Has anyone done anything to 04-08 fog lights?

[Daven]

I can't find anything really for the fog lights other than HIDs. It seems to be a part that nobody thinks to modify. My car is an 07 with the signal/fog combo. I was hoping to find a black housing set but came up with absolutely nothing lol I'm assuming there's no way to get close to the same output if I painted the inside of the housings black?


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[REDCRAPGP]

Unless you retrofit a projector into the lower portion of the fogs.. Anythings that you paint black will effect light output you need the chrome reflector.

[Daven]

Is there by chance some kind of reflective black paint out there somewhere?


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[REDCRAPGP]

You could probably use gloss black but besides I doubt it. It's not worth it just to have black housing.

[REDCRAPGP]

Your best solution would be to tint the outside

[Daven]

I was just hoping to darken them a bit when the lights aren't on. I thought about trying to lightly tint them, but I don't know if it's really possible to do such a light smoke to not really affect light output. I wouldn't need them black, but one coat for example wouldn't turn out great i would think?


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[Daven]

Maybe I could see if there happens to be a set in a junker sometime. Then at least I'm not risking anything lol


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[REDCRAPGP]

I would apply a tint meant for lights that way it doesn't totally kill the output.. Sort of like window tint. I wouldn't spray them unless a body shop does them because that vht stuff has a purple tint to them so when combined with white or halogen colors it's going to shine purple.

[Daven]

I used nightshades for my tails for the first time not long ago. Didn't seem to be anything of a purple hue, even on my reverse bar. But maybe it would be different on the strictly clear lights?


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[Daven]

Btw, I don't use my fog lights usually, I am more concerned about the light output of my marker/signal light.


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[REDCRAPGP]

With amber bulb it'll appear purple. Taillights are fine to do it with. Window tint or actually headlight/foglight tinted sheets will be your best bet not vht

[Daven]

My bulb happens to be purple at the moment anyways... Lol but I am definitely curious if vht does end up purple? Like I said, it seems completely black on my reverse bar?


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[REDCRAPGP]

Grab a amber bulb from the parts store and stick it in the rev light and light them up to be sure. I haven't used vht in years so it may in fact be different now but I remember amber and vht ended up being purple.

[Daven]

Lol that's a weird combo to make purple, but stranger things have happened :P thanks for the advice!


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[nik12937]

I stumbled upon this while searching for the fog retrofit thread I found a while ago. I'll post the link here if I manage to find it, but I recall someone retrofitting the fog projectors from a GXP into the lower portion of the split fog/turns that come with other 04+ models.

That would allow you to black out the rest of the bottom half, and the GXP projectors are incredibly cheap on Rockauto. Even if they aren't amazing, I feel like they're still going to be 10x better than the ****e fog lights the rest of the 04+ GP's get.

As of now I have a jumper wire with an inline diode in my fuse box that keeps the fogs on with my lows because they're 99% aesthetic light once you have some Morimoto retrofits. Keeps them on when I use the quad high beams.


Edit: Now I see why I remembered the thread, I asked what fogs were used :P
http://www.gpona.com/forums/04-08-gr...ro-t30784.html
Seems very simple.

[Russosaur]

For reference how crappy are the GXP fogs compared to a 97-03 fog if you happen to know.

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