stas2007

It seems that there is no real solution to color matching stock ugly fogs to the OEM 4300k Hid headlights. I did a lot of searching and tried a few different bulbs and by far these are the best. I would say they match 99%.
They are Sylvania ZXE 9006, which you can get for about 50$ in Autozone. I think 50$ is a bit steep considering you can get HIDs for that price, but i hate the look of hids without projector lenses, since they just glare out the whole fog light.
The only time you can see the fogs and headlights look different is when you are looking at them up close from the side, this is because the projector on the headlights makes them appear more blue than they are, while the fogs remain the same.
Overall very happy with them and I dont think there is a better match unless you get projector JDM fogs with HIDs.
Thats the bulbs I used:


Well all I have for pics are crappy Iphone shots but it actually is better since you can see lots of glare and the color lines from both headlights and fogs: Enjoy
Far Away:


Closer, notice the 4 lines and how the color is the same:


More close:


And up close:

CJITTY

Looks pretty good and matches great! I know that fog lens will appear different in color than a projector lens even with same color temp due to the optics and stuff like that. But you did a great job in matching on these pics. But for me... I avoid the situation by going with 3000k yellow HID fogs

PhatDad

That's a very good match.

Sebastian9

thank you very much for this stas2007.Were the bulbs easy to install? I think i'm going to go with that look

adamls2

How do you install it?

vasy

stas2007,

How do these new bulbs compare to the factory bulbs in the driver's view from inside the car? Do you see the road better with the new bulbs or about the same? Please update us on the life span of these bulbs. They probably last 8 - 12 months.

JohnLS430

Nice idea, I put the ZXE bulbs in my Tundra, high and low beams and love the light they produce.
I may be putting them in my LS460 fogs, pricey but they look good, got them for 38.00 a pair on ebay.

GSP David

iTrader: (1)

damn those look pretty good.

Falbz

Thanks for posting this man........ Picked up a set today and installed them until I pickup an hid setup. They came out pretty good for just bulbs.

FYI Autozone and pep boys both carry these bulbs

Tee

Looks good! When one blows in the future instead of replacing them think about going HID next, I know you will love them.

yodanadane

I second that how do you install, the whole bottom of the car is covered .

stas2007

Its just 3 tabs around the front bumper, i took them out popped the cover to get my hand through it and changed the bulbs.

CJITTY

I did a DIY on HID install. Since you are new on here, let me help you out by posting the link..but next time you should try and use the search function...tons of info on this site at your disposal

Here is my HID DIY https://www.clublexus.com/forums/5883474-post1.html

stas2007

Thanks CJITTY, I actually read your DIY before installing the bulbs, it helped a lot since I was clueless what to remove to access the fogs.

adamls2

So it's just as easy as pulling back that plastic and twisting out the bulb?? KEWL.....