenitely yield more light but best of all "more usable" light for the application they were ment to do. Im on the fene to do do HID's in my 3gd gen fogs because the'll be great for me ye but 4 hid's glaring at oncoming traffic would be down right offensive and disrespectful to the fellow drivers on the road.

02TL4ATL

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if you have 3000k hid fog and put the yellow over lay on, then light output will look orange-ish, not a good color imo.

TequiLa

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LED output is complete shit compared to HID's, and even halogens. get a kit from ddmtuning.com, dunno if they ship to canada though

eleventure

get 6k!

HondaProtegeX2.3

...hmm what would it look like if amber bulbs was used? would it make it Jdm style?

02TL4ATL

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^ lol just get 3000k bulbs if you want to be jdm

ParaSurfer1979

Yes. it doesn't have to be hid though. n but 3000k halogen or hid would make it jdm.

02TL4ATL

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i didnt say hid lol. i just said 3000k in general. nokya or piaa yellow bulb will do fine, just not as bright as hid

xtremex626

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and just to answer OP's request:

ParaSurfer1979

Im sorry i was agreeing with you actually... lol.

Tat pic ^^^ is why I wouldnt do HID's in fogs. They are even brighter than Low Beams. Good for driver maybe but not for oncoming traffic. Ever had a camera flash temp blind you. Very bright headlights do the same. To not be able to see whats ahead of you for seconds scares you.

xtremex626

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lol.. you see more glare than my low beams cause i took off the glare shield in the foglight housing.. did so when i replaced my lense with lexan lense. i had halogens at the time and it made the light output better. too bad i couldn't go back, unseal, and put the shield back on, and reshield.

and it doesnt blind people at night lol.. i purposely aimed them on the floor (that's what foglights are for in the first place). but it is pretty bright when you look from the side. but looking directly into it at night doesn't hurt your eyes.

floored4door

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I was wondering about this... so you would go back if you could? I thought about removing the sheild when I do my HID fogs. But you have to open the fog housing correct?

02TL4ATL

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^ yea youd have to actually break the glass cover of the foglight in order to get to the glare shield but dont do that if your foglights are still in good condition. my hid fogs are also brighter than my headlights because i took off the glare shield, light output is good but im not sure hows the glare for others at night

VietGuy03

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I had yelow over lay and loved it, but I wanted a cleaner look so I took that off and installed 3000K HIDs, and then found some 2500K bulbs and ran those for awhile. Sorry no pics as my car was totaled. I will say I loved the HID headlights and HID yellow fog set up.

bigeshorte45

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03tLsNBP

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damn i need to get on the fog light mod bandwagon...

ParaSurfer1979

Did you remove glare shield? In your case there is little glare. Looks good. Maybe you did 35 watt kit. IDK.

xtremex626

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haha my fog lights are also brighter than my headlights, which makes people laugh. but i'm fine with it. light output without glare shield & HID is win but not so sure about other drivers like 02tl4atl mentioned.

yeah i would go back if i could. my buddy has the same setup as me before. 4300k low and 3000k fogs and they were the same exact kit from ddm, cept his were a deeper yellow only cause his glare shield was on.

02TL4ATL

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haha do the fog light mod already, its actually really easy. i did a video diy for someone on here and posted the link to the video in the fog light mod diy.