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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:16 AM
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Painted Black IS 300 Fog Lights

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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:22 AM
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god i love those fog lights.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:26 AM
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Two words. Gor Geous!
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:31 AM
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hmmmm nice fogs....who painted them ? they look ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL....the painter of the fogs must have charged you an arm and a leg for such exquisite work...
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:35 AM
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Originally Posted by JaE oh EN
hmmmm nice fogs....who painted them ? they look ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL....the painter of the fogs must have charged you an arm and a leg for such exquisite work...
Marveling at your own work I see.....
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:52 AM
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if you ever see some random kid humping your car....its going to be me. that is just too damn sexy.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:30 AM
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dude i need those projectors......... INFO PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:58 AM
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I second the random kid humping your car, just please dont shoot me.... O_o

HAHA, but please a good clean LONG write up on a how to would be greatly appreciated.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 04:43 AM
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Looks great!!! How much cutting did you have to do for the IS300 Fogs?
~Scott aka Mouse
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 04:56 AM
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a lot....
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:48 AM
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f0cking awsome. i need to do that too. did you have to fabricate a housing to hold the fog lights inside the bumper?
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:19 AM
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nah, i just so happen to cut the bumper so that it fits flush and holds it in place. I also used some 3m tape to keep it from wiggling.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 07:05 AM
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obviously you know what you are doing
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Originally Posted by reagulator
obviously you know what you are doing


ill be quiet....
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 11:43 AM
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holy crap that's hot as hell.. are those the DDE's that Creative Compacts will be selling? where did you get them? the foglights look awesome too i'd totally rock those if i knew how to custom fabricate anything.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:35 PM
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So nice. Where did you get the IS fogs from?
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 03:54 PM
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how are the fogs aimed? are you able to aim them?
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:10 PM
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i heard that the fogs are actually upside down. So aiming it would probably be difficult
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 06:24 PM
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the fog light housings are upside down, but the projectors are right side up. If I had them pointed upside down it would be like always driving with yellow high beams.

Maximus, if you want to be able to aim them, you should use the same method you used for your retrofit. Since the projector is flipped upside down, the mounting holes do not line up. A mounting plate would be the best solution here. I, on the other hand, just wanted them to point straight and both in the same direction. I didn't have any sheet metal on hand so I used some 2 Ton Epoxy (basically imitation JB weld) and attached the projector to the reflector. I can still take out the projector because the part where it is glued can be detached.

Oh yeah, check eBay for the fogs. I saw someone selling a pair in the classifieds section yesterday, I don't know if they are still for sale.
Old Aug 12, 2005 | 07:02 PM
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i thought all you had to do was to flip the cutoff shield upside down? i didn't know you had to flip the entire projector inside. is it possible to get a picture of inside your bumper? i want to see how much you had to cut off. i know its a lot of trouble to climb under the car to take picture, maybe during your next oil change or something since i won't be doing that for a while at least.



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