Disappointed at LaminX - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

xenarc · 01-22-2018, 10:30 PM

I got my LaminX today for my 2017 Fog lights and I was disappointed at the precuts for this fog light style. Not only that but I expected a deeper yellow, Instead i got a light yellow output.

I should've purchased a whole sheet instead.

8RZ · 01-23-2018, 08:59 AM

I'm happy with mine.

Vital · 01-23-2018, 09:16 AM

same had mine for a year now and im happy with them no issues with discoloration either

bababooey · 01-23-2018, 09:21 AM

satisfied with mine as well, 3+ years on all time headlights are on, no discoloration. and the solution to deep yellow output would be actual bulbs that emit yellow light.

OP i suspect you may need to order the 13.14.15 version.

8RZ · 01-23-2018, 09:32 AM

If you want a brighter, deeper yellow then you should look into 3k HID bulbs.

xenarc · 01-23-2018, 09:49 AM

The 2017 fog lights do not use bulbs. They have built in LEDs.

8RZ · 01-23-2018, 09:58 AM

Oh ok, nice. I wonder if anyone makes yellow LEDs for them yet.

JazzleSAURUS · 01-23-2018, 10:40 AM

LED's through Laminx/film often ends up with slightly wonky colors. My sister has a set of 5000k LED foglights that to the human eye show up as a nice pure white. I got her some yellow laminx and the two together show up as a weird pea green color.

Swapped in some 4300k halogens, and it's a nice yellow color, some 5000k halogens and it's a bright/light yellow. Back to the LED's and it's green.

In my 15, I got the blacked out glass depo housings for the outback, and added 3000k Hella halogens with an adapter harness. They look fantastic, but I don't know if the 17+ wiring can support the wattage, as they are made for LED's not halogens like the 13-16 cars are.

KMA KiCKz · 01-25-2018, 05:54 PM

Sorry to hear that they gave you some weird cut outs. I had the lamin-x fog light covers on my frs. About a year, no complaints. A little over a year and a half, I started noticing a darker shade in the middle of the cover. A few months later, it had gotten bigger and found out it was burning it and it had hardened. Perhaps I had installed them incorrectly, but it definitely protected them from all the rock chips in the free way. I ended up scarping it off and just running it without it. I am running stock bulbs if that helps.

ichitaka05 · 01-25-2018, 06:01 PM

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Originally Posted by KMA KiCKz

Sorry to hear that they gave you some weird cut outs. I had the lamin-x fog light covers on my frs. About a year, no complaints. A little over a year and a half, I started noticing a darker shade in the middle of the cover. A few months later, it had gotten bigger and found out it was burning it and it had hardened. Perhaps I had installed them incorrectly, but it definitely protected them from all the rock chips in the free way. I ended up scarping it off and just running it without it. I am running stock bulbs if that helps.

Huh, I have em on mine since '14 and don't have any issue on headlights nor foglights... but I am running LED foglight bulbs from Diode Dynamics, so output temperature might be different

01-22-2018, 10:30 PM	#1
xenarc Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Drives: 2017 SUBARU BRZ Location: MIAMI Posts: 198 Thanks: 3 Thanked 70 Times in 49 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Disappointed at LaminX I got my LaminX today for my 2017 Fog lights and I was disappointed at the precuts for this fog light style. Not only that but I expected a deeper yellow, Instead i got a light yellow output. I should've purchased a whole sheet instead.

01-23-2018, 10:40 AM	#8
JazzleSAURUS Senior Member Join Date: May 2015 Drives: 15 BRZ LTD, 05 FXT Location: Western MA Posts: 1,032 Thanks: 561 Thanked 558 Times in 351 Posts Mentioned: 9 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	LED's through Laminx/film often ends up with slightly wonky colors. My sister has a set of 5000k LED foglights that to the human eye show up as a nice pure white. I got her some yellow laminx and the two together show up as a weird pea green color. Swapped in some 4300k halogens, and it's a nice yellow color, some 5000k halogens and it's a bright/light yellow. Back to the LED's and it's green. In my 15, I got the blacked out glass depo housings for the outback, and added 3000k Hella halogens with an adapter harness. They look fantastic, but I don't know if the 17+ wiring can support the wattage, as they are made for LED's not halogens like the 13-16 cars are. __________________ SOLD: 2015 WRB BRZ Limited ('02 WRX BBS, S-04's, Stoptech Sport pads, MXP SP, AVO drop in filter, Mishimoto Intake tube, decatted header, OFT 93 Stage 2 EL Tune, Kartboy rear shifter bushing, Whiteline transmission and subframe lockout bushings, ST Coilovers, SPC Camber bolts w/smaller crash bolt, SPC LCA's & SPC Toe Arm bushings, Red TOMs, TRD Wing.)

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01-23-2018, 09:16 AM	#3
Vital Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Drives: 2015 BRZ Location: Texas Posts: 693 Thanks: 213 Thanked 336 Times in 254 Posts Mentioned: 5 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	same had mine for a year now and im happy with them no issues with discoloration either

01-23-2018, 09:21 AM	#4
bababooey Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Drives: BRZ SWP Limited -6MT Location: HillCountry-TX Posts: 422 Thanks: 145 Thanked 158 Times in 103 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 1 Thread(s)	satisfied with mine as well, 3+ years on all time headlights are on, no discoloration. and the solution to deep yellow output would be actual bulbs that emit yellow light. OP i suspect you may need to order the 13.14.15 version.

01-23-2018, 09:49 AM	#6
xenarc Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2017 Drives: 2017 SUBARU BRZ Location: MIAMI Posts: 198 Thanks: 3 Thanked 70 Times in 49 Posts Mentioned: 3 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	The 2017 fog lights do not use bulbs. They have built in LEDs.

01-25-2018, 05:54 PM	#9
KMA KiCKz Certified Wumbologist Join Date: Dec 2017 Drives: 2015 Scion FR-S Location: San Jose, California Posts: 259 Thanks: 439 Thanked 339 Times in 145 Posts Mentioned: 2 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Sorry to hear that they gave you some weird cut outs. I had the lamin-x fog light covers on my frs. About a year, no complaints. A little over a year and a half, I started noticing a darker shade in the middle of the cover. A few months later, it had gotten bigger and found out it was burning it and it had hardened. Perhaps I had installed them incorrectly, but it definitely protected them from all the rock chips in the free way. I ended up scarping it off and just running it without it. I am running stock bulbs if that helps.

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