Mod options for fog lights only (2011 GT)

[KonaBlue11]

This didn't seem tech specific enough, since it's more of an information gathering, rather than a thread on a tech installation, so I hope I'm good posting here.

I've spent countless hours searching, both this forum, and burying my head thru Google, so as to not be asking a dumb, often asked question. I haven't really been able to learn specific options or installation methods for cleaning up my stock 11 GT's fog lights.

I know I definitely want a halo or angel/demon eye effect. The fact that they're bright even during daylight is a plus in my opinion.

I've looked at Raxioms, and even their smoked version still seems to "bleed" a lot of light onto the reflector which isn't an effect I want. I don't really care how effective the fog lights are, I just want tightly delineated halo's with no light coming from the center, or bleeding into the center, if possible (and legal?).

What I'd like to end up with is some kind of LED halo in the fogs that have the same color temp as my stock HID headlights. I just don't want the big ass incandescent bulb with it's odd yellowish light clashing with my HID's. But, and here's where I'm stuck, I'm trying to figure out how to get a true halo, with absolutely no light "bleeding" into the reflector. Can I get away with just painting the reflector a flat black? That doesn't make sense, since it will heat up much, much more than the stock reflector. Can I paint them black and just remove the stock incandescent bulb without error codes or breaking laws?

As retarded as this might sound, what I'm visualizing in my head (but don't know if it's street legal in CA) is my fogs with the whole reflector housing either painted black, or smoked chrome, so that almost no light can emit from them except for the halo. I don't really need fogs. I live on the coast in the most foggy town of all of California and my vision is fine with my HID's alone. So, I think the fog's can be utilized only as esthetic items. I definitely want to keep the fogs, just not with the incandescent.

So, if anyone can share any links that I might have missed, or throw any knowledge my way about the how-to's and legalities of blacking out a fog light so that only a LED halo ring shines, I'd really appreciate it. I've looked at Raxiom and haven't been impressed. Oracle looks like they can make what I want, but I want to learn about blacking out the reflector of the fog light before I jump into anything stupid or illegal.

This is my pathetic, at the gas station but decent overhead lighting shot of the front of my otherwise stock front end.

 

[stang8psi]

Why would deleting the fogs be illegal? No you won't get any error codes by taking out the lights or bulbs. Currious to why you would want halo fogs when there is nothing led about your front end to match lime the 13+ headlights have. Why not get the raxiom and paint them I guess.

 

[TenSpeed]

OP stated that he is running HID's. Not sure what k they are though.

 

[KonaBlue11]

Yeah, they're HID's, but I'm not sure what Kelvin temp they are, but that shouldn't take much footwork to figure out.

I'd go with whatever lighting balances out the brightness of the HID's, with the more yellowish and ugly fogs.

These tips are good. Maybe I can just order the Raxioms and paint the reflector? I don't know how they wire up, but I'd seriously not mind if they only have the halo. I just don't want any light bleeding into that reflector. In my mind, it slightly blurs and ruins the look.

I also have plans I'm working on to redo a better grill insert. Maybe have the black trim* around the grill primed, sanded and smoothed out, then painted the same Kona blue, so it sorta looks similar to the 13's.

 

[Sky Render]

Stock HIDs are ~4000K, I believe.

 

[TenSpeed]

Stock '13 grilles are all black, not paint matched.

 

[KonaBlue11]

Late night typo on my part, but what I was referring to was the black trim around my grill. Whereas yours is body color. I had accidentally written "trip".