it was fun until one day my friend tells me that my fogs are white and i get out the car and check that the yellow casing around the fog light is cracked. like half the casing just got sliced off. It's not messy but is there anyway i can fix it or do i need to buy a new headlight?

 

See if you can find just a replacement cover, but after removing the old case, and sealing the new one on there, might just want to get a new one.

 

yea, i'm just thinking about buying a new headlight but everyone is selling by pairs. We'll have to see.

 

Mines cracked too. I used yellow H3 bulbs in there instead and it actually looks better than when it had the sleeve on it. Try that

 

that was what i was thinking too. but my driver side is not cracked and i dont' know if the yellow will match. What brand were the bulbs? Lumnics?

 

yep, luminics rock. just crack the other fog -_-

 

DAMN FOO! that's money right there... lol.... i jus ordered the lumnics, they should be here in a few days. It's okay to leave the cracked casing in there right? since i don't wanna open up my headlights

 

The yellow fog light lens is actually made of glass. If you shake it and get it to break into smaller pieces you can shake it out through the headlight bulbs socket. Its pretty common that they break off. If you leave it in there it will bounce around and scratch up the chrome reflective lense.

 

tell me how it goes mike...

 

god damnit! my luminics bulb just blew out! Your thread cursed them!

 

this is why i dont like to own rare jdm products. once u break it, it'll cost a lot to replace

 

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Cost me five dollars to fixed mines.

Here's the story:

Noticed my passenger side JDM ITR HID fog capsule was broken. The light output and color were different from the diver’s side. I only assumed that the fog capsule cracked from people slamming my hood close. Never let the hood fall to a hard close, or the vibration will slowly crack the fog capsule.

Instead of being sad about it, I decided to do something about it. I remember someone selling Acura Legend fog capsules for like $30 a pair plus shipping on HT. I called around town to see if the junkyard had some; they all didn’t have a clue what I was talking about. Went to the local pick and pull; broke the lens off an Acura Lengend’s fog lights and took the yellow fog capsules. The cashier didn’t know what I have, and had to explain it to her five times. She finally got tired of looking up a price and gave them to me for $5 dollars. I could have just put them in my pocket and walked out, but I’m an honest guy. Damn military honors code!

I baked my headlight to separate the lens and the rest of the headlight; took out the broken fog capsules and the capsule retainer. Took a flat head to separate the retainer from the clip that holds the retainer and the rest of the broken fog capsule. Keep in mind that the legend fog capsule is just a tad wider on the base, so it’s not a direct fit into the retainer. Solution is to sad the base of the Legend’s capsule just a little bit to make it fit in the retainer. After that just put everything back in reverse and resealed the headlights.

I took lots of pictures as I went along. I’ll create a DIY when I get a chance. Here are some of the more interesting pictures. 5 dollars and a little faith is all it takes!



^^^ Acura Lengend Fog Capsules, $5 a pair



Broken Fog Capsule from JDM ITR HID headlights (non hid are the same)



Left: Broken Fog Capsule joined with its other half (no good anymore). Right: Replacement Fog Capsule from Acura Legend ***Don't try to glue the broken capsule together and put them back, the glue with just be heated up by the fog bulb and eventually break apart.



Legend Capsule in place. Its not pushed in all the way, but once it is it should sit flush on at the top with the cover



HID reflector bowl just incase anyone wants to compare the part numbers with the S2Ks and TSXs (so no other person have to open up their JDM HID headlights just to confirm the #





JDM RHD HID Yeah!

 

^ Good info!

Mine arent broken

But if they ever do break, now I'll know what to do.

And knowing is half the battle.

 

ditto!

 

what year legend can you get the yellow caps from?? is there any other cars that have these caps also?? i think the older tl's have them too, right??

 

Hi there I have a questions and hope someone can help me out. This is my first time in Honda-tech so i dont know too much about Honda. I have an Integra GSR with Turbo, the engine is fully built with 84mm piston, eagle rod, 550cc injectors and is currently running by AEM ecu. My question is this, if I take out my turbo complete and put back on the stock gsr manifold and stock ecu back in, would the car running normal again?? OR there is no way i can go back to stock with all the engine modification? I want to see if I can passed DEQ by put back the stock manifold, stock cat back and catylic converter? Please let me know if this posible. I really want to know. Thank you.

 

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you are posting in the wrong area - which is poor etiquette.

i'd suggest you try it and see. it probably won't run right because your pistons are likely tooo low of a compression but it is theoretically possible to pass that way. of course, there are easier ways to pass too.....

post in the Forced Induction forum and you'll get more/ better answers.