the is300 yellowness of the fogs come from pods or "condoms" that surrounds the 9006 bulb right inside teh fog housing right?.. my weekend project is gonna be to find some is300 owner who has taken out these pods for the superwhite foglight look and try find a way to install them in the max. if it is successful..ill see if i can make a write up for anyone who wants is300 looking yellow fogs. wish me luck..

 

well i wish you luck..



but i do not like the yellow lights for fogs..

 

I do. I want them.















O and i forgot. Are you still slow? yes.

 

Dude hell yea, let us know if you're successful. Yellow is the correct color for foglights, and it sure is hard to find decent yellow bulbs (although these Narvas are working pretty good so far...keep your fingers crossed).

 

You can get the yellowstar bulbs, and they also make a yellow glass paint which some members have used inside their fogs. It gives the Lexus yellow fog look.

http://www.autodynamic.com/
On the left under accessories, Spray paint. You can see the lens paints they have.

 

Good luck yo....

 

is300s try to get rid of the yellow fogs, maximaniacs try to get yellow.. no one is happy with what they have in this world.

 

true that.. everyone wants something that isnt stock. we dont have yellow.so some of us want.. they start with yellow so they get superwhite..anyway...i jsut joined the is300.new to see if anyone wants to sell/give me their yelow pods..this project might take longer then a week. ill keep everyone posted.

 

i was thinkign about painting the lens..but i dont think that will look very nice...want yellow lights..not lenses.lenses looks wayy better clear..is it possible to paint or think the bulb with glass tint or paint..or will it get too hot and burn off? anyone ever heard of high temperture transparent glass paint?

 

doood.. madd dissapointed.. the yellow fogs on teh is300 comes from a painted yellow projector lense. they make it white by sanding the lense to get rid of the yellow tint or paint.so there is no pod or plastic piece they remove that they can sell me. suckss.. im working on a new yellow fog project with molding my own plastic to mount around hte h3 bulb..ill let you gusy know how that goes.

 

good luck trying to get the stock fogs opened up, i eneded up chipping the class trying to open them up and then i gave up. i wish you more luck with them

 

damn.its not easy like the headlights?...

 

yeah, i have opened the headlights a bunch of times as well at the tails, and corner lights. But the fogs would not even budge. So give it a try but be careful

 

sigh..dangit..what about hi temp paint directly on the bulb?

 

never tried it. just bought some yellow bulbs from rallylights.com. hope they work

 

yellow lights...hmmm....not a fan...but good luck...


Eric

 

I bought 20 standard h3 bulbs for like $10 on eBay about a year ago. I thought I'd try the yellow high-temp stain, so I went down to my local art supply store. I painted the bulbs and baked them in the toaster oven. After a few days of drying, I decided to give them a go...no go. They looked great for about a minute (intense, bright, yellow), but after a minute, it started heating up and burning the coating on the bulb. I had a fog light looked like it had a fog machine inside of it

So I decided to just buy yellow H3's from autolamps-online.com
They had a buy 2 get 1 free special with free shipping. Philips All-weather bulbs came out to be like $6 per bulb. I've been using them for about a year with no problems.

UPDATE: AUTOLAMPS-ONLINE.COM IS HAVING THEIR SPECIAL AGAIN...BUY 2 BULBS AND GET THE 3RD FREE WITH FREE SHIPPING FROM THE UK.

 

ahha..dang..no stain/paint either.. i have hella on right now..its only a little yellow.. looks more like dirty old school halogen.

 

Yeah... it's kinda stupid to have super/hyper/plasma/whatever fog lights, the whole point of them is visibility. White light just reflects off of water, totally defeating the purpose, I suppose you would gain some on dry ground however.

 

Exactly. Regardless of who is trying to get what color lights, yellow *is* the correct color for for lights. Just as you say it's basedon what frequencies of light penetrate the mist better. In France yellow headlights used to be required for this reason.

http://lighting.mbz.org

Looks like he has taken some of it down temporarily but this site used to have a whole bunch of diatribes about lighting and bulbs and stuff. I don't agree with everything he said but he did seem to know what he was talking about.

I just noticed that he is selling yellow 55w h3 bulbs on there. I might have to give them a try. If this guy is selling them I would bet that they are the correct color temperature and all that to *really* work in the fog...not just look yellow.

 

Acura first gen TL's have those those glass bulb covers, and 90% of those guys take them out. I threw mine away after i did it, but im sure you can score some (i think they might fit)

 

thanks on alert.. where the heck would i go to find these.. i dont think there is a tl forum...

 

yes there is

 

whao..haha.ill join that forum toamrow.. think im a keep the MAX NOOB user name..

 

I know Silvia's in Japan had yellow fogs, the S14s anyway. They're usually on eBay once in a while...authentic, yellow projector lenses.

 

1st gen Lexus LS400s, and ES300s have yellow fog lights

Integras had them 2nd gen, Legends 1st gen (up until '91)

95-95 240SX SEs had them

I think they look sweet and drive with HIDs in the rain and... you'll think they're sweet too

 

i joined a CL forum..but can find a big tl forum to join..anyone have links?

 

www.acura-tl.com

 

yeah i just picked up a set and they are barely yellow.

 

here is a lil idea of what they might look like w/ some HID's, I'd just get the H3 bulbs from PIAA

 

Dam that would look hot.

 

are those the pia ion yellows? i heard they are only yellow at like 2 or 3 angles...looks pretty good to me..nice max somarv.. its clean.


has anyone tried the MTEC or KYPTON yellow h3 fogs on ebay?..i was gonna buy he mtec set but i just wanna see if anyoen has tried them yet and have a review on them.

 

I have bought the PIAA Ion Yellows from AutoBulbDepot.com and they were amazing! I believe they cost around $70 but well worth it. Autobulbdepot.com has excellent service and fast shipping times. Good luck for whatever you try!

-King Ryan-

 

/me looks over at nightstand at the PIAA H3 Fogs sitting, waiting to be installed... after I get new foglight housings

 

i am also looking into venture in to yellow fog land.. i saw a couple of brands on ebay, how is the MTEC H3 ION >??? or is piaa the only co making the yellow fogs>?

 

someone be brave and try the mtec and see how they are..or the kryton.

 

Those are the PIAA's??!?!? They weren't that yellow when I tried them...

 

that is why i dont know about the piaa crystal ion. Diego aka d-sta has them in his fogs and they are yellow. i have to look at them again.
maybe there where some defective piaa's ad that is why some ppl had problems with the color in showing in certain angles

 

I think it's photochopped (coloured, actually)...on the homepage, they're listed as HID H3's, modded foglight housing to accomodate the long bulbs.

PIAAs are only yellow from certain angles, whitish-ion from other angles. Not worth the cost, really, but probably the best bet as they do throw decent light onto the road. The best looking choice, however, is still to paint the reflectors themselves w/ a transparent yellow paint (import paint designed for parking light and lower wattage bulbs). Using the paint on the bulb itself, the H3, WILL burn off...or maybe even shatter the bulb.

 

have thought about this also.. problem is everyone that has tried it in the past has messed up their fogs. they are glass and are on tight. they crack easy even when heated. will boiling them work insted of the oven? we boiled my friends wrx lights to black them out.