I've just installed some lower sports bumper fogs, bought from the heronew GB, that I'm not having any luck with as far as the integrity of the lenses are concerned.
First, before the fogs were even installed, I pulled a major bonehead move and dropped the box they were shipped in, causing one of the fogs to develop a star-shaped crack in the outer lens (projector was intact however).
This incident prompted me to seek a replacement, and recently, with the help of a fellow board member, I managed to get my hands on some replacement projectors (entire unit with lenses and housing).
When I was installing these units, I decided to replace the stock bulbs with 5000K H3's (55W but give the output of 100W according to the package). After the bulb-change, I drove around for a day or so with the fogs on. On the second day, after parking the car, I kinda walked around to the front of the car to admire the fogs and was a bit intrigued to see that one of the fogs seemed to have some sort of a pattern printed on it. When I looked closer (my nose about an inch away from the fogs), intrigue turned to horror as I realised that this was no pattern I was looking at, but rather there were tiny cracks in the projector lenses (not the exterior lens this time).
The cracks run vertically and do not emanate from a central point. Also, there's no evidence that anything stuck the lenses from outside, since the exterior lenses are intact. The projector lens damage is present in both fogs. On one of the fogs the cracks, as mentioned earlier, run vertically and each crack seems distinct from the rest. On the other fog, it seems like its all one big crack that's kinda snaking its way up and down the projector.
The only think I can figure at this point is that the heat from the bulbs caused this. I am 100% certain that when I took out the projectors and opened them to replace the bulbs that the projectors were intact. I am equally certain that when I finished the install, that the everything was intact.
Anyone have any idea what could have happened here? Anyone experience anything similar?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.
First, before the fogs were even installed, I pulled a major bonehead move and dropped the box they were shipped in, causing one of the fogs to develop a star-shaped crack in the outer lens (projector was intact however).
This incident prompted me to seek a replacement, and recently, with the help of a fellow board member, I managed to get my hands on some replacement projectors (entire unit with lenses and housing).
When I was installing these units, I decided to replace the stock bulbs with 5000K H3's (55W but give the output of 100W according to the package). After the bulb-change, I drove around for a day or so with the fogs on. On the second day, after parking the car, I kinda walked around to the front of the car to admire the fogs and was a bit intrigued to see that one of the fogs seemed to have some sort of a pattern printed on it. When I looked closer (my nose about an inch away from the fogs), intrigue turned to horror as I realised that this was no pattern I was looking at, but rather there were tiny cracks in the projector lenses (not the exterior lens this time).
The cracks run vertically and do not emanate from a central point. Also, there's no evidence that anything stuck the lenses from outside, since the exterior lenses are intact. The projector lens damage is present in both fogs. On one of the fogs the cracks, as mentioned earlier, run vertically and each crack seems distinct from the rest. On the other fog, it seems like its all one big crack that's kinda snaking its way up and down the projector.
The only think I can figure at this point is that the heat from the bulbs caused this. I am 100% certain that when I took out the projectors and opened them to replace the bulbs that the projectors were intact. I am equally certain that when I finished the install, that the everything was intact.
Anyone have any idea what could have happened here? Anyone experience anything similar?
Thanks in advance for your help and advice.