My fr-s Winjet yellow fog light kit experience (Review) - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

cesar9127 · 01-18-2016, 08:04 PM

Hey guys,
So back in may 26, 2015 i purchased the Winjet fog light kit in yellow, Unfortunately i didn't do an instal tutorial, but it was fairly easy, wired them using the fog light switch that comes with the kit. So today is January 18, and I noticed that Winjet makes crappy foglights, p.s. i also have their headlights on my car. SOOO i came to the realization that the way they make their foglights yellow, they apply a crappy thin yellow film under the clear plastic cover and seal it up. As you can see in the picture i provided, the film eventually starts peeling off and tearing INSIDE. It distorts the light somewhat and bugs the crap out of me

I decided to email winjet even though their warranty is only 6 months to see maybe if they could at least exchange me just the fog lights themselves. No luck, ill let you guys read the emails exchanged. What i am going to do is, bake them open, remove the film, seal them back up and do a spray tint to the clear plastic. I will do a write up on that soon for anyone that is currently having the same issue as me, and for anyone that is interested in purchasing them, I would say do not buy the yellow ones. Get the clear and tint the yellow yourself. Also, the plastic bezel which comes shiny with the kit, looses its gloss within 3 months. It became very dull and ugly looking so i took them down to a local body shop and had them paint matched. Name: IMG_2189.JPG
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ryoma · 01-18-2016, 08:10 PM

you can probably just apply the film on the outside and call it done if you're lazy lol

DannyQ86 · 01-18-2016, 08:24 PM

They put a 6 month warranty on them because they know they are junk and will probably have issues within a year.. sucks.

Veeoh · 06-02-2017, 09:53 AM

Ah man I just ordered these too...hope I'll have better luck haha

mclovin85 · 06-02-2017, 01:48 PM

i have the clear ones on mine and have no problem with them... i also put yellow led's from ijdmtoy and havent got a problem yet.

here's a pic with them off

x808drifter · 06-02-2017, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mclovin85

i have the clear ones on mine and have no problem with them... i also put yellow led's from ijdmtoy and havent got a problem yet.

here's a pic with them off

That^^^^

Or put your own tint on the clears.

Teseo · 06-02-2017, 06:45 PM

My complain is the bezels lost the glossy black finish

DAEMANO · 06-02-2017, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Teseo

My complain is the bezels lost the glossy black finish

That sux. Nothing paint can't fix, but I know that feel man.

01-18-2016, 08:04 PM	#1
cesar9127 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2015 Drives: 2013 Scion Fr-s 10 series Location: San Jose Posts: 6 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 4 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	My fr-s Winjet yellow fog light kit experience (Review) Hey guys, So back in may 26, 2015 i purchased the Winjet fog light kit in yellow, Unfortunately i didn't do an instal tutorial, but it was fairly easy, wired them using the fog light switch that comes with the kit. So today is January 18, and I noticed that Winjet makes crappy foglights, p.s. i also have their headlights on my car. SOOO i came to the realization that the way they make their foglights yellow, they apply a crappy thin yellow film under the clear plastic cover and seal it up. As you can see in the picture i provided, the film eventually starts peeling off and tearing INSIDE. It distorts the light somewhat and bugs the crap out of me I decided to email winjet even though their warranty is only 6 months to see maybe if they could at least exchange me just the fog lights themselves. No luck, ill let you guys read the emails exchanged. What i am going to do is, bake them open, remove the film, seal them back up and do a spray tint to the clear plastic. I will do a write up on that soon for anyone that is currently having the same issue as me, and for anyone that is interested in purchasing them, I would say do not buy the yellow ones. Get the clear and tint the yellow yourself. Also, the plastic bezel which comes shiny with the kit, looses its gloss within 3 months. It became very dull and ugly looking so i took them down to a local body shop and had them paint matched.

01-18-2016, 08:10 PM	#2
ryoma Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Drives: 2015 Subaru BRZ Limited CWP Location: SoCal Posts: 1,561 Thanks: 34 Thanked 669 Times in 469 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	you can probably just apply the film on the outside and call it done if you're lazy lol __________________ My 2015 CWP BRZ Build

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