bought a set last week, not as bright as i thought it would be, resprayed lens yellow, question is, the sheild inside the fog, would it be brighter with or without, would i be blinding on coming traffic? which i doubt, lmk thanx

 

i have a set of them for my em1 and they arent that bright, but thats why im getting new bulbs

 

new bulbs will help a little, but 99-00 fogs are brighter then eg models, due to fogs being bigger... i might just keep the sheild on, and keep them a golden yellow.. until i can afford is300 fogs :D

 

there ya go

 

I had eg civic before, and my ebay yellow fogs where OK.
In your place I would by a yellow lens one, cause those aren't sprayed. I guess it's not so bright cause the paint.
And you should leave the shield in it, otherwise it will spread the light up and blind the traffic.