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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 08:58 AM
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Has anybody thought of either fabricating or know of any foglights that will fit our cars in place of the front bumper side reflectors?

I know most fog lights are circular or oval, but I really think that if the rectangular shaped vertical fog lights where to be "pushed" out a bit, they might look quite pretty
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 09:07 AM
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how could you ever get them to face foward?

atleast one guy did put fog lights in the grill however.
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 09:35 AM
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but I really think that if the rectangular shaped vertical fog lights where to be "pushed" out a bit, they might look quite pretty
I meant pushed out to the sides but fit the space perfectly at the same time. If the lights where to be pushed out to the sides, they would clear the front bumper area that obstructs their projectory.
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 06:46 PM
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Been interested in this myself. Anyone comes up with a solution, let me know.
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 06:56 PM
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I am in the process of purchasing some HID LIGHTS
and make a housing for them and mount them behind the grill like this.
I am going to make the housing out of sheet metal and make mounting
bracets.
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Old Jan 6, 2004 | 08:17 PM
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here's some pics of a z with foglights

it's alan's from the norcal forum, very clean job! he said the lower lip is ings+1.



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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 07:25 AM
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Wow...looks great!
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 08:04 AM
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A couple of places on line sell what they are calling "350Z Fog Lights"...none of them show them installed however.

http://www.overnightautoparts.com/ni...fog-light.html

http://www.andysautosport.com/nissan...foglights.html


Looks like some of them would fit behind the grille nicely.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 08:26 AM
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This looks like it could fit by cutting out maybe the bottom half of the corner section of the grill.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 08:54 AM
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Alan's does look great. Can we get some info on how it was done?
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 09:30 AM
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Those lights look hot.
Makes your Z look original.
That'll look awesome in the rear view mirror of drivers as
you pull up on them.
Looks like this might be my next non performance mod.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 11:15 AM
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i love the fairlazy badge he stuck on that lip - that looks hot
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 01:48 PM
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Nickargon : hey, did you change the HID in the headlight too?
or is it stock???

where can you get one of the fog lights...that look HOT!
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 01:56 PM
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it's not mine, it's alan's from the norcal forum
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 04:08 PM
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what HIDS are those in the headlights they look nice! ares do yours look like this??? and where can i get those fog lights they look bad ***! nice work let me know if u can

Thanks
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 09:59 PM
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using a pair of Hella 5.5" round conversion housing w/H1 hidset. by cutting a perfect round hole on the two plates inside the grill, flushmount the housing from the inside(behind plate). for angle adjustments, the plate is held by two plastic clip on top to the bumper reinforcement, therefore, improvise a strap-bracket on the bottom of the plate to move in or out. before all this can happen, u must re-locate the oil cooler sat behind the right plate. total etimated time;5-6hrs. PM me for more details..good luck!!
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 10:14 PM
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hard to tell any color hues from photos. cameras are notoriously bad for giving blue or purple hues to white light. big-al would know though.

they do look good; very nice install. plus mounted nice and low; probably great in the fog.
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Old Jan 7, 2004 | 11:11 PM
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Originally posted by ares
hard to tell any color hues from photos. cameras are notoriously bad for giving blue or purple hues to white light. big-al would know though.

they do look good; very nice install. plus mounted nice and low; probably great in the fog.


i saw big-al's car in person, and i can definitely say that its one of the nicest zs out there.
big-al's headlights are very similar to the color in the pic. they are a lot bluer than the oem hids. they look really nice. his foglights closely matches the color of the hids, although he mentioned to me that he is going to change the foglight to better match the headlight, although his car looks perfect to me as is.
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 12:01 AM
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Here's mine : PIAA 2100XT Fog Lights
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Old Jan 8, 2004 | 02:27 PM
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Looks great.
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