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MODIFYING OR DETAILING YOUR I30 => EXTERIOR => Topic started by: Burnzy on July 05, 2011, 04:30:53
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Hi all just wondering does anyone know how to change the foglight lenses to yellow like the korean i30s.or is there somewhere you can buy them yellow.
cheers jamie
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Welcome Jamie! :goodjob:
Are you wanting yellow foglights just for the looks?
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welcome Jamie. :goodjob: there might be a coating you can spray on the inside to make them yellow. :idea: but i haven't seen any yellow driving lights in my eBay trolling,only clear ones.
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:welcome: Jamie to the :i30: club
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You could just have a yellow laminex film fitted on the inside of the lense. That's what they do here... Much cheaper than changing the bulb or lense cover
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Yeah, it's a film they put over the headlight or foglight covers.
http://www.decalfx.com/yellow_headlight_film.html (http://www.decalfx.com/yellow_headlight_film.html)
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oh cool thanks guys. yeah i like the look better than clear plus i want to get the yellow bulbs as well. looking at the korean i30 pictures has given me some inspiration as to what i want my sr to look like :D
cheers jamie
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Post some before and after pics once you have it done
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will do :D
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Hi all just wondering does anyone know how to change the foglight lenses to yellow
Is it legal in Oz to do this and have yellow lights?
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Don't know about Oz, but here in SA it's totally legal. Apparently the yellow light penetrates through fog much better than the normal white light
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Hi all just wondering does anyone know how to change the foglight lenses to yellow
Is it legal in Oz to do this and have yellow lights?
From my brief look online it seems that you can have white or yellow.... :)
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2005L03991 (http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2005L03991)
Apparently the yellow light penetrates through fog much better than the normal white light
Seems there's some doubt about that claim.... :undecided:
http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/593.html (http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/593.html)
Yeah, it's a film they put over the headlight or foglight covers.
http://www.decalfx.com/yellow_headlight_film.html (http://www.decalfx.com/yellow_headlight_film.html)
The fog lights are crap now, putting a yellow film over them will just make them even crappier.... :whistler:
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they seem pretty bright but. i know there illegal if you use in clear weather.its more of a look than purpose. my first thought was using night shade spray tint but i really like the yellow effect especially with the black bumper piece around them :D
cheers jamie
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they seem pretty bright but.
cheers jamie
They are actually fairly low wattage probably help to make the car visible in fog but don't add much light to the surroundings (as Rusty hinted) :winker:
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up until now i had thought those lights were driving lights,not fog lights. :confused: i had allways thought fog lights were yellow.
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What is the difference between driving lights and foglights i have no clue. Also can you make foglights into driving lights
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What is the difference between driving lights and foglights i have no clue. Also can you make foglights into driving lights
Driving lights are a supplement to the high beams (and are usually fairly bright with a long throw)
Fog light are to make you visible in foggy conditions and to light the road directly in front of you without too much reflection off the fog ..
That is how I see it anyway (until someone does a Google and tries to shoot me down in flames :confused:)
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Sounds pretty much how I understand it, Daz..... :goodjob:
Now where's that Google? :whistler:
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Would xenon white lights project the yellow on the foglight lense or would i be better off just going yellow bulbs
cheers jamie
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You could buy yellowish bulbs - usually the "allweather bulbs" are a bit yellow -> click (http://memimage.cardomain.com/ride_images/3/3189/4621/32972310003_large.jpg) <- But I don't know which brand to get.
The other way is to install a xenon hid kit, but if you want yellow color, then you should get xenon kit, that has color closest possible to 3000K
See this "chart"
(http://www.todoautos.com.pe/attachments/f17/319149d1272648040-increible-focos-xenon-plasma-y-hid-en-oferta-color.jpg)
Pootie's HID fogs warming up. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRSnVx0lwMQ#)
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Cool thankyou :)
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Driving lights are a supplement to the high beams (and are usually fairly bright with a long throw)
Fog light are to make you visible in foggy conditions and to light the road directly in front of you without too much reflection off the fog ..
That is how I see it anyway (until someone does a Google and tries to shoot me down in flames :confused:)
And leave the fog lights on during the day and during fine weather as many do, will attract a fine here in West Oz.
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Yeah in qld its a $40 fine and no points. found that out the hard way :rolleyes:
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Yeah in qld its a $40 fine and no points. found that out the hard way :rolleyes:
The cops don't seem too fussed down here :winker:
Mind you I haven't got around to putting the new globe ($27 :-\) in one of mine that blew when I hit a wallaby ... :disapp:
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dam... when did that happen???
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dam... when did that happen???
It wasn't Trish's CW it was my Hybrid... hit a big fat wallaby just cracked the bumper (very minor) and knocked the driving light out of its mounting ... Local Toyota dealer did a thorough inspection and put the light back together for $30 .. they didn't pick up the globe was blown (replacement cost me $27) but still lucky to get away with it... (when i bought the globe from their spare parts they said they've seen Kangaroos and Wallabys do $1000's of $$$ damage :undecided:
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*high fives*
sounds like you got off LIGHT with that one!!!
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dam... when did that happen???
It wasn't Trish's CW it was my Hybrid... hit a big fat wallaby just cracked the bumper (very minor) and knocked the driving light out of its mounting ... Local Toyota dealer did a thorough inspection and put the light back together for $30 .. they didn't pick up the globe was blown (replacement cost me $27) but still lucky to get away with it... (when i bought the globe from their spare parts they said they've seen Kangaroos and Wallabys do $1000's of $$$ damage :undecided:
Very lucky, Daz.... :goodjob:
I've hit Skippy's in older cars and they've caused heaps of damage, I'd hate to hit one in a modern "plastic" car... :neutral:
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dam... when did that happen???
It wasn't Trish's CW it was my Hybrid... hit a big fat wallaby just cracked the bumper (very minor) and knocked the driving light out of its mounting ... Local Toyota dealer did a thorough inspection and put the light back together for $30 .. they didn't pick up the globe was blown (replacement cost me $27) but still lucky to get away with it... (when i bought the globe from their spare parts they said they've seen Kangaroos and Wallabys do $1000's of $$$ damage :undecided:
That's bad.
Were the Wallabies playing in Tassie at the time Dazz?
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Ebay, you can pick up the yellow halogen bulbs for next to nothing, 55 watt. fog lights as i understand it produce a low wide beam, to light the edges of the road and low along the surface beneath the fog. if focussed right, as in my forester, most of the light goes off to the side, great for seeing animals, and reflectors on the other side. Driving lights hve a long beam focussed down the road, its the reason why the "fog" lights on commodores tend to blind you as they are actually driving lights with round reflectors to direct light forward, unike fog lights that have the vertical stepped mirrors to throw the light into a wide but very thin beam.