Fog Lights: Round or Rectangle?

[All2kool]

Fog Lights: Round or Rectangle?

Personally, the Round Fog's just don't do it for me.

 

[1LoudLS]

round wins for sure, because the bumper that holds them looks 20x time better.

 

[Lseme]

round wins for sure, because the bumper that holds them looks 20x time better.

^^^ what he said x infinity

 

[G-RELL]

whats the point of this poll? what bumper looks better?

 

[LS4me]

Round compliments the round headlights.......

 

[izzy]

Definitely round foglights. Just like on my new GEN1 LSE bumper.

 

[roncoinc]

Square,,,,round is SO year 2000..

old and lame.

 

[1LoudLS]

for the record, I even prefer the the fake round fog lights in the square(ish) 2nd gen base and sport bumpers.

 

[joegr]

My 04 has rectangular plastic lens, and my 06 has round glass lenses. I've not had any problems with the rectangular plastic ones. After the third or so broken round glass lens, I stopped replacing them on my 06.

 

[All2kool]

My 04 has rectangular plastic lens, and my 06 has round glass lenses. I've not had any problems with the rectangular plastic ones. After the third or so broken round glass lens, I stopped replacing them on my 06.

I covered my NEW Fog Lights in vinyl - to aid in rocks bouncing off and not having them get that sand blasted look after a while.

 

[cmack]

roundtangle FTW!

 

[Telco]

I'll make a totally different suggestion. Larger than the hole the foglights shine through now, set back in the car a bit. Build a block that keeps light from shining through anything other than the foglight hole. This will give the appearance of having the whole hole lit up.

 

[All2kool]

for the record, I even prefer the the fake round fog lights in the square(ish) 2nd gen base and sport bumpers.

I also like that look. Are the mounting poles in the same spot - I mean - can a Gen1 use those as well?

 

[G-RELL]

standard on 2gen non lses!

come on man

 

[1LoudLS]

I also like that look. Are the mounting poles in the same spot - I mean - can a Gen1 use those as well?

its close but not quite a match... a couple of done it. Bigrig had a couple of post showing how he had to do it...

 

[RJLipscomb]

I think the round "fog" lights on the 06 have a good balance between luxury and sport.

 

[FDR]

its close but not quite a match... a couple of done it. Bigrig had a couple of post showing how he had to do it...

It can also be done by breaking 1 bumper tab, lengthening one foglight stud, and drilling a new hole in the foglight bucket to put another stud. It's then a 2-stud mounting setup. I think I also trimmed the bucket a bit. I used long bolts so I could adjust the left/right aim. The Gen2s have a slightly different angle in the front, but the backs are very similar.

 

[RigsLS]

I also like that look. Are the mounting poles in the same spot - I mean - can a Gen1 use those as well?

its close but not quite a match... a couple of done it. Bigrig had a couple of post showing how he had to do it...

Slight issue with this conversion in my opinion!

left 1st GEN, right 2nd GEN fog lamp w/ 01 Sport bumper cover.

complete different mounting post & tab locations.

Housing alignment determines direction of beam, when flush at the back housing,
the projected beam would be aligned correctly to the roadway.

Projecting straight in alignment with the bumper, facing correctly onto the roadway
causes the front of the lamp to be seated on such an angle that creates a huge gap.

When forcing the lamp lens into the desired location for fastening ...

The direction of the lamp changes and begins to point inwards,
resulting in a cross eyed fog lamp'ed LS. (which is way too much for my OCD.)

Modifications to the mounting proves more challenging than expected.


Correct lamp alignment is important to me. I'm not prepared to cut and glue or screw it in,
it's not a very good fit, at least not with the parts I have here.



Are there different version of the 2nd GEN fog lamps ?

Anyone manage to complete this mod (w/ pics) ?







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more: http://www.lincolnvscadillac.com/forum/showthread.php?3687-Fog-Light-Conversion

 

[LS4me]

The only place they don't really fir is the top, outer corner. There will be a little gap that probably won't be noticed unless one knows about it.

 

[Bimmer]

Round Fog lights were 1st. So they should be Old School.

 

[FDR]

Round Fog lights were 1st. So they should be Old School.

What? You mean before the LS, when all lights were round? Because within the LS, rectangular came first.