Dirtyswiff

I purchased the oem blue foglights from eBay when I first got my car I now want to switch to yellow and was wondering where the color was coming from the bulb? or the lense? That way I can just replace them, or do I have to replace the lamps all together?

Carbon8

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Both, You can get yellow bulbs and yellow lensed. Its up to you but both options are available

JamesD31

The typical, OEM ones are clear lenses, so the color is based upon the bulb. You can easily tell if your "lens" is a certain color, as your fog lights will automatically look like that color.

The style is all up to you, if you want to have that "yellow" look 24/7 even without the lights running, get a lens. You can then use either a white or yellow bulb to add to the effect.

monchie

I was thinking of replacing the color of my fogs to yellow...

Dirtyswiff

Thanks for the suggestion guys, trying to go with the option that is less hassle and less expensive. I just purchased the ap exhaust system and I thought I might as well do the yellow lamp install while I'm at it.
What are you waiting for? Lol

JamesD31

Like I said, both are "cheap." LED bulbs for certain spots can be expensive, I think mine for the fogs were ~$40 / each from V-LEDS. They are super bright, etc. etc.

You can find cheaper ones on ebay if you looked, but my guess is you will find only decent go good ones in the ~$25+ range per bulb.

The film is cheap if you shop around, then you have the option of using white or yellow bulbs. You also get the "yellow" look even with the lights off for show-room style look if you want that.

BTW... good luck with the AP midpipe, I heard it is raspy, etc. I was reading up on stuff since my TurboXS came in and I wanted a new midpipe that wouldn't be raspy and as loud - got me a BHR midpipe last night, can't wait for that to come in.

Dirtyswiff

I have a picture of one of the fog lamps, I'm not a fog lamp expert or anything so correct me if I'm wrong but I'm assuming the light bulb (even when not on) is being illuminated by the metallic housing, giving off the affect that fools me in wondering whether the housing is blue or the bulb. If it is this bulb, I will be picking up some and if I don't think they are up to par, i will get the film. Super easy! As far as the ap system goes I've only heard of the raspiness when utilizing the midpipe alone with the stock exhaust, however I've purchased the entire system, but thanks for the heads up who knows ill prally be swapping with the bhr midpipe, if it doesn't sound deep enough. I've been going back and forth from exoticspeed and ap cuz of prices finally settled for the ap but the best combo IMO is borla exhaust with ap midpipe. Just don't like borlas look too boring.

monchie

I know i will...lol

EricB

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i have not looked at my fogs to be able to tell what you have, but im pretty sure it is the lens...

mazda made 3 different types

clear lens, blue lens and multicolor.

i know the 40th came with the blue lens, but im not sure which others did. most came with clear.

Dirtyswiff

Are u sure its the lense? because even looking at the picture i had initially ruled them out, it appears to be either the bulb or the metallic housing, I'm going to have to pull out the bulb and go from there.

EricB

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i dont know.... you are having me second guess myself...

ive never messed with any of my lights so i dont know for sure..

However... I know mazda sold 3 different varients, clear, blue and multicolor (both clear and blue shine white when turned on)

clear looks....clear during the day with the light off
blue looks....blue during the day with the light off
multicolor looks....yellow+blue during the day with the light off

Im not a light guru at all, but logically...

1st. The reflector should probably be chrome to reflect the most light, i dont think they would color the reflector.

2nd. Why do they ( or why did they i should say) sell 3 different options when buying the foglight kit for rx8s without foglights standard. Doesnt it make more sense to just sell the clear version and then pop in different colored bulbs? This costs mazda less money by having to not make different variants of the same thing.

But i could be completely wrong.. so..





ahhh fak what am i talking about.. it has to be the bulb..They arent going to tint the lens of the multicolor yellow in the middle and blue on the outside.. and when it shines its yellow.. 4am is rough.

Dirtyswiff

Haha ur a funny guy thanks for your detailed help bruh, its 1 am where I am not as rough. Lol lets hope your right and it's just as easy as the bulb.

cybrmage

Unfortunately.... It's not the bulb... It is the lens...

I purchased a set of factory fog lights in multicolor to replace the broken clear lamps on my 04GT. The clear lamps had white bulds and when lit were white. The multicolor fogs came with white bulbs and when lit are yellow. On my 05GT I have a set of blue fogs and with white bulbs installed they shine a blueish white.

On the clear and blue lights, a high intensity 6500K LED works well to produce bright illumination that is a close match to the OEM HID bulbs, but when the same bulbs are used in the multicolor fogs, the light output is disappointing.

EricB

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thanks for the info!

Dirtyswiff

Okay so just to be thorough, in order for me to make the conversion to yellow lamps I will have to replace the lens and the bulb? Seems easier to just buy a new set. I didn't think it was gonna be that much of a hassle.

cybrmage

If your fogs are clear, you can change the color by changing the bulb.
If your fogs are blue, you can change the color by changing the bulb, but the resulting light will have a blue tinge to it.
If your fogs are yellow, you are stuck with yellow.

So, you stated you had blue fogs, and you can change the fogs to yellow by getting just the bulbs.... the light produced will be a slightly green yellow.

Dirtyswiff

Okay so now I gotta trade em or sell em . Because if I put a yellow bulb with that blue lens that gives me green?? Haha Ok done deal I know what I must do.

JamesD31

You can always just pull the damn light bulb out and see what color it shines to determine what fog light style you have.

Dirtyswiff

I have picture of one of the fog lights in a couple of posts above this one. I'm sure it's the blue one as I purchased it myself. Lol was going for a different look before, but my red 8 looks way better with the yellow fog lights, very jdm. Too bad everyone and thier moms have it. When I started this thread I was confused because i didnt wanna disassenmble the whole foglight housing, I had a feeling it wasn't just the bulb, never expected it to be the lens but I have a better understanding now. I just need to sell, trade or buy a set of clear fogs, pull the lights, replace with some good yellow bulbs and maybe add the yellow film.

cybrmage

Ok... The "Green" tint I mentioned is an over-simplification.... The yellow coating on the bulb reduces the intensity of all colors except yellow... the blue coating on the lens reduces the intensity of all colors except blue... what you will get is a light that has more yellow and blue in it.... the light output will be towards the green end of the yellow band of the color spectrum... You wont get an actual green light...



The multicolor fog light is actually a yellow/blue coating....



If you can get a set of yellow H11 bulbs locally from somewhere that accepts returns, try the bulbs before you replace the housings... much cheaper for the bulbs... and return the bulbs if you dont like the resulting color...

Dirtyswiff

That sounds like a great idea, wonder if anyone's already done that. I was thinking myself that it would overpower the blue but how about if I slap the yellow film on top of getting the yellow bulb? Do u think that would eliminate the blue or at least make it look non existent? I just don't want it to look tacky. But if u cant notice, you know what they say! out of sight out of mind.

JamesD31

That could work as well, try the bulb first and see how that goes.