Fog Light Tint

ghogie91

Hi All,

I want to tint my fogs blue, black or yellow

My question is, is the film tint the best? Its purely aesthetic

Thanks

Gar

Atlantic Dawn

Eh fog lights are for driving in fog, not designed to be tinted.

ghogie91

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Eh fog lights are for driving in fog, not designed to be tinted.

Thanks a million for that input

colm_mcm

ghogie91 wrote: »

Thanks a million for that input

Id say the film is the best job, quite expensive for the right stuff though. As long as the light isn't proper blue coming out you won't have any bother from the guards.

Speedway

ghogie91 wrote: »

Hi All,

I want to tint my fogs blue, black or yellow

My question is, is the film tint the best? Its purely aesthetic

Thanks

Gar

Gonna wait for the fog light brigades arrival...

dgt

Last time I tinted lights, I dismantled the lamp and painted the inside with amber lamp then sealed it all up again

renofan

I've put a yellow film on mine, got it off ebay. Very sticky stuff and still on months later.

Paddy@CIRL

I just bought yellow 2500K bulbs which work really well in the fog and retains the original look of the factory lights.

sean1141

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Eh fog lights are for driving in fog, not designed to be tinted.

surely he can tint them and have them looking better for when there is no fog. They are still fitted to the car even when there is no fog out. Just because he tints them dose not mean he will be driving with them on..

dgt wrote: »

Last time I tinted lights, I dismantled the lamp and painted the inside with amber lamp then sealed it all up again

might not be possible with a lot of modern sealed units though.. or at least without a lot of work!

Laminx is very good. Can be tricky to work on to dome shaped lamps though. You will need to heat it slightly.

Anan1

sean1141 wrote: »

surely he can tint them and have them looking better for when there is no fog.

He can tint them or have them looking better for when there is no fog. Tinted foglights will look about as clever as square wheels.

dar83

Anan1 wrote: »

He can tint them or have them looking better for when there is no fog. Tinted foglights will look about as clever as square wheels.

I've tinted my fogs slightly and there's actually nearly no difference once they're on, but they look better when they're off.

Also in reality, I've had to use my fogs once in 13 months of owning the car. Generally there is no need to have them on at all, contrary to what the majority of people seem to think in this country...

Anan1

dar83 wrote: »

I've tinted my fogs slightly and there's actually nearly no difference once they're on, but they look better when they're off.

If you say so. IMO nothing looks better for having its performance deliberately degraded.

dar83 wrote: »

Also in reality, I've had to use my fogs once in 13 months of owning the car. Generally there is no need to have them on at all, contrary to what the majority of people seem to think in this country...

That's true enough.

biko

Wouldn't coloured bulbs be easiest to fit and last longest?

sean1141

Im guessing the op wants the tint on the lights even when they are switched off?? Will coloured bulbs do that?

ghogie91

sean1141 wrote: »

Im guessing the op wants the tint on the lights even when they are switched off?? Will coloured bulbs do that?

Yep this is what I want I want that HID/yellow spots look

I have bought that yellow film to put over the light so its yellow even when its off, its sticky but also handy of you want to take it off for a sale for example

I looked at those HB4 yellow bulbs, although they would be ideal when the lights are on and all it wouldnt be the same if lights were off, the look would be gone

To those who have tinted their lights with this yellow film, I havnt got a chance t otake outthe housing for the spot light I am planning on doing it this evening, would I need cable ties or tape to hold it on? Or is it genuinely stuck when on

there be nothing worse than driving along with half a yellow spot and not realising, now THAT would be embarrassing

cjt156

ghogie91 wrote: »

there be nothing worse than driving along with half a yellow spot and not realising, now THAT would be embarrassing

How could you live with yourself!



:rolleyes:

sean1141

When I laminx'd the headlights on my old car they stuck no problem

ghogie91

Right so I just tried putting the film over my spots..... it turned out unbelievably bad... the spots are like curved so the bubbles are shocking

Im going to go for the yellow bulbs, absolutely raging over the film that it didnt work AT ALL

where could I pick up yellow bulbs, think for my 06 passat they are HB4 9006

dgt

Try granville amberlight

ghogie91

dgt wrote: »

Try granville amberlight

do you paint the bulb with it or the actual spot light housing?

sean1141

Did you heat the film and stretch it over the light. It's not as easy as just laying it down especially on a curved light

dgt

ghogie91 wrote: »

do you paint the bulb with it or the actual spot light housing?

Spot light housing. Like in my earlier post, I dismantled the lamp and painted the inside. You're really meant to paint the outside though

sean1141 wrote: »

Did you heat the film and stretch it over the light. It's not as easy as just laying it down especially on a curved light

Like window tint I'd imagine

ghogie91

Is there anywhere in ireland i can pick up this granville amberlight? wanna get these spots sorted today

dgt

ghogie91 wrote: »

Is there anywhere in ireland i can pick up this granville amberlight? wanna get these spots sorted today

Any decent motor factors should stock it and if not ask for an alternative make, they all do much the same job

sean1141

t:Worse than window tint as it's usually heavier. I tried tinting the fogs on the leon but I couldn't because I hadn't enough to stretch over it. There are guides on youtube on how to do it. If the passat lights are anything like the ones on the leon they can't be took apart without cutting them open!

ghogie91

dgt wrote: »

Any decent motor factors should stock it and if not ask for an alternative make, they all do much the same job

sound cause I rang the local auto shop and asked about the yellow bulbs... yer man nearly jumped down the phone telling me they dont make yellow bulbs anymore haha

dgt

sean1141 wrote: »

t:Worse than window tint as it's usually heavier. I tried tinting the fogs on the leon but I couldn't because I hadn't enough to stretch over it. There are guides on youtube on how to do it. If the passat lights are anything like the ones on the leon they can't be took apart without cutting them open!

I used a heat gun and carefully scraped out the glue before the lens popped out.

Would have to take more abuse so heavier made!

ghogie91 wrote: »

sound cause I rang the local auto shop and asked about the yellow bulbs... yer man nearly jumped down the phone telling me they dont make yellow bulbs anymore haha

They do make em they just don't want to sell em because they're seriously bright in the wrong hands