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Old May 16, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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...you have any experience with a company called Advan-Emotion. I bought the OEM fog lights from them and they came in fine, installed fine, but since I was doing it during day light I could not notice until night that the left light was kind of yellowish or a tainted yellow color, while the right one was bright white. I call the company and when I finally got a person, they told me they knew nothing and nor could they transfer me to any one that knew anything. I have emailed them twice and neither time did I get a response. Please let me know if any of you have experienced this company.

So as far as a bulb goes, could the bulb be a bad bulb or someone placed the wrong bulb in? Please let me know
Old May 16, 2008 | 11:57 PM
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you didn't buy OEM foglights, you bought cheap chinese knockoff parts.

to see if it is a bad bulb, just change the bulbs back and forth with eachother, thus the yellow light should transfer to the other side.

could also be bad harness or ground on that side, or bad connection somehwere.
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I checked all the connectors and they are fine. the ground is with another ground wire in the body of the vehicle. I know to change the bulbs to see if it is the bulb, but as you stated they are not OEM, but rather OEM style,( should have specified) and getting to these suckers ia a real pain. I will have to take the whole assembly off the car to change the bulbs. Being that they are knock offs, could it be just a bad bulb or they placed the wrong bulb in during assembly? Or is it a common thing if the wiring is bad that one bulb would be tainted.
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Here is a pic
Old May 17, 2008 | 02:07 AM
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like i said, i don't know, and yes, it i shard to get to them, but if you switch the bulbs with one another and the colors change sides, then it sounds like it is a bad bulb.

could just be different bulbs, one is a 55 watt, and the other is a 110 watt bulb. but we can't tell from this end of things.
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You dont have to take the fogs out to change the bulbs. You reach down behind them (or if your arm wont fit, like mine didnt, you take the splash gaurd off the bottom of the car and reach up from the bottom) and twist the bulb and pull it out, just like your headlights. That is if they are built like the OEM;s. I have had to replace two whole fog housings on mine due to rocks taking them out, and I never removed anything else but the splash gaurd.
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Originally Posted by engifineer
You dont have to take the fogs out to change the bulbs. You reach down behind them (or if your arm wont fit, like mine didnt, you take the splash gaurd off the bottom of the car and reach up from the bottom) and twist the bulb and pull it out, just like your headlights. That is if they are built like the OEM;s. I have had to replace two whole fog housings on mine due to rocks taking them out, and I never removed anything else but the splash gaurd.
They are not like the OEM's. behind the lamps is a metal shield or plate. It is held on by 4 screws. I believe I have to remove that plate to get to the bulb
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