So I've been wanting OEM fogs for a while on the Alty, but to install the housings the bumper has to come off and once my lip and skirts go on I'm not gonna want to take the bumper off, I just know it. For a while I thought I wanted 3000k fogs but I was thinking the other night, that if I had 3000k fogs they wouldn't match my turn signals and my corner lights which would bother me immensely. So I got to thinking, and remembered there was a guy on nissanclub.com who did his "JDM" interpretation of a 2nd gen Altima since there is no overseas equivalent and he painted his corners and fogs orange. Now, I don't agree with everything that he has done but I kinda like this. I thought he used a film at first but it turns out it's a translucent paint similar to what people use to smoke their tail lights with. Now if I have fogs I want them to color match as this is the whole point of me getting fogs. If the color doesn't match my corners which already matches my turns then I won't do it and last I checked they don't make a yellow corner (bulb type 3157LL) and a yellow turn signal (3457LL). For those of you that are visual people here's the car that I'd be modeling this after. I will not be painting the corners, just the fogs.
Lights on:

Lights off:

Front view:


I think if I do this I'll be painting my turn signal as well so that there is some collaboration when the lights are off and the orange housings don't look completely out of place. Thankfully his brother has already painted his turn signals so I have a visual.


I've already asked a few of you about this via text message but I thought I'd rather get the opinion of the entire forum then just a select few. For those of you if any who want to paint your housings orange the paint being used is, http://www.tamiyausa.com/product/item.php?product-id=85073. If you would like to see larger versions of the pictures before answering here is a link to his cardomain, http://www.cardomain.com/ride/537218/6.

meh, not really feelin it man. Def do 3000k HID fogs. Best investment I've made. As for the corner/signal:

3157 LED yellow

Looks like these work for either 3457 or 3157:

19 LED yellow

omg...i cant believe im saying this but that car looks sick

I approve. It's the front lighting equivalent of "curtains matching the drapes".

I like the headlights...whats different about them? They tinted or something?

nevermind..looked at the cardomain...they look pretty cool

I like the orange, It's different. I have heard that Orange is effective in fog too.

I'm diggin it as well

gayer than a bucket of aids

i like it! do it up

Now I'm kinda torn. Although I would like to see the bulb in an actual housing first.




Thanks, I didn't know if you meant that in a negative way or not at first but I got it now.




Exactly. Thanks.



How did I know you were gonna bash this?

because i only like things that look good?

Now that I clicked the car domain so I could see the pics bigger. I'd say to find some more amber looking bulbs instead of orange.

Yeah....now if you had gotten 4 new bulbs (headlight and fog light) all of different colors... (i'm thinking red, yellow, green, and blue) then he'd be on board!

2 words.

Roof Rack

i think he just used a couple to many coats on there. I PMed him about what bulb he's running in the fogs. I think it's an HID bulb but I'm curious as to what Kelvin rating.



+1 I wasn't gonna say anything but it looks like others beat me to it. . .

what theyre functional!!!!!!

2 words



lime green
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and mike my cars all one color if i had a halrequin that woulda been a good insult tho

Every car needs a color. People that don't ski or snowboard don't need racks.

im getting a basket to put shit in so suck it trebek

It works because you've expressed your interest in a harlequin, and your....lets say, admiration. So, since they're ugly, i can equate your lack of taste to it despite you not being in possession of one.

I try, I try.....

wow, valid point. wouldn't have thought of that.

They're functional if you actually use them unlike many fanbois that buy them for the "look"

Your MS6 was multicolored


Oh and streched tires

because they are rare just like your pos dodge



my ms6 was you are correct but it looked fine to me and stretched tires serve a purpose also so you fail

aaahhhh yes I forgot the smaller contact patch on the ground gives you better traction.

