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Old 05-23-2006, 02:30 PM
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Question BROKEN FOG light lens questions and protections

Got a Fit Sport with the fog lights,just over 1500 miles and both foglihts are broken,stones from cars in front. Any body know of any stoneguards made for the Fit,before I replace the lights? Thanks in advance for any help on this. Bill
 
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http://www.lamin-x.com
They don't have a pre-cut kit for the foglights yet, but I ordered 2 pieces of 4 x 6 in yellow today for my Fit. If you are ordered a few different pieces, call Christopher Wadle @ 866.632.6182 and tell him Jeff (jdmparts@gmail.com) referred you. You should be able to get a discounted price, I did. I got shipping & handling waived and also a discount on all the pieces I ordered.
 
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:11 PM
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yeah, you can do what he said ^
buy a small piece and cut it yourself. The foglights are small enough that you can just hand cut the pieces.
 
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Old 05-23-2006, 04:00 PM
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Just for kicks, check with the service guys at your dealership. When I've had my fog lights kicked out so early in my car's life, they've replaced them for free. That also lets Honda know that there's a deficiency in the design (i.e., easy to break).
 
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Wow that sucks... Sorry to hear about the mishappening...
 
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Thanks for the responses,looks like I'll make something,figured this being on the road in Europe and Japan for a while there might have been something available already. At 194.oo dollars per side I won't let it happen again. Any body seen the Honda acc kit for foglights? Wondering what color the outer housing is on those. Thanks Bill
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 06:50 PM
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http://www.xpel.com has precut ones, they come in yellow too
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 07:57 PM
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that looks clean man...........^^^^^ I love that ion wanna be
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 08:54 PM
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Originally Posted by siccmonkey
http://www.xpel.com has precut ones, they come in yellow too
How difficult / how long was it to install the kit. I see they have both the Headlamp and Fog Light available but it lists the difficulty as "Experts Only". I was just curious on the actual difficulty of the install.

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How difficult / how long was it to install the kit. I see they have both the Headlamp and Fog Light available but it lists the difficulty as "Experts Only". I was just curious on the actual difficulty of the install.

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it is really simple i was surprised at how easy it was, the hardest part is disassembly, i pulled the foglights out of the car (1 screw) then out of the housings(2 screws) then applying the film was nothing, i actually would reccomend ordering sheets and cutting to fit, i payed $12 or so for the precut, cut to fit is only like $3 or $4, there film is 40 mil thick too alot thicker than the others on the market
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 09:13 PM
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help me understand this, stoneguards? Never had foglights before and did not know there was a problem. Is this a frequent occurence or preventive type of thing? How often does it occur?
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 09:18 PM
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well being so glose to the ground they are more susceptible to rock chips i just ordered mine cuz i wanted yellow foglights
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 10:15 PM
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help me understand this, stoneguards? Never had foglights before and did not know there was a problem. Is this a frequent occurence or preventive type of thing? How often does it occur?
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Let me try using ASCII art to describe this...



----------------------------rock--other car's wheels- fit foglight-wheel
_______________(___)________.____(__)____________o ----(_)


---other car runs over & kicks up stone----flying rock--- foglight-wheel
___________(___)____________(___)______->__________o ----(_)

oh no the rock is going to hit
-> o ----(_)

Broken foglight
X ----(_)
 

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Old 05-24-2006, 11:00 PM
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3m makes a kit that you can buy in peices. It is the best matrial on the market.
 
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Old 05-24-2006, 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by crimsona
Let me try using ASCII art to describe this...



----------------------------rock--other car's wheels- fit foglight-wheel
_______________(___)________.____(__)____________o ----(_)


---other car runs over & kicks up stone----flying rock--- foglight-wheel
___________(___)____________(___)______->__________o ----(_)

oh no the rock is going to hit
-> o ----(_)

Broken foglight
X ----(_)
Now lets try RPG or even better COBOL ???

SmartAss!!! jk!!

Awesome discription though!!

Cheers !!
 
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Thanks for the links to the suppliers,looks like I'll just get some of the material and cut them to size. Thanks Bill
 
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Old 05-25-2006, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by siccmonkey
http://www.xpel.com has precut ones, they come in yellow too
Nice. Had the Fit for 3 days.

How durable are the xpel ones?
 
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Old 05-25-2006, 01:26 AM
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The headlight and fog lamp kit is the most difficult one to install according to the xpel site?
 
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Old 05-25-2006, 01:27 AM
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Originally Posted by crimsona
Let me try using ASCII art to describe this...



----------------------------rock--other car's wheels- fit foglight-wheel
_______________(___)________.____(__)____________o ----(_)


---other car runs over & kicks up stone----flying rock--- foglight-wheel
___________(___)____________(___)______->__________o ----(_)

oh no the rock is going to hit
-> o ----(_)

Broken foglight
X ----(_)
thats pretty koo man
 


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