turbocad's custom fog lights?

[turbocad6]

when I built my fx I converted the front bumper to the 07 up new style, the fog lights are different & the earlier ones don't fit the later bumper, so I needed new fogs. there are no aftermarket fogs available for 07 up style, & the factory fogs are ridiculously expensive for what amounts to a cheap plastic housing with a plastic lens... I didn't want to spend $300 for a pair of OE fog lights, I figured I could get something even better & for less...

well, I've been driving the fx around for quite a while now with no fogs, & I finally decided to do something about it. I did buy a pair of 4" yellow lens fogs, they were a metal housing & a glass lens, all for around $70... original thoughts were to just use them & pop a set of hid's in there, but, then I got to thinking, what would really be awesome would be if I could use a projector in the fog light from the fx headlight... & then I thought, well, if I'm going to do that then it would be cool to also have them motorized like the headlights so I can raise them up & down with the headlights, that, & the bi level hi-low should make some pretty cool fog lights I thought...

well, labor day weekend I was bored & started playing with this, first thing I did was chop up a set of headlights to see just how small I could make them & still keep the motorized part intact... after they were chopped down to minimal size I then modified the radiator support & behind the bumper to see if I could fit them & have them lined up with the fog light openings... I was able to fit these behind the bumper & from the front they just look like normal 4" fog lights, size wise anyway I will have to modify my washer fluid tank a bit because these need some of the space that this took, but otherwise everything fits....

heres a few shots of what this turned out like... I still need to final assemble them & mount them in the car, I'll use 3k hid's for that extra yellow look. I also did a ring of LEDs around them to match my headlights... this led dot setup looks a lot like the new m35-45 headlights... these pictures are with just the aux led lights on, not the hid part...






















hopefully these should be finished & in the fx by the weekend, I also played with some red leds in these & with the red leds & the yellow lens it looks kinda orange as an end result... I don't know, kinda kool but also maybe kinda close to red too, I'm not sure but I think I'm going to just stay with the yellow(white leds) I'll put some shots up of the orange later..

 

[gto]

That looks too cool.
Hey, how 'bout we change your title
'Official light hacker' or something

 

[909FX]

Very nice. I like the contrast between the yellow and white led

 

[Dr.2K]

Very cool as always John. I want to be the first one in on these as well as the headlights! Great job once again.

 

[xratedfx]

i had a idea for projector fogs to ......but you take the cake. good work :top:

 

[jc'sfx]

'Official light hacker' or something

How bout just HACKER? He manages to hack everything up only to put it back together better than when he took it apart ... Nice work as always, John.

 

[HumbertoCALI]

Can't see the pics.. Seems attachement is comming form G35 driver..

 

[Psiclne]

Can't see the pics.. Seems attachement is comming form G35 driver..

Same here - just Red X's for me

 

[turbocad6]

driver gets overloaded sometimes, there back up now

& yeah, light hacker just sounds so... limited?

 

[zcspec]

never ends does it Turbo...

 

[gto]

driver gets overloaded sometimes, there back up now

& yeah, light hacker just sounds so... limited?

Ya, your right.
You should change it to Resident Hacker

 

[brown_fv]

those are crazy

 

[Chedman13]

wow - remind me never to cut you off. You'd just raise you 1,2,3,4, no wait 6 projectors with HID's directly into my rear view mirror.

 

[BaBaLuwee]

Turbo, you are one unbelievably talented person. I bet your ride looks even more amazing in person. Awesome work!

 

[fxlr8]

Cool stuff as always... Turbo, throw your info in the "Services" section if you want.... Your work is always A-1:top:

 

[turbocad6]

thanks guys.

when the hids are on I'm sure there gonna look bright, I should be able to point them down & not blind with them on low & down, I'm trying to think of when I would use the led mode though... maybe with parking lights? as dtr lights?

I played with red too, gives an orangy glow, maybe a little too red thouigh...

wonder what would happen with blue leds, might look purply, gotta see if I can get some blue leds & try it... no matter what when the hids come on it'll go yellow, guess I could adjust that color a bit with different color hid bulbs too really...

 

[Dr.2K]

I think you would get pulled over with the red.

 

[turbocad6]

2 more with just the white ...

 

[turbocad6]

I think you would get pulled over with the red.

yeah, probably, guess I'll just stick with the lemony look, might try the blue just to see it before I button them up though...

 

[Rubare]

wow.. so i have a few querstion on this one... you said you
1. installed a 07 and up from bumper in your FX in order to put those fogs lights?
2. those fog lights move up and down just like the head lights?