I installed the Lexus capsules on my car recently.



They don't fit in our housings properly (the capsules are too deep), so I butchered mine up with a dremel and some baling wire to get them to work. My glass was already rock chipped pretty good, so I didn't care too much.

I have another set of fog brackets and I have been planning on going with some quality aftermarket fogs, too. Eventually, I will get around to buying them. I rarely drive my car at all, let alone at night, so it's not something I need to rush.

Honestly, I do like yellow fogs at night (especially in rain and snow), I am just not much of a fan of the yellow housings. With the capsules, you can barely tell there is any yellow there in the daytime. I don't recommend them for 3rd gen stock fogs. If you want yellow, either go aftermarket or get some JDMs from Harbor Freight.

 

if they were in today, I have a day time pic

 

Doesn't matter, because they will probably be on a shelf in the garage in a couple of weeks.

 

racing or new lights, ricer?

 

it's almost race season -- no lights. I looked at the Woodburn schedule and I might not be able to do much this year none of the days seem to work out with my schedule.

when I get some $$ later on, I might look for some ricer fogs...err...piaa or catz or something like that.

 

Looks great man. So how did you stick them in there, assuming the fog light lens is attached to the metal reflector.

 

yo cliff..... i guess you got your car running???? didnt you throw a rod???

 

Normally, with like a 4th gen housing, you can crack open the glass (or is theirs plastic?) and it will fit. Ours don't have enough room between the metal backing of the lens and the glass.

First, I took out the metal circular piece with the square hole that the bulb goes into and the wire holder. Took a bit of bending, but it's not too hard. I thought this would be easier that heating up the housing and seperating the glass. You have the same area to work with, either way.

Second, I pushed forward the metal bar (the one that blocks the bulb from direct view) and still not enough room. I bent it all the way to the fog light glass.

I still wanted to try to get the yellows to fit, so I took a dremel and enlarged the hole for the metal backing, then glued the capsule to the metal piece from the stock housing. I took apart the capsule and just used the yellow glass, not the metal that is on it.

Then I used some wire to hold it in place. The set up is pretty snug to the back of the housing, since it is a little bit long, so it doesn't go anywhere.

It is very ghetto, IMO, but it works. I think over time, the yellow glass is going to break due to it actually touching the metal bar that I described in the first part. Enough bumps and potholes will eventually take them out, I am sure. Plus, it is going to be difficult to change the bulbs when they burn out because it is hard to get everything to fit and I used wire to hold it together.

Like I said, I don't recommend this. I won't be able to put my fog lights back together correctly without further ghetto modding them. If I want to stick with stock fogs, I can just buy new glass housings from Courtesy. I will probably just mount some aftermarket ones to my spare set of brackets later on.

 

what?

I had to put in a new transmission (bad input shaft bearings). MattComet drove down here and helped me put one in like two months ago.

 

What kinda headlight and corner light bulbs do you use?? They look nice, bright, and white....

 

Some ricer ones. I can't remember what they are. The corner lights I think are actually APC. That's the first time I have driven my car at night in probably 7 or 8 months. Just couldn't get back from Seattle fast enough, I guess.

 

wait... who was the person who blew their motor by taking it to the road course????? the guys that broke a rod???? i thought it was you

 

THat would be Matt Blehm.

 

dam i feel stupid....

 

Ricer...























j/k... Looks nice..

 

Nope, that was me...

 

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hahahahahahahahahahahha

 

Stupid oil pan letting the rod out of the engine. Id call nissan and tell them you have a defective oil pan that didnt keep control of the rods running around the engine. Oh well you got it fixed either way. lol funny pic too.

~Alex

 

I like the color of those but agree that the yellow lens doesn't look very good. Ghetto engineering FTW!!!

 

those look good man!

 

Im really feelin them.

 

got it fixed?
errr, not yet. The new engine is at the machine shop now...
http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=458243

 

HA HA HA HA... wel lyou both have aztec red VE's so i was confused.. good luck with the new motor