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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 08:59 PM
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Ive been wondering how Lexus had there foglights so rich in yellow and i've been researching for the past week and found their solution, they use yellow capsules.

I actually didnt use Lexus yellow capsule but used DA's JDM foglight capsules. This DIY is pretty simple, better and way cheaper than retrofitting a whole IS300 foglights into EG foglights. I got the DA's capsule on ebay and the seller i bought it from have couple more set as of yesterday 10/07/09.

The foglights are from my EG four door. First i removed the bulb cause i didnt want them to break and im using H3 PIAA Plasma Ion


Testing fitting, this is what i was wondered about the clearance i have in the housing and it was perfect!


I used Permatex windshield and glass sealer because i was told that contact cement will melt under the temperature in the foglights.


Simply, apply the sealant on the bottom of the capsule and dont add too much cause it will go into any hole. once it cured/dried for an hour you can add more to your desire.


TADA! its 7 at night here in Honolulu so ill mount them as soon as i get home from work tomorrow.
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:01 PM
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nice ill be keeping an eye on these,

could also sell these as sets urself
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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hmm i wonder if these would work with the 99 00 ek kit
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:14 PM
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Originally Posted by Integra4lyfe069
nice ill be keeping an eye on these,

could also sell these as sets urself
Haha yeah that sounds good but im hella busy with school n works. if youre interested in a set of capsules theres two more set i bought from a guy on ebay.
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:40 PM
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Originally Posted by acake em1
hmm i wonder if these would work with the 99 00 ek kit
i did rough measurements 1 inch diameter and about 1.5 inch high
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Old Oct 8, 2009 | 09:48 PM
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Niice keep us updated

Ps aloha bra (learned that on Dog The Bounty Hunter)
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 03:52 AM
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No shields though? wont they be blinding or something? why are there reflector shields on my fogs? whats the seller, i am interested in buying a set <3 <3
Oh yeah, Pics or gtfo?
no final product on the car??? why Pl0x
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 04:44 AM
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what kinda od bubles are tho?
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 05:13 AM
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im in for some pics of these beasts
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 10:43 AM
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i want to see pics of them installed and on.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 11:10 AM
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No shields though? wont they be blinding or something? why are there reflector shields on my fogs? whats the seller, i am interested in buying a set <3 <3
Oh yeah, Pics or gtfo?
no final product on the car??? why Pl0x
This is actually the back of the housing. The shield is attached to the front along with the lens.

CHeck your PM.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 11:11 AM
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what kinda od bubles are tho?
Bulbs? Im using PIAA Plasma Ion H3
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by Lasky
im in for some pics of these beasts
Originally Posted by Tuner Eddy
i want to see pics of them installed and on.
I'm currently at work and will mount this one as soon im finish works and do a lil test run tonight.
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 06:15 PM
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Just got done with the DIY. Enjoy.

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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 08:39 PM
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Hey, did your foglights have glass magnifiers inside? only one of mine does wtf?
it makes the light look sooo much brighter!
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by kozanatos
Hey, did your foglights have glass magnifiers inside? only one of mine does wtf?
it makes the light look sooo much brighter!
Yeah mines does
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Old Oct 9, 2009 | 09:39 PM
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i just did a test run and here how it looks, im satisfied of the outcome, nice and rich yellow


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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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looks klean..i m bout to do this to my 96 fogs and bout to buy yellow hid in h3 lol..nice diy bro
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 05:29 AM
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ill have pics, Charging camera now... Will do later...
Oah i have yellow housings so it should be okay...
Took out the reflector on mine, a little brighter.Seriously those magnifiers make them sooo much more bright.
I will probably put the reflector back, its counter intuitive because some light leaks upward. So imagine in a foggy night it will make it hard to see and i would have to turn them off... yeah...
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 09:09 AM
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It looks good on the car, output isnt too great though. H3 bulbs suck.
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Old Oct 10, 2009 | 11:57 AM
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Got a problem, when my fog lights are on now, my radio whines a lot T__T do you have that problem? I've always had bad reception but do you have extra problems with the fog lights?

Heres my pics with cheap (almost DEPO but better quality) yellow glass housing fogs
I can get some daytime/night time pix too :S






^^ the last 2 are like duplicates but the top has auto-adjust colors and the bottom one is 'unedited' on some 'night time mode'

Just trying to show the yellow how it is. I am happy with it.
And dont make fun of my dirty garage theres a lot to be missed in there (h22, and motorcycle!!!!)
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 08:18 AM
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hey im on oahu too, do you go on forumshawaii? if so whats your username? I was wondering if i could take a look at your lights in person. lmk/pm me
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Old Oct 20, 2009 | 07:22 PM
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Wow Great DIY. Yaah I was always wondering about how come Lexus has such a clean yellow. Looks great !
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 05:39 PM
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looking soild braddah!
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Old Apr 21, 2010 | 05:24 PM
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Bump cuz im doing this **** on my eg this weekend and was curious of how and found this thread..THANX Anyone else running these? I dont like how pale yellow light looks on the oem ones.
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