Need opinions on foglight bulb colour [Archive]

illicitstylz

03-22-2010, 09:32 PM

Foglights are projectors like this:

http://www.alvielou2001.com/p3184.jpg

Car looks like this:

http://img691.imageshack.us/img691/2051/dscf0606.th.jpg (http://img691.imageshack.us/i/dscf0606.jpg/)
http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/189/dscf0610.th.jpg (http://img682.imageshack.us/i/dscf0610.jpg/)

They will go along the bottom under the two blacked out corner lights, aligned under the headlights (where the headlight meets the grill)

Headlights are at 6000k temperature.

Already looked into the debate about whether 3000k is actually more beneficial in rain and snow etc. I'm ecstatic about both colours which is exactly why I need some extra opinions since I'm on the fence.

2500K Yellow or 6000k white with blue-ish ?

I'm just thinking 2500k might be for more of a race-oriented type car whereas I think mine is more "VIP" style so it should match the headlights at 6000k or.... well completely on the fence lol since I'll be running the fogs as driving lights and I've always wanted the yellow DRL's.

Please help me decide which would look better lol

Thanks guys!

Leopold Stotch

03-22-2010, 10:58 PM

i'm biased
i love 3000k fogs

http://i131.photobucket.com/albums/p298/shortcakesz/IMG_1188.jpg

GabAlmighty

03-22-2010, 11:02 PM

10,000k.

jbsali

03-22-2010, 11:03 PM

3,000k for sure... for sure

hchang

03-22-2010, 11:06 PM

My vote goes to the Yellow ones.

Like you said its more beneficial in the rain and snow. Even though its pretty common, it still looks great and still stands out.

IMO a "VIP" car with yellow foglights is pretty sex. It's like... a car with with class meets a car with style.

Let us know what you decide!

hi-revs

03-22-2010, 11:09 PM

yellow gets my vote!

Shun Izaki

03-22-2010, 11:14 PM

YERROW = win color, + higher visibility

LenovoTurbo

03-22-2010, 11:27 PM

2500k YELLOW for sure!

CanadaGoose

03-23-2010, 12:02 AM

+1 YELLOW!!

tofu1413

03-23-2010, 12:06 AM

you must.. >9000!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

naw just joking. yellow will work well with current set up. the oem EL fogs (which i have actually seen in person) are yellow projectors themselves.. so why not? :)

FN-2199

03-23-2010, 12:16 AM

2500k FTW!

TRD Rs200

03-23-2010, 12:19 AM

3000K, and are those PIAA projectors?

greendb7

03-23-2010, 12:25 AM

yellow ftw

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 12:26 AM

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/NamesDontMatter/IMG_2705.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y85/NamesDontMatter/IMG_2709.jpg

This is the cutoff on these fogs, with a 6000k HID kit though. On HidPlanet, arguably the best set of projectors for its price ( "Blazer" ).

Have high expectations for these fogs even though I'm just going to run halogens for now, which will probably be the yellow 2500k nokya's since every single person has voted yellow except for one sarcastic 10000k lol

Mugen EvOlutioN

03-23-2010, 07:44 AM

10000000000 K!!!!!!!

ok ok JDM yellow for the win

:thumbsup:

124Y

03-23-2010, 07:52 AM

Yellow for sure.

TOPEC

03-23-2010, 09:07 AM

10000K looks best
seriously!

!Aznboi128

03-23-2010, 09:12 AM

I got blazer fogs too, I have them at 4300, my tsx projectors are at 4300 as well
but i got drl at 3000k

!Yaminashi

03-23-2010, 09:34 AM

Yellow DRL's are sex on black cars

jpark

03-23-2010, 09:55 AM

i have 6000k fogs but i regret it, i wish i went with 3000k with some yellow vinyl over it, so yes.. 3000 ftw

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 10:03 AM

DDM 35w 3000k HID's in the blazer fogs that i've ordered. Looks amazing and really pushing me to order the HID's although there's known heating issues with putting HID's in.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3316/3637571570_25fa2f379f_b.jpg

You can't tell me that doesn't look good.

Since the projector lens IS clear, next thing I'm contemplating is whether to leave the projector lens clear, or order some lamin-x tint film that will reduce damage (rock chips etc) to the projector lens as well as keep the yellow look even when the bulbs are off.

Should I get the yellow lamin-x film tint?

Mugen EvOlutioN

03-23-2010, 10:49 AM

some ppl had issues using lamin-x tint on their fogs, causing it to melt

i just used 3m clear bra for my fogs

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 11:16 AM

some ppl had issues using lamin-x tint on their fogs, causing it to melt

i just used 3m clear bra for my fogs

will definitely look into it, has anyone else used 3m clear bra or lamin-x on their fogs? I'm just skeptical because I don't think there will be really that much damage from rock chips to the fogs on Vancouver roads?

q0192837465

03-23-2010, 11:42 AM

white

Mugen EvOlutioN

03-23-2010, 12:16 PM

will definitely look into it, has anyone else used 3m clear bra or lamin-x on their fogs? I'm just skeptical because I don't think there will be really that much damage from rock chips to the fogs on Vancouver roads?

well it was cheap since i got a deal on it, reason why is i read numerous ppl on rsx board ppl having issue with their OEM cracked fog light lens down in the states, therefore i took the precaution and wrapped my fogs.

!Aznboi128

03-23-2010, 12:59 PM

don't use lamin-x I wasted one set of blazers with those

JqC

03-23-2010, 01:44 PM

i had yellow lamin-x on my old set of fogs and never had a problem with melting. i put them on for the same reason you want to, to keep the yellow look even when the lights are off.

