As promised...Lexus Yellow Fogs write-up
12-19-2004, 01:00 PM
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As promised...Lexus Yellow Fogs write-up
EDIT: Added some new, better pics since the original setups had my halogens, and now I have the 02-03 HIDs...
Here you go, guys. Sorry about the small pics!!
By the way, the color is much deeper in person...alot of glare when I took these daytime pics of the lights on the car.
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/442543/15
Here you go, guys. Sorry about the small pics!!
By the way, the color is much deeper in person...alot of glare when I took these daytime pics of the lights on the car.
http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/442543/15
12-19-2004, 01:04 PM
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By the way, credit to AKOGAN for doing this first...I did a couple things a litte differently, but same idea. Here's a pic of his car at night (mine looks the same...I will add night pics later)
12-20-2004, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by KiLLeR2002se
sweet 
i was actually gonna do the same thing as you but the capsules didnt come in time before i left to israel for vacation
Nice job, =]
Try to get some more satisfying pics to show your hard work
i was actually gonna do the same thing as you but the capsules didnt come in time before i left to israel for vacation
Nice job, =]
Try to get some more satisfying pics to show your hard work
12-21-2004, 08:05 PM
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UPDATE::: DO NOT USE NORMAL EPOXY TO ATTACH THE YELLOW COVER. standard epoxy apparently cannot handle the heat and came loose. It literally kind of "melted" (then flaked off, so no damage to the light). Took it apart and re-did the yellow cover, atttaching it with small clips through the housing...
let me tell you, the smell of melted epoxy is THE WORST smell I have ever smelled in my life...hands down. I literally cannot get the smell off me from taking the light apart. BIG MISTAKE.
So whatever you do, if you can't find some hi-temp epoxy (the stuff I used said 250 degrees, which apparently is not nearly enough).....do it some other way!
Will change the howto in cardomain tomorrow.....hope nobody did it this way, I learned the hard way.
The good news: the new way I attached it seems to work fine and be actually even more secure...live and learn
let me tell you, the smell of melted epoxy is THE WORST smell I have ever smelled in my life...hands down. I literally cannot get the smell off me from taking the light apart. BIG MISTAKE.
So whatever you do, if you can't find some hi-temp epoxy (the stuff I used said 250 degrees, which apparently is not nearly enough).....do it some other way!
Will change the howto in cardomain tomorrow.....hope nobody did it this way, I learned the hard way.
The good news: the new way I attached it seems to work fine and be actually even more secure...live and learn
12-21-2004, 08:24 PM
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MIR count this year Jason: 27. What you got?
btw, to everyone else, this is an inside joke....so don't worry about it. I only get to do the org at home, unlike you Air Force slackers who can surf the net on the taxpayers' dime.
btw, to everyone else, this is an inside joke....so don't worry about it. I only get to do the org at home, unlike you Air Force slackers who can surf the net on the taxpayers' dime.
12-21-2004, 08:28 PM
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MIR count this year Jason: 27. What you got?
btw, to everyone else, this is an inside joke....so don't worry about it. I only get to do the org at home, unlike you Air Force slackers who can surf the net on the taxpayers' dime.
btw, to everyone else, this is an inside joke....so don't worry about it. I only get to do the org at home, unlike you Air Force slackers who can surf the net on the taxpayers' dime.
what the hell is MIR?
i have 20 reports, 10 briefs, 2 national-level conferences...must i go on?
12-21-2004, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by soonerfan
havent posted from work in 4 months
what the hell is MIR?
i have 20 reports, 10 briefs, 2 national-level conferences...must i go on?
what the hell is MIR?
i have 20 reports, 10 briefs, 2 national-level conferences...must i go on?
MIR is what I send you copies of occasionally on the ice server.
01-01-2005, 08:50 PM
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Originally Posted by mikelly
Irish,
There's nothing wrong with surfing the web on the taxpayer's dime. I do it all the time
at work..
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There's nothing wrong with surfing the web on the taxpayer's dime. I do it all the time
at work..
Mike
I work on classified systems, so we physically cannot surf the web
01-01-2005, 09:18 PM
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Great post. Has anyone compared the PIAA H3 Plasma Ion Yellow bulb with irish's Lexus yellow fogs? It seems it will be much easier to just replace the bulb in the stock fogs...?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33709
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33709
01-01-2005, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by dkotanto
Great post. Has anyone compared the PIAA H3 Plasma Ion Yellow bulb with irish's Lexus yellow fogs? It seems it will be much easier to just replace the bulb in the stock fogs...?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33709
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...category=33709
01-02-2005, 05:41 PM
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Yeah I need to fix the writeup to show how to do it the new (better) way without epoxy...
As to the bulbs...
First: with OEM housing I used the PIAA Crystal Ion bulbs....result: pale yellow with this wierd greenish tint. Did not like it at all, personally. Not yellow enough...
Second: PIAA crystal ions with Lamin-x yellow film. Still not yellow enough
Third: Lamin-x with Narva/candlepower gold bulbs. almost Yellow enough, but hard to get your hands on the gold bulbs. I was happy with this setup until I saw the Lexus yellow setup that Akogan did.
Fouth: Current. Yellow bulb cover, using my old OEM 55W fog bulbs that came in the car (yeah, I actually saved them all this time!). Perfect. As yellow as the Lexus, and damn it looks good.
As to the bulbs...
First: with OEM housing I used the PIAA Crystal Ion bulbs....result: pale yellow with this wierd greenish tint. Did not like it at all, personally. Not yellow enough...
Second: PIAA crystal ions with Lamin-x yellow film. Still not yellow enough
Third: Lamin-x with Narva/candlepower gold bulbs. almost Yellow enough, but hard to get your hands on the gold bulbs. I was happy with this setup until I saw the Lexus yellow setup that Akogan did.
Fouth: Current. Yellow bulb cover, using my old OEM 55W fog bulbs that came in the car (yeah, I actually saved them all this time!). Perfect. As yellow as the Lexus, and damn it looks good.
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