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Old 12-17-2011, 06:14 PM
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Yellow foglight bulbs and Lamin-x

I've had the yellow foglight films on with the yellow Hella bulbs and thought they were holding up well. Today I noticed the same burn marks on the films. So much for yellow bulbs running at lower temp.
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are the bulbs touching the lens?
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So much for yellow bulbs running at lower temp.
I'd like to know who or where you were told that yellow bulbs run at a lower temp
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Mine were showing burning when I traded in the car and I only used the fogs in bad weather (like fog). Would have replaced them if I had kept the car.
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Mine burnt the whole lamin-x off.
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Where you using the yellow or the clear lamin-x???

Hmmmm...guess it wouldn't matter. Sounds like lamin-x doesn't handle the bulb well.
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I'm using nokya 55w yellow bulbs and yellow lamin-x covers
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AFAIK, the reason that Lamin-X burns more on fogs is because the housing is smaller and all the heat is more concentrated, on headlights being a much bigger unit, the heat is dispersed more so the Lamin-X doesn't burn as easily if at all.

Even so, I ran Lamin-X on my Subaru's JDM fogs with HID's for years with no burning at all and I ran the fogs most of the time as driving lights so I guess halogen bulbs and any sort of lens film are a bad combo.
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Have you tried to get a replacement? https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...n-x-films.html
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i sent pictures to Lamin-X describing the problem and they shipped me out new ones for my fogs.
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Have you tried to get a replacement? https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...n-x-films.html
This is my 4th set (1st with yellow bulbs). They even claimed to send a set with "high-temp" adhesive.
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I will be checking mine up close today. I don't run my yellow fogs much though, it's inconsiderate in normal driving conditions.

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