Ok, enough with the Junior bashing. He even made his own thread for it so bash him over there. I went out and found the paint today. It only took me 3 different hobby stores. For anyone thats looking to do something similar in the RI area AA Hobbies on Jefferson Blvd and Apponaug Hobbies carry the Tamiya TS line, although Apponaug doesn't carry the clear orange. So as soon as I can pick up a cheap pair of housings which a guy in CT supposedly has I'll be starting this. And when my tax return comes in I'll be picking up my skirts and lip from the shop. I just have one quick question about the wiring side of this. As far as I know I am not prewired for fogs. Does anyone know of any junkyards that have any 00-01 Altimas with fogs in them? The reason the year is so specific is because they changed the bulb type between 99-00 to an 881 so I need the female end of the fog wiring so I don't have to chop up the HID wiring where the bulb would plug into the harness. I plan on running these off of the parking lights btw.

Bumpity bump. Yesterday I sent the money for the housings so they should be here in a few days and today I went digging to check one more time if I was pre-wired and lo and behold I am. So now I need to ask the seller if he has the stalk and relay as well because if he does this could be a one stop shopping trip.

Bump Again. . .
I managed to get the turn signals done yesterday. The fogs and stalk came in the mail a couple days ago and I picked up the relay at NAPA as well.

Supplies Used:


After one coat:


After five coats and one coat of clear:


After I posted this on nissanclub.com the guy who I'm modeling this after posted up with a better picture of his brothers car. . .


So the next nice day off I get I will be doing that as well as the fog's.

I like it.

I think you should round it out like the black one

Just for future work, instead of trying to make masking tape into a circle, get that 1/8"- 1/4" wide tape, it makes so much easier to go in a circle with it in one piece vs several pieces. Then lay your wider tape around it and you will have a perfect circle, without all the little straight edge marks

That's what I plan on doing on the next nice day off I have.

you want amberlamps?

why didnt we think of that before?!?

i like the black ones lights u should finish it off like that dude!

Very funny. . .now,

where did u get teh stuff to do the blinkers? i know it s ays "AA hobbies" but where is that? im doing my bumper lights and my stupd parking lights

It's right on Jefferson Blvd in Warwick.

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=AA%20hobbies...sa=N&tab=wl

Managed to get the fogs sprayed tonight. Should be getting put on Monday, weather permitting.

Starting out:


Three coats in:


Twelve coats of color and four coats of clear, AKA: finished product:


This is the color I was going for and I will be adding to my turns when I get a nice day to do so. Once again, TS-73 is the color being used. The color is a few shades lighter in real life for those thinking it may be to dark.

I like that black car...looks real clean

Love the fogs dude! U gonna do the rest of the headlight like the black one? I think you should the combo will look sick!

That's the plan the next nice day I get.

I think I'm going to refer to your car as ambalamps from now on lol

Is there a temp that paint it good for...i was thinking of doing my fogs with a yellow but they get wicked hot

Yesterday was my second day back from vacation and I resprayed the turn signals and got the stalk installed.

Stalk w/ OEM fog switch:


Front View:

Right Side View:

Left Side View:


All that's left now is to wait for the HID's to come in and install the fog housings.

@ Hyland: When I was originally searching for this paint the only time I saw that someone had an issue with their fog housings was if they had used a film with a halogen bulb. If they used paint with HID or halogen no flaking or burning occured. I won't be able to give a report on the halogens though since when these get installed they will be with HID's.

EDIT: For some reason the first two pic's aren't coming up full size. I dunno why.

hmmm the stalk looks like the same one used in the A32 maxima's.. I wonder if they're compatible.

I believe it would come down to the harness connections, but knowing Nissan I would wager a guess that they are.

crap

Yea it would. Because the J30 autodimmers are the same as the i30 IIRC.

that looks horrible ......... sorry

Crap as in the finished product or crap I ask because the guy who I'm modeling this after as halogens in his fogs and corners and he has no issues with cracking or burning. I remembered that after the fact, sorry.

Crap as in i thought i was in a dif thread and wrote something totally out of place so i edited it...probably shouldnt have changed it to crap lol