icu2tsx

I have an 09, I wanted yellow fogs, so I was just going to get yellow bulbs, but the yellow halogen bulbs tend to burn out fast.

So with this in mind, I went with 35W HID kit. The ricer in me loves the yellow output of the yellows HID's during the night but during the day when looking at the car from 10 ft they look green-ish lol and its driving me nuts.

My issues is that I want to put a yellow film overlay to get a deeper yellow, HID's are supposed to run cooler, But I did not notice a difference, maybe a few degrees cooler than the oem halogen bulbs but the housing still gets super hot to the touch. Seems to be a common issue with 09-10 fog housing due to that metal ring in the housing? So I fear the film will just melt since my fog's are my new DRL's

For you guy's (specially 09-10) running over lays, what has been your experience?

what kind of overlays did you use in the past and how hard was it to remove when they burned?

justnspace

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I noticed Mcmiyoung's fog overlays were melted.

opboarding

My overlays haven't melted yet. They've been on for about 2 years or so. One of the Nokya yellow bulbs burned out recently and lasted 2ish years which isn't bad. They are used as my drl lights so they are on constantly. I have a 2011 with the revised fog lights.

ulrblitzer

I had Ebay vinyl overlays on for about 6 mo's. They didn't burn, but did become fragile, almost flaked off when I decided to peel them off ... but I did run them through snow and ice also. I redid them in the spring, but then had my accident and got everything replaced.

Got LED H11's to run cooler to do overlays again, but the white look got to me.

xtcnrice

That's odd. He has a 2011+ which is the facelift model (like mine, opboarding, etc.), and our fogs definitely run cooler than the 09-10s.

justnspace

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you can kind of see it here.



it's dark, but you def. can see a "bullseye" in the fog.

he came over last week in the day time and we noticed it big time.

cu2wagon

Last week when you forgot to wake up in time to meet up, I saw his car and noticed MCs covers are shot. Like, "scrape that work out of the pyrex- it's done. That's crack crack cracky crack crack" shot.

Consider though, if you put yellow film over a yellow light output, you'll essentially be filtering the usable light. Counter-intuitively perhaps. Best solution would be to use pure white bulbs with yellow films.

opboarding

I put my oem fog bulbs in with the overlays and compared it to the Nokya yellow with overlay and the Nokya looked MUCH better. The oem fogs looked much more washed out and not as pure of a yellow.

iCrap

I have a 10 and I'm guessing it depends how you install it.

One one fog i did a dry install and it was fine, no melting. the other side i did a wet install and that shit melted badly.

Lewal

I have an 09 TSX and installed the yellow Lamin-X fog light covers. After a few years, I noticed the burn marks near the center. Since it was still covered under warranty, I contacted Lamin-X, showed them pictures, and they sent me a new set.

They explained that the burn marks are a result of the weakest link of the fog covers - the glue. At the time, they still hadn't found an adhesive backing that was any better. So they suggested I only run the fog lights when the car was moving.

TBH, I don't even really have the fog lights on, because there really isn't much of a yellow effect. I was hoping these would give me near IS300 fog lights. But at least they help protect the lights from cracks and pitting.

icu2tsx

Thanks for the reply's guys.

Wished they made aftermarket yellow glass/plastic fog housing replacements.

Been playing around with the idea of retrofitting the IS300 fog projectors but they look so small compare to oem 3.5"

alexb92

Cheap/eBay yellow HID kits often give off a green tint.

icu2tsx

Kind of true.

Iv'e seen Ijdmtoy, Morimoto, DDM Tunning and a few ebay kits and they all still have that hue of green during the day. The first two had the less noticeable hue of green.


So with that in mind, I ended up with the Amazon Innovited AC kit for under $40 and I dare say it's the same as morimoto and Ijdmtoy kits.

VR1

I have a '13 with the Lamin-X covers w/o any problems.

ulrblitzer

That's because us 09's and 10's only had the problem as stated by OP. The fogs got updated when Acura did the refresh.

xtcnrice

^that's what I said earlier too. But people are saying mcmiyoung's are burnt too. I'm guessing he screwed them up himself tho

jeroplex

laminx will burn if you use 55w bulbs. stick with 35w

xakeo

Wow...she was pretty clean!!!!!

First mod going now for 3+ yrs. PIAA...Best IMO....

Cu2Suspect

Yeah I have a 10 with the Lamix yellow film with the Nokya yellow lamps, Looks good but I have the burn marks in the center also... But Idc really better than a cracked lens from a rock

icu2tsx

I see, this was my original plan but was afraid of the burn marks.

alexb92

I'm using a 35w HID kit with 3k fogs and yellow Lamin-X (the brand, not some shitty eBay vinyl) and I've had no issues for the past couple months.

robpp

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i have some laminx yellow film if interested/

icu2tsx

can you post pictures of how the lighting looks with lights on and off during the day time?

ichi_ban

I have iJDMtoys kit and love it. Haven't installed it yet but it's yellow. The best way to make sure it's yellow is the bulb itself, when it's really yellow by just looking at it unlit then it's good. I've done my research on this for a long time but IMO of course LOL

icu2tsx

This are the amazaon HID's that I got right now.

Innovative AC



They start up green but in less than 5 seconds they warm up to yellow






view from the front







Here is a close up of the bulb, this is they yellow hue I would like to see during the day lol






day time

alexb92

I just saw this today - I'll try and get one for you when I get off work.

ichi_ban

Looks good icu2tsx! I didn't know you could have the fogs on without the headlights on

VR1

https://acurazine.com/forums/audio-b...ctures-798270/

icu2tsx

Thanks

Anything is possible, just need to wire some relays up.

https://acurazine.com/forums/second-...ctures-931903/

alexbenz

I've used a few hid kits in my other cars and the colors never been a solid yellow unlike the nokya bulbs I've uses and they've lasted some time as well. Was thinking about a set for my tsx but now I might do some white led ones to match my headlights