How to repair your broken foglight lens, Tony style!!!

[0720Steve]

Originally Posted by I<3MyHonda

[Ruthless909]

[07mugencivic]

[07mugencivic]

[Metalhead852]

That baby is the coolest picture I think I've seen on here yet.

[07mugencivic]

Originally Posted by Metalhead852

That baby is the coolest picture I think I've seen on here yet.

[pk+civicsi]

man I had the same problem of broken foglights so I got so frustrated with them that I went to lowes bought some mesh threw out the fogs and put mesh in the place of, now my CAI is getting better air flow and it looks pretty decent. I think there is a DIY on this somewhere, thats how I got the idea

[07mugencivic]

Originally Posted by pk+civicsi

man I had the same problem of broken foglights so I got so frustrated with them that I went to lowes bought some mesh threw out the fogs and put mesh in the place of, now my CAI is getting better air flow and it looks pretty decent. I think there is a DIY on this somewhere, thats how I got the idea

um thats not a bad idea....any pics of yours

[chugiboi]

what the heck, it's so black, your foglight will not emit that much light with that black tinting paint.

[07mugencivic]

Originally Posted by chugiboi

what the heck, it's so black, your foglight will not emit that much light with that black tinting paint.

its just paint....on the tape...i can just peel it off...i just dont want any water to get in there...

[Zeuceone]

Lol. At not emit light. He put tape on the fog and painted the tape.

[07mugencivic]

Originally Posted by Zeuceone

Lol. At not emit light. He put tape on the fog and painted the tape.

thx gabe.......

[chugiboi]

Originally Posted by 07mugencivic

its just paint....on the tape...i can just peel it off...i just dont want any water to get in there...

oh, i get it now.

[pk+civicsi]

ill have pix of my car up soon,if you cant really wait for that then just go to the civic style inside out section and a few pages in there thread should be there about installing the mesh. although I used my old screws from the fogs to hold down the mesh the people from the thread used bondo, either way it works

[pk+civicsi]

Here is the DIY I got from geezersi so this is not mine you guys can thank him for the idea.




I had never planned on adding fog lights to my Si, and I wanted to get more air circulating into the engine compartment, especially around my CAI. So, this is what I decided to do about it yesterday.

All of the pictures are fairly self explanatory.

The wire mesh is a woven .050” diameter 300 stainless steel wire with .100” openings, which allows about 47% ventilation. I purchased a 12” square piece from McMaster-Carr.

The first pics show the front of the car with the bumper (stock), and then removed. There are already a couple of DIY’s that explain the bumper removal procedure, which took me about 15 minutes.




I cut out the openings with a standard utility knife. A fresh blade goes through the plastic like butter. I smoothed/evened the edges with a file.




Using the cut-out piece of plastic, I marked and cut a slightly bigger rectangle of the mesh. Laying it over the opening, I marked diagonal lines at the corners.




With a bench vise and pliers I bent the corners of the mesh to sit flush against the plastic. I checked to make sure the mesh rested flatly against the opening.




I was now time to attach the mesh, and for this I chose Bondo. It provides a secure enough grip to withstand the impact of a rock at highway speed, and cures in a couple of minutes – so you have to work quickly.




I made sure that the Bondo would not be visible from the outside after I was done.





I'm not sure I will ever feel any performance difference, but I have to believe the extra air will help. I'm not concerned with water sice my CAI has a bypass valve to address that.

[pk+civicsi]

sorry guys the pix didnt come up but here they are. enjoy

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[07mugencivic]

i want to see it done on a 4dr

[emopains]

what a post whore

[ImTheVoiceOfGod]

Who is the biggest whore? Vote for me!!!!!

[GlxyGry06Si]

Originally Posted by pk+civicsi

man I had the same problem of broken foglights so I got so frustrated with them that I went to lowes bought some mesh threw out the fogs and put mesh in the place of, now my CAI is getting better air flow and it looks pretty decent. I think there is a DIY on this somewhere, thats how I got the idea

yeah geesersi did it and so did i. im the one who painted it black so you cant see the silver mesh. you can see my filter from outside the car. i dont like fogs anyways. it was easy and cheap to do and not many people have done it. kinda sets me apart from everyone else.