# New Fog Lights **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [March 31, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498 "2010-03-31T07:39:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/1 "2010-03-31T07:39:22Z")
So the car looked like this when I got it: ![http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/V_ren_cen2.JPG](http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/V_ren_cen2.JPG) Then I picked up a set of OEM STS-V fogs and it looked like this last summer: ![http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/20090809/20090809_front.JPG](http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/20090809/20090809_front.JPG) Still not exactly happy with the look, I picked up a set of stock fogs and replaced the lense with clear lexon (sorry for the dirty car cell phone pic): ![http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/CTS-V_new_fogs.jpg](http://ronoversiii.com/cts-v/CTS-V_new_fogs.jpg) I also upgraded the bulbs to 55W 4,500k DDM units. I don’t plan on using them with any oncoming traffic, but the stock bulbs were not even noticable with the low beam HIDs on. So this will light up the night on a back road. I will put the insurance back on it today and new tires go on Thrusday. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/2 "2010-03-31T07:52:20Z")
I want to see a close up pic of the lenses you made… ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/3 "2010-03-31T08:24:49Z")
> [@newman](#): > > I want to see a close up pic of the lenses you made… Well I don’t have any of them out of the car, but they look pretty identical to these: ![http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz149/yura767/My%20V/IMAG0054.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/0/0092c9e11450ecd7c567f66d74ad848c8b9779cb.jpeg) This has become a very common mod on the cadillac forum. Bake the housing, peel the lense, trim the metal splitter in the middle, either buy the pre-cut lexon or cut it yourself, heat the lexon a bit to make it bend with the housing, epoxy it and clamp it down till it dries. I did the sidemarkers with a set of smoked lexon lenses someone made as well. Edit here is another V with them installed. As you can see the edges of the housing are not really visable. ![http://i822.photobucket.com/albums/zz149/yura767/My%20V/IMAG0062.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/b/7b6acb1d2e1dcc78f4f81f94ddf2ab39c520b88e.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![cougarspeed](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cougarspeed/32/7468_2.png) [@cougarspeed](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cougarspeed)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/4 "2010-03-31T08:39:08Z")
You use a cts-v as a summer car? This intrigues me. I like the new fogs ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 8:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/5 "2010-03-31T08:49:25Z")
Yeah it was a California car, so I wanted to keep it clean. Also a higher horsepower RWD car in a city known for not plowing until it stops snowing, if at all, did not sound like fun. So I decided to go with a winter car as well. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:00am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/6 "2010-03-31T09:00:51Z")
I did something similar to my TL when I was in college… The results were much worse, lol. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/7 "2010-03-31T09:16:06Z")
Yeah I only decided to do it after seeing many people sucessfully doing it. I also bought a spare set of fogs incase I screwed up and the pre-made lenses. I like to mitigate risk whenever possible. ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 9:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/8 "2010-03-31T09:42:22Z")
Nice…did you paint the bottom and top flat surfaces of the reflector black on yours? I like the blackout look. ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/9 "2010-03-31T10:44:50Z")
The top and bottom are reflectors. Mine look just like the one posted. Not really a blacked out look, but much cleaner. At one point I was buying up a bunch of extra lights and was going to go the blacked out route, but I don’t want to draw any more attention with the cops and decreased light output is not something I was looking forward to. ---
**Author:** ![LUKE\_L](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/luke_l/32/7462_2.png) [@LUKE\_L](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LUKE_L)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/10 "2010-03-31T13:31:23Z")
If you painted the flat portions it will not affect your light output. The parabola is what gives you light output. ---
**Author:** ![Mankthetank19](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mankthetank19/32/5295_2.png) [@Mankthetank19](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mankthetank19)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/11 "2010-03-31T13:31:54Z")
Awesome and very nice ride!! ---
**Author:** ![BigRon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/58956e/32.png) [@BigRon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BigRon)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 1:51pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/12 "2010-03-31T13:51:02Z")
> [@LUKE\_L](#): > > If you painted the flat portions it will not affect your light output. The parabola is what gives you light output. Interesting. Well if I ever have to redo them I will consider it. But not worth the effort to tear it apart when I like the current look. > [@Mankthetank19](#): > > Awesome and very nice ride!! Thanks. I was seriously considering selling it this spring and picking up a 09. But after hearing it fire up, I am now leaning towards waiting till later in the summer (August-ish). Plus it is definitely a better financial move. ---
**Author:** ![baseball24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baseball24/32/7452_2.png) [@baseball24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/baseball24)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2010, 4:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/new-fog-lights/152498/13 "2010-03-31T16:31:17Z")
looks alot better