tommystyle86

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so i have one foglight lense smashed to pieces and one with a rock hole and and some discoloration. finally came up with a little money and decided to fix them. but i realized the housings are expensive and non of the junkyards had them. so i went on ebay and found these and ordered them, should be here anyday. has anyone used these?


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/02-03...Q5fAccessories

also both my ballasts are done for, one is popping fuses and the other one will turn on for about 2 min and then turn off, so i decided to order an aftermarket kit. which will be here anyday now.

i will be posting pics of before and after and i hope this works out well.

mnrsxs

I bought the same set for my dads car when his fogs broke. Almost 10k miles later and they are still perfect. Definitely a great value compared to oems

tommystyle86

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i hope they work out well. the guy is pretty cooll also

finalcross

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I bought the same set for my car in April 2010 since both of my fogs light lens had holes in them and one of them was rusted out pretty bad. These lens are perfect replacements. Good Luck.

tommystyle86

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thanks, I'll def. Take some before, during and after pics for everyone in case they decide to go this route

xtremex626

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bought a pair of these two when both of my foglight lense cracked. definitely a good investment. had these on since january? i believe and it's still holding up fine.

here's a pic:

tommystyle86

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alright, so my hid kit was the wrong one, so now i have to wait for the right one but got around to a few other things, got the fog light housings done, decided to paint them to match the car also did the door pillars in flat black. here are pics, sorry they are not in order but you'll get the point

thelastaspec

Verry nice!
I fixed my fog light chip with hotmelt and weldbond2000 glue.
I plan on installing LED 9006 bulbs, and possibly coat them in silicone to prevent water damage.
I would like to do a HID kit but im worried that i will need to replace the lens first.
Where I live I get almost the most rainfall in North America so if there's a problem, it will become apparent quick.

dukie564

Interesting that you painted the inside of the light housing blue. It looks neat when it's daylight, but you completely f*cked their usefulness and purpose.

Also, did you paint the entire door frame or just the pillars?

tommystyle86

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i did the the whole door frame to match, i really like how it came out.

as far as the lighting issue is concerned from the fogs, im not really to worried about it due to the fact that san diego doesnt get to much fog. i know thats not all they are used for though. luckily i have a 6k hid kit on order for my normal headlights which should be here today and im putting a 10k hid kit that was given to me inside of the fogs, so should come out pretty well

richardparker

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Painted the reflector part of the housing but,Why ?
You do realize the time you put into them is going to be a waste when the hid are installed.
The paint is going to flake off,then back to the drawing board.
This does not even looked preped right.
The paint already looks bad in this pic.
I hope it's just the picture and it's the reflection from the ground.

love seeing new things,but if thats how the paint really is,you'll see.

tommystyle86

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no your right. The paint looks real bad in the pics, it was mostly the clear coat that mad it look so bad but it did come out well, not only that I did sand down the housing before paint, also I used hi-temp engine enamel spray cans for both the paint as well as the clear.

richardparker

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Just so you know,I was not trying to be a ass.
If the paint and clear were not compatible that would happen.
Did you let the paint flash for anymore than 20 minutes before spraying the clear.
That could be a issue too if it was preped right.

tommystyle86

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No I know you were not trying to be an ass. I know it's a big difference bu I used to be a house painter. So I at least know about prep and the basics of paint. Both the same brand and what is recommeneded by the company as the primer, paint and as well the clear coat. I gave them extra amounts of time to dry and set between each coat,

xtremex626

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looks ugly imo.. (no offense). you should've just left it as it was (chrome). you'll have the most output for them and it brings contrast to your front end. now your foglights blend in with the car.. so in essense.. they seem invisible.. just an outline of foglights

tommystyle86

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but as you can tell in the pics. the chrome was flaking off so i needed to do something with them

02type-s

Not feeling the fog lights but to each his own

richardparker

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Almost looks like 03 cl inserts when on the car

tommystyle86

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Well I get to put my hid kits in both the headlights as well as in the fogs. So we shall see how they work out. Worst case I'll just redo them. Back to normal

richardparker

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Or you could use some vynal tint if it don't work out.
They will look good and the hid light will shine threw

BIGTUFFGUY

I like it, then again i did the same thing to mine. It's been a while now, I had HIDs in them and run the regular incan bulb daily, they still look good.

xtremex626

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i remember the chrome on my passenger side was fine but the chrome on my driver's side was flaked off alot.. i just left it and cleaned it up a bit inside then resealed. i still retain the same lighting as stock, and evern brighter now, since i removed the glare shield.

tommystyle86

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well i got my hids in today even though i need to clean up the install a little since i was rushed for time before work but they work pretty well. hids are bright but im sure in the chrome they would be way better.