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Old Sep 20, 2010 | 06:35 PM
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8k ftw....imo
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 06:59 PM
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8k ftw....imo
ftw for bling factor
ftl in the fog
Old Sep 20, 2010 | 07:45 PM
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Good point......
Old Aug 20, 2011 | 07:55 PM
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I used stained glass yellow spray paint for my stock fogs and it came out pretty nice. I don't like the contrast with my new HIDs so im gonna get HID fogs soon
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 04:41 PM
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I'm using 3k yellow eurovision PIAAs. Picked them up a month ago for 35 bucks and they work great!
Old Aug 21, 2011 | 06:27 PM
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I'm running 6000k in the headlights and 3000k in the fogs.
Old Aug 26, 2011 | 08:30 PM
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Yellow caps and cheapest bulbs I can find
Old Sep 19, 2011 | 08:42 AM
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Recently New owner of a 5th gen. Bought it with broken fogs, looking to get new fogs but i see alot of people saying the lens always break is there a recommend set up?

Planning on running 6K Fogs or maybe 8K
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 09:55 AM
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I'm running yellow Frontier fogs that i bought on ebay for $60. One light went out already with about a months use but I just bought 3000k hid kit for them anyways.
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 09:59 AM
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Sylvania Silver Star fogs. I've had them now for about one year and they haven't burned out yet.
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by T_Behr904
Sylvania Silver Star fogs. I've had them now for about one year and they haven't burned out yet.
pics please. and are they Ultra? or just reg Silver Star
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 11:08 AM
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IMHO, Silverstars are not worth the money - just get basic halogen bulbs. I purchased HIR bulbs for my 4Runner and when researching, I was forwarded an article by candlepower which proves that Silverstars (which use a tint on the bulb to simulate higher kelvins) actually produce less lumens than a standard bulb. On top of that, they overdirve them to compensate for the tint and to appear brighter, which is why they burn out so frequently. I used them for a few years and on average, they'd burn out every year. I wish I could share the article, but there's no way to upload it.

On another note, I'm running Morimoto 35w 6000K's on my headlights, and stock halogens in the fogs (aftermarket, JDM style). I want to install HID's in the fogs, but I'm hesitant because they don't have a reflector cap to cover the front of the bulb. I have read you can paint a portion of the HID capsule to create a cutoff. Has anyone tried this and is able to share where how to paint the capsule?
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 11:18 AM
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Originally Posted by Prophecy99
pics please. and are they Ultra? or just reg Silver Star
I can't remember if they're Ultra's or not, I'll have to check it out. I do know that I'm running Ultra's in the headlights, and they work well. I had them in a previous car I owned for a couple of years, and they never burned out. As far as pics, I don't currently have any with them on.
Old Nov 14, 2011 | 11:27 AM
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OEM fog lights and Phillips Nightvision bulbs.

They are just perfect for city and highway drive.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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3k hid fogs w/yellow overlays, output is amazing!

Old Nov 15, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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i believe i swapped mines with a fellow orger at maxus for a spare IM i had... these are 6K's... looove em

Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:26 PM
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Originally Posted by mycarssilver55
I'm using 3k yellow eurovision PIAAs. Picked them up a month ago for 35 bucks and they work great!
I cannot find them. Where did you get them?
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 04:50 PM
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Lexus capsules with oem replacement bulbs from advance-auto... They last me some time and I am happy with them thanks to the capsules.

These lexus capsules remind me of a cattman muffler... Interesting.
Old Nov 15, 2011 | 07:50 PM
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Has any1 used Yellow LED lights? ive been thinking of buying a pair.
http://www.superbrightleds.com/cgi-b...DRL_H3-WHP.htm
Old Nov 16, 2011 | 09:21 PM
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I recently bought some LED fogs from amazon. Barely could tell they were on. Returned them for white ones much better than the yellow ones. Personally halogens or HID's would be the best choice. Not quite sure the whole LED process has been mastered yet.
Old Nov 18, 2011 | 11:25 AM
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6K HID headlights and Fogs..



Daytime shot during install..
Old Nov 18, 2011 | 12:50 PM
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Checked on ddmtuning.com and I didn't see any products listed for the Nissan Maxima, but did find this http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/E4...tor-Fog-Lights

Exactly how much of a waste would it be to try to frankenstein them into the 2002-2003 Maxima fog lamp housing?
Old Mar 9, 2012 | 10:22 AM
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I bought yellow h3 bulbs from Autolumination. and they lasted about a month before one bulb blew out. I wanted to get some french fogs (yellow) lights instead, thought they would look good with a blue car. I bought a pair of lights last week from dazracing or something like that and installed them the other day and they look pretty good imo and wicked bright at night. I think they bran of the lights were fron wnjct or something like that. 75 bucks for the pair, if i could post a pic i would but i'm not up there on my posts yet.
Old Aug 19, 2012 | 03:30 PM
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6000k hid fogs not sure what im gonna do with the headlights yet
Old Nov 10, 2013 | 07:14 AM
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Ive changed the tint a few times

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What I have now:

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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 04:30 AM
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Replaced driver side that was still working broken glass, mud, dirt and all with ebay fog and hella lamps purchased cheap as out of box from eBay.
http://s993.photobucket.com/user/ant...3c6f6.jpg.html

http://s993.photobucket.com/user/ant...tml?sort=3&o=8
Old Nov 11, 2013 | 06:30 AM
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Originally Posted by ACee
Replaced driver side that was still working broken glass, mud, dirt and all with ebay fog and hella lamps purchased cheap as out of box from eBay.
http://s993.photobucket.com/user/ant...3c6f6.jpg.html

http://s993.photobucket.com/user/ant...tml?sort=3&o=8
Do you remember the brand of the fogs? Were they TYC/Depot brand?
Old Nov 11, 2013 | 10:52 AM
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Es300 projectors retrofitted into stock housings. Projector lens is yellow, with 3k bulb and custom clear lens made to allow more light, made by a friend of mine and yours truly!

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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 10:54 AM
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How it looked with the stock lens. Lines in the glass messed with output.
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Old Nov 11, 2013 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by clintb3astwood
Es300 projectors retrofitted into stock housings. Projector lens is yellow, with 3k bulb and custom clear lens made to allow more light, made by a friend of mine and yours truly!









damn those look awesome. is the high beam reflector painted?
Old Nov 11, 2013 | 02:59 PM
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Specs on Mr. Beastwood's fogs can be seen on my site here:
http://retrofitsrus.webs.com/apps/ph...toid=185524107

The clear fog lenses definitely help clean up the output.
Old Nov 11, 2013 | 07:22 PM
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Originally Posted by DOODOOCHIP
damn those look awesome. is the high beam reflector painted?

Haha yes sir, painted em purple since thats the color theme I'm going with.

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Here are some other lights my boy and I did for a few customers.
Old Nov 12, 2013 | 07:09 AM
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I've been looking for paint to do my reflectors but no luck yet.
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