I was wondering how much less usable light you get out of your standard grille fog lights when tinted? Can anyone shine some light on that issue? (literally)

I use my fog lights on a daily basis, mostly for driving lights and increased visibility at night... don't want to really ruin that.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

it really cuts down on the useability, i have the blackout tint from stangmods...but it looks oh so good

 

 

They are hardly driving lights. Too much fluting in the relector. I converted mine to Hella's triggered by a relay when I hit the high beams..
I'd suggest tinting so you **** fewer people off (like me) if you insist on running them all the time.....

 

I'm converting mine with an HID retro kit then tinting both fogs and headlights. from what I've seen the tints don't really have that bad of an effect on light output.

 

Every since I owned my 90 LX Coupe, not much I've liked better than a Mustang w/it's parking & fogs on! Loved more in my 95, now blown away in my 11!! Every time I drive mine, I turn on both. I wanted to put on tint on my light/reflectors. Just don't have funds yet. Those shine better than I thought would. I was looking @ StangMods tint, pretty sure.

 

lol thats a big reason i did mine lol

 

Ironically, in Canada they ARE the driving lights. Daytime Running Lights (DRL) are standard on all new Canadian car, so the fogs are always on (except at night when the headlights/HID's come on and the fogs go off).

 

Chad:
Do you have a daytime picture of your tinted fog lights? What shade of tint did you use? I know they offer smoke and black out, which I believe translates to a 35% and 20% tint...

 

Here is one that I have uploaded now...I have a couple more on my facebook www.facebook.com/chdspny

And yes is is the blackout

 

That looks sweet!!! As I have everything black, I think I'm sold on the idea of tinting my fogs as well and then install a dark pony emblem.

Did you do the tint install yourself? Was it pretty easy? Never done anything like it before.

 

I have a 50% tint... which is relatively light.

It cuts down on a good amount of light penetration. I like using my fogs, and use them often- so I decided not to go any lower.

Got mine here:

http://www.headlightarmor.com/10-11-...ction-kit.aspx

How dark it appears depends on the direct level of light. It definitely tone downs on the white housing. And for that I am please.

 

I did it myself this is stangmods 35% smoke tint. Best mod for 15.00.

The attachment came out blurry use this link:

http://gallery.me.com/paulsantoro/100208/DSCN7551

 

Really easy install

And big papis posts convinced me to get them...only 35 was backordered so I went with 20

 

When you tint the fogs yourself, is it best that you remove the fogs from the grille or can you do it with them installed?

 

mine was done when they were still installed

 

I have stang mods black out ones n they look great. They do cut down on the light big time, but I never even turn mine on any way. I actually hate them lol.

 

I've been trying to find a good 12" tint for our fogs. I saw a local detailer did some film on a GTI which looked fantastic, and was toying with the idea of doing the same to mine.

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