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Old 11-11-2012, 03:14 AM   #1
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Default 08+ Impreza Fog light glass removal help!

I am wanting to know the needed temperature and best tools to use to remove the glass lens off of my 2011 (08 body style) Impreza's fog lights.

The reason behind this is because I will be doing a Morimoto Matchbox retro fit into them soon because I dont just want to throw an HID kit in there and blind everyone.

P.S. Right now I am doing a quad bi-xenon retro fit into the car and can upload pics once its finished if I can get some help with this little issue.

Please and Thank you for the help!
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Old 11-12-2012, 12:34 AM   #2
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Supposedly the same temperature to open up headlights will work. The sealer is a different material though. It's supposed to be more brittle. Good luck.
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Old 11-12-2012, 01:30 AM   #3
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Turns out its 250 degree for 10 minutes..careful prying..and almost burning yourself and stabbing yourself with screwdrivers..but it is apart.

Downside. I shattered a lens but know of a replacement lens thanks to a thread on 3G WRX forums..

But on a side note, are the fog light housings made of a metal material or a plastic or aluminum? I cant tell.
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Old 11-13-2012, 07:23 AM   #4
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I would assume the bowls are injection molded thermoplastic polymer and the inner is a sputtered or electroplated Al, much like the STi and WRX projector bowls are. If you look at the bowls from the headlight you'll see (PPS-(GF+MD)50) stamped on it, which is a Polyphenylene Sulfide with 50% mix of glass (fiber) and mineral reinforcement.
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Old 11-13-2012, 02:56 PM   #5
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Fantastic.. Looks like doing a Morimoto Matchbox projector swap just became a lot harder or impossible.

Thank you for the extensive detail though, will help in seeing if I can actually have the swap done.
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Old 11-13-2012, 06:09 PM   #6
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There's someone on here who did it with a 2012, I'm not sure how much different they are though
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Old 11-14-2012, 04:56 PM   #7
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There's someone on here who did it with a 2012, I'm not sure how much different they are though
Any chance you can send me the link to that? Id love to see how they did it.
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Old 11-14-2012, 05:24 PM   #8
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http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/show....php?t=2333347

They aren't the matchbox ones but they're probably not to different

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Old 11-14-2012, 07:59 PM   #9
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They aren't the matchbox ones but they're probably not to different
He used the Blazer kit which isnt being made anymore. Well thank you. Guess its back to the drawing board for me.
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Old 11-14-2012, 08:23 PM   #10
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Try contacting him, he might be able to help out with some sort of custom fit
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Old 11-14-2012, 08:32 PM   #11
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Try contacting him, he might be able to help out with some sort of custom fit
Sounds good. Thank you for the help. But I will say, by the looks of the fog lights on the '12 model, they are just plastic which mine are some form of Aluminum I believe.. or so said a member above.
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Old 11-14-2012, 09:47 PM   #12
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Maybe do away with the housing and make some kind of custom housing for them, just some kind of box that can be sealed once it's all aimed. Sounds interesting actually lol
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:10 PM   #13
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Maybe do away with the housing and make some kind of custom housing for them, just some kind of box that can be sealed once it's all aimed. Sounds interesting actually lol
I could take my old low beam projectors, seal them up and put a clear lens on them. Think that would work? I may even be able to make them Bi-Xenon with a little work..Just wouldnt be able to put more than a 35watt HID in them otherwise it might cook them.
How would that sound?
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:15 PM   #14
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You might have glare issues with them if they're your stock projectors, you might want to just stick with the matchbox ones if you already have them
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Old 11-14-2012, 10:25 PM   #15
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You might have glare issues with them if they're your stock projectors, you might want to just stick with the matchbox ones if you already have them
Even with a clear lens swap..? Well, its worth a shot I suppose.. but no, i dont have the Matchbox ones yet, came here first to see if they would work out.
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Old 11-15-2012, 07:10 AM   #16
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I don't think that the blazers are to much different, they still need to be inclosed right? I still think there will be glare, and the stock ones are kind of big, my morimoto d2s projectors even looked small compared to them and there about double the size of the matchbox ones.

You still might be able to find a set of blazers floating around on ebay somewhere though.
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Old 11-15-2012, 07:51 AM   #17
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I assume you're talking about the stock WRX projector? The clear lens will do nothing to make the projector better. Hell it will make the glare even more apparent.

You're not going to get the width you want from it as a fog light. I just did an STi retrofit and took some images for comparison between the stock halogen projector and the STi projector. Even with the shield down and with a clear lens on the WRX projector, there's still weird glare coming up the sides, I assume from the non-ideal optics and then the flat shield. The width also sucks.



After the STi retrofit, I can say I really don't need fogs, as the width of the beam is actually pretty ridiculous and more than I thought it would be.

TRS took down the Matchbox projectors from their site, but apparently they're coming out with a sealed version, from what I hear. You might want to check them out when they're available, which is supposed to be in the next few weeks/month...

EDIT: It might be a while longer for those new Matchboxes: http://www.hidplanet.com/forums/show...box-projectors

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Old 11-15-2012, 04:08 PM   #18
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I just went and read that entire Forum post, looks like Im waiting!

Thanks for the help and those pics are a great help as well, I will upload mine when I get a chance and the project is finished.
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Looks like I may too
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