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Yellow fog light vinyl film Installation, questions, answers
Exactly like the title says, this is a writeup on how to add some Lamin-x or xpel yellow vinyl over the foglights. Please ignore the date on the pix b/c i forgot 2 change it. Lets begin!!
First, remove the foglights from the bumper. The bolt is visible on the sides of the center grill on. U need to remove it with a 10mm socket. After removing that bolt, pull the housing forward and reach in and remove the bulb from the glass by turning it OR removing the bulb from the wiring (this is friggin HARD so if u can't do it, u need 2 grow some muscles lol ).
Next, remove the 2 bolts holding the foglight lens to the plastic. Make sure not to move that black spring loaded arm too much b/c that is what adjusts the beam. You can always adjust this later from under it.
Next, take the housings and CLEAN EM GOOD!! take em 2 ur kitchen n wash the lenses only w/ soap n water n dry em.
First off, review the pic below then continue to the description.
RED line = edge of glass PURPLE line = edge of lamin-x.
Cut out enough lamin-x to only cover the inside edge of the housing (the bumpy part if you look inside) because that is where the light ends and you need 2 give the glass lens some space on the edges to release the heat. Leave like 1cm from the edge of the glass. If you don't, you will burn a brown stain in the middle of your lamin-x (not the glass just the lamin-x) then u have 2 re-laminate it all over again.
Don't worry, that 1cm edge where there is clear glass does NOT show when u install the plastic housings.
Next step would be to take ur lamin-x and peal off the protective backing and stick it to the CENTER OF THE LENS FIRST!!
You don't need to use soap/water solution cuz its such a small area. While you are sticking the lamin-x on the film, flatten it out from the center outwards with something (like a albertsons card) or ur fingers and make sure u don't get any huge bubbles. Don't worry about the small ones, they will go away after a couple days.
Install the lenses back onto the foglight housings via the 2 screws.
WOW HOW SEXY IS THAT!!! Next, take some carnuba wax and polish it so the UV protection can stay "so fresh and so clean." Wax it like 2x a year so it stay's fresh all the time. Remember those small bubbles? well drive with the foglights on for a day or so and they will go away by themselves. If it fogs up a little, don't worry its normal. I hope this helps everybody!
PM me if u want a set!!
Kevin
Last edited by koolkevin1107; 03-15-2009 at 09:14 PM.
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so can you give us some feedback on how the light output is affected, and if you notice better visibility with the yellow film as compared to clear lenses and halogen bulbs
so can you give us some feedback on how the light output is affected, and if you notice better visibility with the yellow film as compared to clear lenses and halogen bulbs
The light output is just a lil reduced but it's only meant for fog anyways and we don't get much fog here in so cal (smog doesn't count). Just use ur stock bulbs (the philips) and stay away from high output bulbs b/c you dont want nething cracking or melting. You do notice a nice yellow cutoff tho and it looks siiick. i'll get some night shots of it tonight. As for in junction with stock headlights, i don't knw due to the fact that i installed hid's (with a nice cutoff and no glare) the next day after gettin my fit.
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Originally Posted by corey415
Looks good. I would do the same thing. I like yellow fogs, especially as a complement to HIDs headlights.
that is the EXACT reason why i did it, cuz it looked good w/ my 6000k HID's. Oh btw i sell hid's that don't blind ppl and have a nice direct focus like stock bulbs.
Last edited by koolkevin1107; 07-18-2006 at 01:47 PM.
The light output is just a lil reduced but it's only meant for fog anyways and we don't get much fog here in so cal (smog doesn't count). Just use ur stock bulbs (the philips) and stay away from high output bulbs b/c you dont want nething cracking or melting. You do notice a nice yellow cutoff tho and it looks siiick. i'll get some night shots of it tonight. As for in junction with stock headlights, i don't knw due to the fact that i installed hid's (with a nice cutoff and no glare) the next day after gettin my fit.
that is the EXACT reason why i did it, cuz it looked good w/ my 6000k HID's. Oh btw i sell hid's that don't blind ppl and have a nice direct focus like stock bulbs.
what brand of hid kits do you sell... how much? and can you take pics of the cutoff.
can you take pictures of the hid bulbs? pm me please
what do you think of the idea of replacing the bulbs with yellow one's?
that is also an option b/c u could just spend $20 on a set of yellow bulbs, but what if one bulb burns out? it's hard 2 find ONE yellow bulb. Now what if the bulb burns out when u have a yellow film? you go and replace that one bulb w/ any brand bulb cuz it produces the same color. At the same time, you are protecting your foglights from rock chips. When i was cleanin my foglights, i saw very tiny chips in them. I was like crying but i knew it was gonna happen. Now i don't have to worry about it happening again b/c the lamin-x vinyl is very thick and is super strong.
I can also supply the lamin-x film for you guys. I can do 2 sheets of 4 x 6 yellow vinyl for $20 shipped and that is PLENTY enough for 2 foglights. PM me for more details on this.
I already purchased the yellow Lamin-x (thanks for the install instructions), but thought it might look even better to change the foglight bulb. Your thoughts?
Well it won't give you that much of a difference because the lens and film are both the same shade of yellow so the light pattern will be the same. HOw do i know this? i installed a hyperwhite (tinted slight blue) into the yellow lenses and it looked neon green (real ugly). Also, you will get a lot less light output due to the fact that the energy source has to now travel through 2 shades of color rather then one..get what i'm sayin?
Well it won't give you that much of a difference because the lens and film are both the same shade of yellow so the light pattern will be the same. HOw do i know this? i installed a hyperwhite (tinted slight blue) into the yellow lenses and it looked neon green (real ugly). Also, you will get a lot less light output due to the fact that the energy source has to now travel through 2 shades of color rather then one..get what i'm sayin?
on a side thought... have you ever noticed the headlights on the 24 hour lemans cars? they are either yellow or neon green...... maybe neon green is the way to go huh? hehe j/k
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