Yellow or Light Smoked lamin-x Fogs?

PR8thgen<ivi> · 08-08-2006, 11:28 AM

Hi guys,
The guy that sold me the lamin-x has received my order, but I now have some questions if I did a good buy or not. I have a sedan and I ordered the light smoked lamin-x for the headlights, taillights and for the fogs. I have seen almost eveybody do the yellow lamin-x for the fogs, but I thought the complete smoke kit would look good (but that is only during the day), but I was thinking that at night my fog lights are not going to light up the road good because of the smoked lamin-x

, so I was thinking of telling the guy to send them back and to order the yellow lamin-x for the fogs, should I do this change? Or stay with the smoke fogs? Some feedback will be apreciated.

FTalento · 08-08-2006, 12:04 PM

For visibility the yellow light is best.

**J-Ro** · 08-08-2006, 12:08 PM

For visibility, xenon in the fogs is best

That's what I did, and surprisingly it doesn't really piss people off, but then again I only use them on rural roads at night, where suicidal little critters are everywhere...

SIpimpin13 · 08-08-2006, 12:50 PM

I agree, xenon lights make the road SOOOO damn clear....

O6 Si · 08-29-2006, 10:42 PM

i love xenon but thy seem to burn out quickly

fa1 · 08-29-2006, 10:50 PM

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Originally Posted by O6 Si

i love xenon but thy seem to burn out quickly

Did you buy a kit? I suggest oem bulbs for the best life and output.

***Izzy*** · 08-29-2006, 10:55 PM

Burn...out? Dude, I had a "kit", and that thing still lasted me (and is still lasting the new owner) more than a year. And I use those during day and night!

O6 Si · 08-30-2006, 11:31 AM

yall talkin bout full kits for just bulbs?

yigger · 08-30-2006, 11:35 AM

you should stick w/ the smoke...it doesnt really make that much of a difference at night...80% of light passes through...its like the tint for windows where the seethrough side and so on.

***Izzy*** · 08-30-2006, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by O6 Si

yall talkin bout full kits for just bulbs?

D2R/H7 (rebased) Bulbs, Ballast, Harness

**J-Ro** · 08-30-2006, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by Izzy

D2R/H7 (rebased) Bulbs, Ballast, Harness

I have projectors in the headlights with Lexus OEM ballasts with 4300K D2S bulbs and Audi OEM ballasts with 4300K D2S bulbs in the fogs. I will be getting lamin-x covers for the foglights since a rock recently broke my passenger-side foglight, but they'll be clear.

O6 Si · 08-30-2006, 02:07 PM

ah yea full kits ur str8 thought yall ment xenon bulbs

PR8thgen<ivi> · 09-03-2006, 09:22 PM

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Originally Posted by J-Ro

I have projectors in the headlights with Lexus OEM ballasts with 4300K D2S bulbs and Audi OEM ballasts with 4300K D2S bulbs in the fogs. I will be getting lamin-x covers for the foglights since a rock recently broke my passenger-side foglight, but they'll be clear.

Bro, how much did you pay for all this OEM stuff? And you should know your electronics very well because that is alot of non-honda stuff that must have custom installation (something that I would not know how to install by myself

) . Well, I bought the lamin-x headlights and tails but not the fogs. I'm in the process now of searching for HID fog light kit, not too expensive. The fog lights I will buy are from e-bay, they are only $65! And to those I will install the HID kit if I find a decently prized set.

**J-Ro** · 09-04-2006, 11:31 AM

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Originally Posted by PR8thgen<ivi>

Bro, how much did you pay for all this OEM stuff? And you should know your electronics very well because that is alot of non-honda stuff that must have custom installation (something that I would not know how to install by myself

) . Well, I bought the lamin-x headlights and tails but not the fogs. I'm in the process now of searching for HID fog light kit, not too expensive. The fog lights I will buy are from e-bay, they are only $65! And to those I will install the HID kit if I find a decently prized set.

For all the bulbs/ballasts, projectors and a spare test housing was about $700 all-in.
Surprisingly, the electronics aren't that complicated. I put the ballasts on the stock line going to the headlights... the only thing you have to make sure of is that the "fire-up" current is not more than the fuse rating, which for my components, it's not. And I went OEM because at least that way, I'm guaranteed some quality... with aftermarket parts, you never know.
As far as the components being non-Honda, it doesn't really matter because they're probably all Bosch components in the end anyway :rolleyes:

08-08-2006, 11:28 AM	#1 (permalink)
PR8thgen<ivi> Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 217 iTrader: 0 / 0%	Yellow or Light Smoked lamin-x Fogs? Hi guys, The guy that sold me the lamin-x has received my order, but I now have some questions if I did a good buy or not. I have a sedan and I ordered the light smoked lamin-x for the headlights, taillights and for the fogs. I have seen almost eveybody do the yellow lamin-x for the fogs, but I thought the complete smoke kit would look good (but that is only during the day), but I was thinking that at night my fog lights are not going to light up the road good because of the smoked lamin-x , so I was thinking of telling the guy to send them back and to order the yellow lamin-x for the fogs, should I do this change? Or stay with the smoke fogs? Some feedback will be apreciated.

08-29-2006, 10:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
*Izzy* Supreme Pizza! Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Azusa, CA Age: 25 Posts: 11,936 iTrader: 5 / 100%	Burn...out? Dude, I had a "kit", and that thing still lasted me (and is still lasting the new owner) more than a year. And I use those during day and night! __________________

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