jz983

hey any one know that yellow cover for the fogs for the 1st gen? I just took my out. I am thinking if red ones would look good. Anyone know what that cover thing is called so i can search it up and see if there are other colors available? TIA

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redeye

i doubt there are any other colours available

Mr3.2TL

I was thinking of changing the color on mine. I think we will probably have to come up with something on our own. By the way....Red? Dude no way...lol. I want blue ones myself.

96TL

You mean like these?




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97slammedTL

RED no way!!!! That would look bad. My friend took my covers off in the winter, and just put a hyper white bulb there. It looks good. A purple cover that would light up an xenon color would be real nice, not red.......

97slammedTL

Hey thats the color I was talking about. Where did you get the blue covers from?

96TL

I had a professional Glass Blower make them for me. Too bad I lost one before I installed them. I put one in to see how it looked and it was pretty phat. That glass is cobalt blue pyrex or something like that and can withstand high temps and it will never fade like colored bulbs. Too bad they haven't manufactured that type of glass since the 70's. This man happened to have some left.

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jz983

great. well what if i just took the old yellow ones and made them blue somehow with like a sharpie or something? hehehe

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96TL

The ink would just drip off and ruin the foglight. You're better off just taking out the yellow ones and put whatever color bulb you want in there.


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TLover8888

they make bulb "condoms" that fit right over an existing bulb. you could try those.

96TL

They dont make those for headlight or fog light bulbs. Only for blinker bulbs and parking light bulbs. Headlight & fog light bulbs will melt those condoms in less than a minute. How about Xenon? I'll try it later.

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jz983

so do you know what is the type of bulb for the fogs? the manual said H3 or something but isn't that the headlights? and the fogs are smaller than the headlights...???

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96TL

They are H3C bulbs. I doubt you'll ever get them in any other color. Most shops never even heard of that bulb type. You might be able to get superwhite, I forgot which company makes them.

97slammedTL

......I have only been able to find super white also...I wish they made them in a different color. The bulb looks like an h4 buts is slimmer..... They sell the bulb at Car Trendz-301-762-5558, in Rockville, right off Rockville Pike, for a pretty unreasonable 59.99, that is the same I paid for my h4's from www.powerteck.com. I have had the bulbs for awhile with no problem though. The shop may mail order out of state , I am not sure, call and see. Make sure you know the name of the bulb, which I think is h3, or they will not know what you are talking about. This shop is not familiar with our model TL.They do sell the bulb though.....

BobbysTL

I have got a question for you guys, how did you take out the the yellow filiment that is in the fog light area?

Thanks in advance for your help.

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1984 50th Anniversary 300ZX turbo: Stock/Sweet/MINT!!!

Girlfriends Car:
1999 V-6 Accord EX Includes: Rear Deck Spoiler, Sunroof Deflector, Factory Mudflaps, Front End Mask, 50% Tints all around, Clear Headlights w/black inserts, Half Clear/Half Red Tail Lights, Factory Keyless Entry, Superwhite Headlights, Super White Cornering Lights and Signals, Carbon Fiber Front Emblem, Red Rear Indiglo Emblem, Factory Fog Lights mounted in Lower Bumper Area
Girlfriends Other Car: 1991 Mazda Protoge'

jz983

do you mean the yellow "condom" like that blue one above? cause if so, there are two screws that you just unscrew in the assembly and they just pop out. when you do it you will know what i mean, it is realy simple.

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96TL

If one of you guys do call that shop, make sure you tell them its a H3C bulb. A regular H3 bulb will fit perfectly but it won't match the plug. H3 bulbs have a wire that plug in while H3C bulbs have 2 plugs just like our headlight bulbs (which have 3). H7 bulbs have the same exact plug as H3C's.

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96TL

Here are some pics that I took just to show you guys how they look. Right now I have PIAA Ion Yellow bulbs but I like the blue ones with HID fogs on the bumber. Thats what I want to get.

Blue foglight


HID foglight



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jz983

is the blue one, just a blue bulb? can you tell me what kind you got? they look pretty cool. do you they have it in a little more darker blue? what are the HID foglights that you posted? how makes them? PIAA? thanks

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96TL

The blue foglight is just the clear stock bulb with the blue glass covers I posted above. Those are the darkest you can get them, but they will never fade. The other pic is just my HID Headlight bulb which is Philips, I took the bulb out of my headlight and switched it just to see how it would look. You would have to buy a H3 HID conversion kit to make them fit the right way.

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jz983

hey anyone know what bulb type that corner light is? next to the headlight?

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Inf4life

the corner bulb is a Type 168 12v 5w bulb. i just bought some Piaa Super Plasma's in that bulb size. they look pretty good. i've got some Piaa Plasma Blue's coming for my bumper lights.

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jz983

a lot of guys has white bubls for the front turn signals!? Dont' they have to be amber to be "legal"? thanks.

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962.5tl

hey 96tl
what did you do to the light to make it shine blue dont we have a yellow piece in the fog that makes it shine yellow

jz983

hey 96tl. is that HID foglight a HID system? or is it just a really high powerd bulb?

96TL

jz983, you're right, the bulbs should be amber or else its illegal. Mine are all superwhite, shhh... LOL Also, that HID pic is a real HID system, not just a bright bulbs. I have a HID system for my headlights. I just took the bulb out and stuck it in the foglight to see how it would look.

962.5TL, if you go up a couple of posts you'll see the pic of the blue glass cover that makes the light blue. I just removed the yellow one and put in the blue one with the factory bulb behind it.

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962.5tl

i saw that but how do you get the yellow piece out. because i looked into doing that too but i thought id hav to break the yellow and i dont really want to do that.

jz983

on the yellow part of the thing, just push down on the metal part that holds the yellow cover. there you should see three prong like things. Just push down and twist, cause the base part has a spring in it. hope this helps...

BobbysTL

Thanks JZ983 guess I will be doing that this weekend for a new lighting scheme.

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1996 2.5TL Includes: Thule Bike Rack w/deflector and Mongoose Zero G3 Mountain Bike, Rear Deck Spoiler, Sunroof Deflector, Factory Mudflaps, Full Front End Mask, 50% Tints all around, Clear Bumper Signals, Factory Keyless Entry, Superwhite Headlights, Electric Blue Cornering Lights and Signals, Carbon Fiber Front Emblem, Red Rear Indiglo Emblem, 99' Accord Fog Lights mounted in Lower Bumper Area, Sony 650X Head Unit, JBL Amp and JBL 8" (2) in T-Shaped Box to maximize Trunk Space, Cross Drilled/Slotted Rotors
1984 50th Anniversary 300ZX turbo: Stock/Sweet/MINT!!!

Girlfriends Car:
1999 V-6 Accord EX Includes: Rear Deck Spoiler, Sunroof Deflector, Factory Mudflaps, Front End Mask, 50% Tints all around, Clear Headlights w/black inserts, Half Clear/Half Red Tail Lights, Factory Keyless Entry, Superwhite Headlights, Super White Cornering Lights and Signals, Carbon Fiber Front Emblem, Red Rear Indiglo Emblem, Factory Fog Lights mounted in Lower Bumper Area
Girlfriends Other Car: 1991 Mazda Protoge'

Mr3.2TL

96TL. Was the glass blower guy local to us? Damn that looks hot! How much?

96TL

He was from Michigan somewhere. He charged me $50 for 2 but I lost one. Maybe I'll give him a call and see if he'll make me another one. Who knows where his number is though. The thing about those blue covers is that they dont make too much light on the floor. They are more for looks then light.


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