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Old 01-31-2011, 09:09 AM
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I broke down and ordered a set from Meng. I know i spent more than i should have but APT wont have them in until end of Feb, possibly even the beginning of Mar. Already have my Nokya Hyper Yellow bulbs on the way also
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One side of my fogs is all fogged up. Is there anyway to clean that up WITHOUT taking off the front bumper and taking out the fog itself.
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Old 02-03-2011, 04:35 PM
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You don't have to take the bumper off. Just unscrew the splash guard right in front of the wheel and reach in there and unclip the light.
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Those things are always so tricky when screwing back on Jon! I guess that is the only way. I dont know why it is fogged up in the first place. When I put it on brand new couple months ago, I made sure the black circle rubber was flushed so water doesnt go in.
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Old 02-03-2011, 04:42 PM
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They're not very weather resistant so if you're in a cold part of the country, they probably dried out and cracked allowing moisture to get in.
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This is how I fixed mine to be weather resistant.
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Thanks for the pics but want to explain a little bit what you did? I am not sure what to look for. Probably take mine out this afternoon and attempt to clean it.
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Old 02-03-2011, 09:13 PM
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Originally Posted by beandip007
This is how I fixed mine to be weather resistant.
Yeah I've wondered about this ever since you posted these pictures a long time ago. Willing to make some for the SL community? I'm down to buy a pair. I don't have the tools to do all the cutting and what not.
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I will talk to my machinist and see if he will do some more of these, he will make the money, the only thing is you might have to find a good weather grommet to seal up the end hole, unless you put an HID kit in, it will still be a little fab on your part. All I did was silicone them on so I know they will come off if need be.
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May be a REALLY dumb question, but the two wires....positive (+) and negative (-) right? And what size bulb is it?
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H3 is the bulb size
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Just throwing this idea around, if you could figure out the wiring, could you use the APT's as run lights & turn signal? Kinda like a 7443 switchback bulb that VLED's has.
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^haha I was thinking of the same thing too, but I'm going with another foglight though.
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thats silly
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Originally Posted by shadowler
thats silly
LoL...not if you're running quad HID's
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Originally Posted by xdejablu3x
Yeah I've wondered about this ever since you posted these pictures a long time ago. Willing to make some for the SL community? I'm down to buy a pair. I don't have the tools to do all the cutting and what not.
He says he is willing to make some more but he needs a set of them to do it. Would anyone want to send them in to get some caps made?
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over a year with these and the Nokya 2500k Hyper Yellow bulbs, couldn't be more satisfied (on the second picture, the angle of it makes the passenger side bulb look less bright. it's not).
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Old 02-15-2011, 03:49 AM
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Originally Posted by beandip007
He says he is willing to make some more but he needs a set of them to do it. Would anyone want to send them in to get some caps made?
I'm interested. If only I could buy a set without having to get them at Meng. How much would your mechanic charge?
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I feel like this has already been addressed and tried googling a little bit, but how hard is it to install these?
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really not hard at all. simple plug and play installation. i just took off my black plastic linings under the bumper. but you can follow this installation. exactly the same. only difference is location of the fog light itself. https://www.scionlife.com/forums/tc-tech-diy-1818/fog-light-installation-oem-10198/
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