i have spent some time searching and havent found much but im curious has anyone removed the glare gaurds in there fog lights? what exactly did it do? and ive been thinking about staining my fog lenses yellow or doing the capsuel mod but i havent found them other than hidtech wich was pointless. ideas anyone?

 

glad you asked this question, I'm also interested in knowing if there is a huge difference.

I accidently ordered H3 bulbs when I needed the shorter H3c bulbs...so now I have to bend the glare guard out of the way.

 

ya ive been curious about this forever! as to if its brighter,better i want to go lexus style or paint the lense if is not

 

so im going to get a tint kit from ebay to get the yellow color and im prolly going to rermove the gaurds. if its not brite yellow enuff i will try some yellow bulbs. if all fails im going hunting for the capsuels. wish someone else would have posted in this thread. hidtech seemed to be too much of a hassle to track some down

 

i removed my glare gaurds from the fogs. gotta be careful to not scratch the glass or the chrome inside. Go slow. I like mine. i have 5000k hids in mine and they look t!t.

 

Glare guards exist for the benefit of the other people on the road, by removing the guard you are taking chances with other peoples lives (the capsule helps), I made my own glare guards which don't reduce the light emitted but don't blind on-coming traffic. It's really not that hard.

http://faqlight.carpassion.info/special-topics.htm

 

i took mine off and replaced them with the lexus caps WITH stock bulbs. i don't recommend you taking them off and then putting hid's in there...you will blind oncoming traffic.

 

I don't have glare guards on my lexus capsule because I actually used 9005 capsules and they barely fit as it was. The glare guards protect other drivers from seeing the actually filment (or arc for the HID guys) directly which can give a bit of glare and can be pretty intense. When I removed it, it changed the beam pattern in the center of the beam so it wasn't as flat anymore.

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thanks for all the input guys!

 

ok heres the short writeup on it from when i did mine...... remove fog housings from car and seperate from black plastic mounts brackets, remove bulbs and clip that holds holder to light, throw them in the over at the same temp as the headlight cover removal writeup i believe its 375 for like 10-15 min, then once done, they will be xtremely hot obviously. take a phillips head and remove the single screw on the portion of the lens connecting to the housing itself. take a flat head and gently pry the lens from the rest of the housing. then once cool to the touch, remove excess glue from the lens portion so ou can reseal later and remove the single phillips screw on the light bulb insertiopn point then the light guard will easily drop out. install caps to your liking and reassemble in reverse order.... ill post some pix in a few minutes

 

took me for ever to find it but here you go. I did this long time ago and the results where great
http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...-lights-2.html

 

u guys are the best im planning on removing them this week im going to use yellow tint and maybe some yellow bulbs for know

 

finally some pics of fogs without glare guards first pic is rite side done only second pic is final results i aimed them lower to the road as well i have ebay extreme white bulbs in them http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...tesideonly.jpg and for he final product http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...emovaldone.jpg whats everyone think?

 

That actually did seem to make them alot brighter...

 

ya it was pretty impressive i drove last nite just to see how theyd be and i only had the fogs,parking lights on for a while til i seen a cop lol it made it alot brighter most of my friends asked if i put in hids.at a gas station a kid in an 01 max asked for the site that i got my hids from i told him i just removed the glare guards and had some ebay bulbs he was shocked. if anyone does do this be sure to aim them down its really easy to do

 

finally got a nite shot of this mod http://s612.photobucket.com/albums/t...t=niteshot.jpg im debating wether or not to add the yellow bulbs ant yellow tint

 

Holy Glare!!!!

If I am ever out in the western part of the state, i hope I dont pass you at night. I will be flashing you with my lights and the finger.

 

haha they are not that bad it was my phone they are bright but not that bad honestly lol and im planning on tinting them yellow