Yellow Lens fog lights HID?

[SanoSuKe]

Was just curious if anyone have those and HID'd them? what temperature did you go with? pics?

one of my bulbs is out I think so I'm HID'ing them while I'm at it.

[DJ_B_Easy]

You are going to want as close to the same Kelvin temp/color that you have now, which is probably right around 4300-5000, or higher. If you throw a yellow (3000) bulb in there the tint actually filters out most of the usable yellow light and you get wash.

Enjoy your blown ballasts!

[NoLimitAltima]

On my nissan Titan I have yellow fog lights and install a ddm tuning 35watt 3000k kit and loved it, makes a nice bright yellow

[SanoSuKe]

You are going to want as close to the same Kelvin temp/color that you have now, which is probably right around 4300-5000, or higher. If you throw a yellow (3000) bulb in there the tint actually filters out most of the usable yellow light and you get wash.

Enjoy your blown ballasts!

See this is what's confusing me.. If I go with 3000k (which is yellow) will it make my yellow fogs more yellow-ish? or brighter?

I want them to be brighter but at the same time keep my current color.

[SanoSuKe]

On my nissan Titan I have yellow fog lights and install a ddm tuning 35watt 3000k kit and loved it, makes a nice bright yellow

oh so it did make it brighter. Did the yellow change color at all? cuz some people were complaining that 3000k kit on yellow lens turns the light green-ish.

[aphu]

I got ddm 3k 35watt kit. And yes it makes it way more yellow! I put tint on mine too so they are like gold:)

[DJ_B_Easy]

You are going to want as close to the same Kelvin temp/color that you have now, which is probably right around 4300-5000, or higher. If you throw a yellow (3000) bulb in there the tint actually filters out most of the usable yellow light and you get wash.

Enjoy your blown ballasts!

See this is what's confusing me.. If I go with 3000k (which is yellow) will it make my yellow fogs more yellow-ish? or brighter?

I want them to be brighter but at the same time keep my current color.

Science says no, but everyone else above says yes they will be brighter? I think they may appear brighter, but the amount of actual usable light is going to be decreased. I have a link to show the reasoning, Ill dig it up and edit it in.

[DJ_B_Easy]

Read here:

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/tech ... /good.html

This is based on blue tipped halogens, but the same science should apply. Its all about light spectrums, yo. Its going to look brighter, but you arent going to get the same performance.

[SanoSuKe]

alright well I ordered them and will see the outcome. $30 for a kit is not that bad, but $16 for shipping bulbs wth?

[DJ_B_Easy]

^DDM? Basura...

[tuhj0k4r]

On my nissan Titan I have yellow fog lights and install a ddm tuning 35watt 3000k kit and loved it, makes a nice bright yellow

oh so it did make it brighter. Did the yellow change color at all? cuz some people were complaining that 3000k kit on yellow lens turns the light green-ish.

i bought some off eBay and at first it turned out to be yellowish white (on right), but with a yellow tint over the lens, it turned out to be very greenish (on left). Daytime picture probably isn't the best. But switching to a better quality ballast helped change it to a golden yellow.


I went from this http://blog.machanon.net/wp-content/upl ... G_7780.jpg to a ballast similar to this http://i00.i.aliimg.com/img/pb/486/403/ ... 86_964.jpg which was heavier and better.

[mikethemike]

How funny, I'm actually in the same predicament as you are. I just tinted my fog lights yellow, and I was told to go with HIDs because one guy used the regular halogen bulbs and it burned the vinyl.

I'm thinking going 4300K, that way its just a white light and hopefully wont change the color of the bulb.

[SanoSuKe]

^DDM? Basura...

Yes. DDM 35w kit.

How funny, I'm actually in the same predicament as you are. I just tinted my fog lights yellow, and I was told to go with HIDs because one guy used the regular halogen bulbs and it burned the vinyl.

I'm thinking going 4300K, that way its just a white light and hopefully wont change the color of the bulb.

Good now we can see the different outcomes. Except mine is different than yours and aphu's. My foglights are not tinted..the actual glass/plastic is yellow. It's the spyder kit.

[mikethemike]

^DDM? Basura...

Yes. DDM 35w kit.

How funny, I'm actually in the same predicament as you are. I just tinted my fog lights yellow, and I was told to go with HIDs because one guy used the regular halogen bulbs and it burned the vinyl.

I'm thinking going 4300K, that way its just a white light and hopefully wont change the color of the bulb.

Good now we can see the different outcomes. Except mine is different than yours and aphu's. My foglights are not tinted..the actual glass/plastic is yellow. It's the spyder kit.

Ahh, nice

BTW, I was about to make a thread about those with fog lights and how low (or high) they are aimed. This is about two feet from the wall. I feel like these are aimed way too high even after adjusting them to go lower. But it doesn't seem to go lower even after using a drill bit to adjust them.

For the record, the lights are much more yellower, i just dimmed the photo a bit so you can see exactly where the lights hitting.

[lucky#sleven]

Sano, I believe I just saw you on the 101 south by the n mathilda exit. Major props to your car, looks mean. I was the red coupe very plain right now, come Tuesday though big things are happening.

[DJ_B_Easy]

^Doubtful, wrong side of the country.

[downedzephyr]

Sano, I believe I just saw you on the 101 south by the n mathilda exit. Major props to your car, looks mean. I was the red coupe very plain right now, come Tuesday though big things are happening.

what is happening tuesday. there's a whole contingent of us bay area coupes that would like to be informed of these kind of things.

[lucky#sleven]

My bad, the car even down to the rims looked like sano profile picture, it caught my eye is all and I broke my neck trying to look! . Just need to get member location down a little better I guess. I have rims/tires, tien coilovers, racing line rsb, endlinks, short shifter, strut bar, and traction rod going on, pretty much the basics. Love the ypipe borla combo for sound, needed to get the look right. Cmod grill is in the mail so that will be painted and instaled in the near future. I need to get plugged into the bay area AC click!

[SanoSuKe]

Came out nice

[tuhj0k4r]

nice

[CrimsonCoupe3.5]

SanoSuke, how are you able to only turn on the foglights?

[SanoSuKe]

I created a switch just for the foglights. It's a lot of wires and confusion, I don't recommend it. My battery died twice at school because my foglights don't turn off when the car is off and I keep forgetting to turn them off.

[CrimsonCoupe3.5]

oh ok, I was only wondering haha. I've always been a fan of the "only foglight look" lol.

[SanoSuKe]

Hmm you could attach the fogs to your daytime running lights or I dunno what do you call'em the orange thingys. And get switch back LEDs in there

[DJ_B_Easy]

I created a switch just for the foglights. It's a lot of wires and confusion, I don't recommend it. My battery died twice at school because my foglights don't turn off when the car is off and I keep forgetting to turn them off.

You can easily fix this with a relay. Although it would have been easier to tap into the OEM wiring and it seems you may have butchered it?

[SanoSuKe]

It's not that bad. I plan on doing the OEM wiring once it gets warmer out. Or I'm going to have to buy a Jump cable and keep it in the car hehe

[CrimsonCoupe3.5]

I found a website that sells all kinds of modules/relays and whatnot and came across a "fog light controller module" for Nissans and Infinitis, this could probably work: http://www.kptechnologies.com/products.php#/12.