My fogs were just normal 35w bulbs though, i'm not sure if you'll get problems with HID's.

!Aznboi128

03-23-2010, 03:26 PM

the whole casing gets really hot on the blazers

on 35w hid mine were heating up so much when rain got on it, it was smoking.
DO NOT put lamix on it

optiblue

03-23-2010, 05:44 PM

I'm running the 35W DDM 3000K kit too!! There's little to no heat produced when compared to my stock bulbs. I actually ran the Smarteye HID kit before it, and although that one was definately brighter, it ran hot to the touch whereas the DDM kit is cool.

I like the DDM 3000K becasue the foglight itself looks stock to almost a dim halogen color (no JDM yellow look), but there's lots of light on the ground and it'll still cut through fog.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v260/Optiblue/Evolution/IMG_0056.jpg

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 05:50 PM

How'd you get your hands on a DDM kit?

The shipping from ddmtuning itself is pretty expensive. Did you manage to find it locally

optiblue

03-23-2010, 06:31 PM

How'd you get your hands on a DDM kit?

The shipping from ddmtuning itself is pretty expensive. Did you manage to find it locally

ordered it on their website and shipped it to point roberts. After duties and tax, it's still way cheaper than anything here.

wobuffet

03-23-2010, 07:10 PM

hmmm i thought HID was supposed to be less hot than halogens?
i got my hands on a set of IS300 projector fogs online. they're already using clear yellow projectors. so doesn't matter what colour bulb i use, but i have a set of 3000K HIDs sitting around anyways. should i just get regular 3000K bulbs on top of the yellow projectors?
seems like having 3000K HIDs might be too much on top of already yellow projectors... what do you guys thing?

Energy

03-23-2010, 07:29 PM

Go with yellow. Superior visibility and better looks, what more can you ask for?

The 6000k looks a bit ricey and out of place on fogs.

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 08:46 PM

ordered it on their website and shipped it to point roberts. After duties and tax, it's still way cheaper than anything here.

The website ddmtuning.com says they ONLY ship to your billing address on your credit card.

credit card billing address is obviously in Canada, so I'm assuming this is the new system?

wobuffet

03-23-2010, 08:52 PM

do you have pics of it on your car yet??
would like to see true cut off with just regular bulb xD
planning to retrofit my IS300 projectors into my foglight housing soon

illicitstylz

03-23-2010, 09:07 PM

do you have pics of it on your car yet??
would like to see true cut off with just regular bulb xD
planning to retrofit my IS300 projectors into my foglight housing soon

Item is in transit right now, waiting to get it shipped.

Going to get it installed at one of the RS sponsors, will take pictures of the cutoff and output.

Will definitely update you guys

wobuffet

03-23-2010, 09:26 PM

which sponsor?

jlenko

03-23-2010, 10:53 PM

Soundy

03-23-2010, 10:57 PM

Are these supposed to be FOG lights, or BLING lights?

Answer that question, and you'll have the answer to your choice of color.

!Aznboi128

03-23-2010, 10:58 PM

Blazer projectors? aka Canadian Tire?

And VIP?

I can't believe you put those two together. Nothing says cheap ass shit fog lights like Blazer brand. I wouldn't even put that shit on my Crapalier... and it's a piece of shit.

no one sells that blazer in vancouver

the blazer that you see at canadian tire is a different type

This Blazer fog light it the no1 rated clear lens fogs yellow would be es.
http://www.customlightz.com/pictures/foglight/blazera.jpg
Blazer fogs

wobuffet

03-23-2010, 11:04 PM

no one sells that blazer in vancouver

the blazer that you see at canadian tire is a different type

This Blazer fog light it the no1 rated clear lens fogs yellow would be es.
http://www.customlightz.com/pictures/foglight/blazera.jpg
Blazer fogs

certain models/year on IS300 also have them.

pics of them on your car jimmy?

!Aznboi128

03-23-2010, 11:09 PM

^ the IS fogs aren't as good as the ES fogs, I did a lot of research before buying blazer.

Sadly I don't have any pics of them as I just got them on again Monday haha
was going to retrofit them in to my oem fogs but there wasn't enough clearance trying to work around it right now :)

toyota86

03-23-2010, 11:51 PM

any colour is good as long as you aim them properly and not turn them on for no reason. both will blind traffic and make people hate you.

illicitstylz

03-24-2010, 12:52 AM

Blazer projectors? aka Canadian Tire?

And VIP?

I can't believe you put those two together. Nothing says cheap ass shit fog lights like Blazer brand. I wouldn't even put that shit on my Crapalier... and it's a piece of shit.

These blazer projectors are not from Canadian Tire.

They're widely praised and arguably the best projectors for their price, giving the best output and cutoff while keeping it under budget.

Like aznboi mentioned, they're compared to OEM quality lexus is300 fogs, as well as used in the corvettes if I remember correctly.

drunkrussian

03-24-2010, 01:18 PM

i vote yellow as well!

illicitstylz

04-02-2010, 02:10 PM

All done and installed at RISE auto salon (RS sponsor).

Weak output since they're halogen bulbs still, but looks great in terms of aesthetics.

What do you guys think?

http://i.imgur.com/yhzMe.jpg

hirevtuner

04-02-2010, 02:15 PM

mine was stock whiteish doesn't look good so i changed it to bright yellow

optiblue

04-02-2010, 04:04 PM

The website ddmtuning.com says they ONLY ship to your billing address on your credit card.

credit card billing address is obviously in Canada, so I'm assuming this is the new system?

Oh, I guess they have a new system now. Just ship it to your billing then, brokerage fees will suck but it's very good quality to price value. I ran brightstars on my old integra and those still go for 3-400 /set.
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