For those who replaced fog glass with lexan

MellowGato · 04-19-2007, 10:16 AM

Has anyone who has replaced the fog light glass with lexan had any heat problems? I understand that lexan can melt from the heat of the fog bulbs.
Also - has anyone had problems with the lexan becoming brittle after long term use?
The reason I ask is because I know regular plastic will become brittle and/or will turn white with repeated heating cycles.

Thanks in advance.

Civic4u · 04-19-2007, 10:20 AM

Yeeep! In time...Believe me. The foglight generated allots of heat....There a thread somewhere here on it,,,....etc.

MellowGato · 04-19-2007, 11:27 AM

Is that your opinion, or do you have lexan instead of glass on your fogs?

Civic4u · 04-19-2007, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MellowGato

Is that your opinion, or do you have lexan instead of glass on your fogs?

It my opinion....I used plastic, lexan....bullet proof plastic...etc....There a site somewhere...search it.. ready to purchase a new set soon...it cracking on me again.

MellowGato · 04-19-2007, 12:24 PM

eh - huh?
You have lexan - but they are cracking?
You are going to buy new fogs? lenses? lexan?

Civic4u · 04-19-2007, 01:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MellowGato

eh - huh?
You have lexan - but they are cracking?
You are going to buy new fogs? lenses? lexan?

new fog light.

coolwasabi · 04-19-2007, 03:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Civic4u

It my opinion....I used plastic, lexan....bullet proof plastic...etc....There a site somewhere...search it.. ready to purchase a new set soon...it cracking on me again.

???

seaman · 04-19-2007, 04:21 PM

I believe that there is some type of lexan which is high temperature resistant !

Look at this DIY from the RSX forum, you'll see that it resist fo bullet and also to high temperature......much higher than the heat generate by our foglights !

http://forums.clubrsx.com/showthread.php?t=348644

caveman74 · 04-19-2007, 04:58 PM

it will eventully melt around 6 months. But still cheaper than buying new fogs

**J-Ro** · 04-19-2007, 05:06 PM

Next question... has anybody tried this with xenon foglights. I have xenons + lexan, but I just did the mod last weekend so I don't know what's going to happen.
The xenons will generate less heat, but I'm not sure how much UV they spit out.

jasongg06 · 04-19-2007, 09:58 PM

There's a thread in clubrsx that talks about this. A member (c|a) replaced his fog light covers with lexan, and although they're stronger, they started bubbling after a few (i think it was 4) months of use.

06blaksi · 07-03-2007, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jasongg06

There's a thread in clubrsx that talks about this. A member (c|a) replaced his fog light covers with lexan, and although they're stronger, they started bubbling after a few (i think it was 4) months of use.

Mine just started bubbling as well after 3 months....I think I'll go with some thicker lexan on the plus side....I get 4 lenses for 3 dollars of lexan

striker_1818 · 07-03-2007, 11:27 AM

this is why you guys should go for this mod:

not my pic but i've had it with the leds(so many problems with the seller) and i don't wanna hack up my housing to get some is/es300 or even blazer fogs to fit...

06blaksi · 07-03-2007, 11:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by striker_1818

this is why you guys should go for this mod:

not my pic but i've had it with the leds(so many problems with the seller) and i don't wanna hack up my housing to get some is/es300 or even blazer fogs to fit...

Those are coming. I have the retro headlights going in on Sunday

striker_1818 · 07-03-2007, 11:33 AM

I'll just have to glue in the outer ring on the original housing...
these are ebay fogs projector housing but lets try to make them fit into the civic housing...
look at the output from the fogs only(NOT MY PiCTURE):

Note: notice the blue cutoff? lol they'll turn from white to blue as well as the projectors depending on how they are being looked at from the distance

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MellowGato Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: in the slow lane Posts: 545 iTrader: 0 / 0%	For those who replaced fog glass with lexan Has anyone who has replaced the fog light glass with lexan had any heat problems? I understand that lexan can melt from the heat of the fog bulbs. Also - has anyone had problems with the lexan becoming brittle after long term use? The reason I ask is because I know regular plastic will become brittle and/or will turn white with repeated heating cycles. Thanks in advance.

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