Yellow Tinted Fogs!
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Vegasjetta
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Did someone say yellow fogs? I love doing this to any car. I started doing these for my VW friends back when I lived in Vegas, it's really easy and cheap to do. The yellow Lamin-X never looks right to me, the stuff I use gives it a much better appearance.
Jamey
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I have 3k hids on my fogs not a fan of yellow tint
i-wagon
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What do you use?Did someone say yellow fogs? I love doing this to any car. I started doing these for my VW friends back when I lived in Vegas, it's really easy and cheap to do. The yellow Lamin-X never looks right to me, the stuff I use gives it a much better appearance.
flat4awd
Owl's Auto JDM
I'm guessing the stained glass spray you can buy at jo-ann fabrics. I've used laminex before, and it peels off after moisture is trapped underneath it. I'm interested to see how long the tint spray lasts, since I've done it to mine as well.
Craig
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I got the yellow Lam X on ebay and i love it!!
RyanR
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That stuff works great if you throw a good 2K clear over it. I did my 09 WRX tails with the red stained glass spray, then threw a few coats of 2K 50:1 clear/black from an HVLP until they were as dark as I wanted. Finish came out hard as nails.
Vegasjetta
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I didn't use stained glass stuff from Joanns...
Go to Napa and grab a can of Duplicolor Metalcast MC202. Best stuff EVER!
I've done so many lights with this stuff, and it always comes out looking good. Here's my old 16V GTi:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Euromotive/Chris%2016V/23503095241.jpg
And we had a BBQ at my old condo in Vegas and everyone wanted to do their lights:
Go to Napa and grab a can of Duplicolor Metalcast MC202. Best stuff EVER!
I've done so many lights with this stuff, and it always comes out looking good. Here's my old 16V GTi:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v88/Euromotive/Chris%2016V/23503095241.jpg
And we had a BBQ at my old condo in Vegas and everyone wanted to do their lights:
Pottle
New member
Adam, how is the light output? Thinking of doing something with the yellow but dont want to dim the light output a lot.
i-wagon
Well-known member
Just ordered a can of the mc202 through work, and bought some clear coat earlier, yellow fogs tomorrow night
Vegasjetta
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i-wagon
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JoeBalz
2005 LGT's suck.
Okay, I realize I'm a little late to this thread, but I ordered some cheap yellow tint film off ebay and it doesn't have an adhesive backing. Will it just adhere with a heat gun? I want to be at least reasonably sure before I melt a bunch of yellow crap all over my bumper.
i-wagon
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no adhesive and I assume no directions? Toss it and get a can of the Duplicolor metalcast. I did my fogs and Hellas, looks good with the lights off, light output is still good and the color lit up is move
JoeBalz
2005 LGT's suck.
Directions? hah, hell no. That's probably what I'll do. I'm putting Hella 500's behind my grille in the near future and I'm trying to decide if I want to keep them clear or go yellow.
dsmith
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do the duplicolor if you go yellow. or just get 3k hid's. I'm putting HID's in my hellas this weekend hopefully.
jojo69
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I'm not sure if you got clarification on it (other than going with a different method), but in my experience I've done the following:
- clean/prep surface with soap and alcohol.
- Dip plastic film in warm water (you can use some Quick Detailer or soap in your water for xtra lubricity)
- Use credit card/squiggy to get rid of bubbles etc
- I've had better luck with hair gun than heat gun (too hot sometimes), but use that to spread/pull/wrap your film over.
That's generally what I've done.
I had yellow fogs in my honda which made it look oem when not used but yellow when on, so i liked it. But for the subaru, i decided I liked the contrast of yellow & blue paint during the day, so went with yellow film. Love it. Either way, it's a fun, easy & cheap mod
good luck and whatever you decide to go with, post pics!
- clean/prep surface with soap and alcohol.
- Dip plastic film in warm water (you can use some Quick Detailer or soap in your water for xtra lubricity)
- Use credit card/squiggy to get rid of bubbles etc
- I've had better luck with hair gun than heat gun (too hot sometimes), but use that to spread/pull/wrap your film over.
That's generally what I've done.
I had yellow fogs in my honda which made it look oem when not used but yellow when on, so i liked it. But for the subaru, i decided I liked the contrast of yellow & blue paint during the day, so went with yellow film. Love it. Either way, it's a fun, easy & cheap mod
good luck and whatever you decide to go with, post pics!
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Pottle
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Mine
