Lamest Mod Ever?

I have a 2010 III. I don't really feel the need for fog lights but hate the gray inserts. They just scream CHEAP. Would it be possible to just have the inserts painted to match the car and be done with it. It would, at the least, stop the eye from being drawn directly to the gray plastic when looking at the front of the car.

I don't see why not. Any number of paint places can match the factory color code, I've seen some online that offer spray paint cans of it. Get one of those, make sure they're clean, mask them off and go for it.

If you plan on doing that, make sure you use a primer that is specifically designed to be used on plastic first. As always, prep is more important then the actual spraying.

Covering over the entire hole would look even better.

If you got matching paint and clearcoat it would look "OK." Not fantastic, and it still screams that you don't have a particular option on the car. You could always get the cheapest compatible foglight kit off of eBay and get a set of the inserts. You could install the foglights on the car, but not bother with wiring them up. The installation part is very, very easy and takes about 5 minutes per side.

What color is your car? I have BP and was thinking about painting the inserts black. But than I went with the fog light option ($140 in parts). Should be able to install those this weekend.

i was thinking about painting them a matte black

maybe use some matte black vinyl for the lower center front bumper

17" black rims would be nice also


just playin

I like that. Even without replacing the inserts (just painted black).

I too have been thinking about the fog lights for months, and thought about a Faux look.
Like a vinyl bumper sticker cut out, silk screened to look like a fog light.
Mostly white with some grey to look like a reflection.
OR
Aluminum Foil/Mylar cut out with some spray adhesive on it.
It's worth a try!

Faux fog lights? You can get the real ones for like $100

Props for being exactly accurate to the subject of the thread!

$100 for something you'll never look at once installed, only to impress strangers?
I'll keep my $100 and move on....in 2 yrs it'll be irrevelant to you.

over 2 years, $100 vs. $30 spent on functional vs. faux foglights would be irrelivent too.

I got my car a week and a half ago and I just install my fog light without getting it wired yet. I don't like the cover that comes with my Prius 3 and even thou I am not goign to wire the fog light until a few days later , but I rather have a non working fog light there other than a cover or painted cover.

When I first read the title of this thread the first thought I had was this was going to be about a moderator not doing his job here.

One of the many reasons I bought the V was the grey rubber blanks in the front bumper cover in the other packages. They looked so useless and just begged to be filled with the foglights.

Dumb question, but couldn't you just parallel the fog lights power with the headlights?

you'd still need to relay them to go off when the high beams came on.

No, that wouldn't be lame enough.

Anyone tried these?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350275833932

"[FONT=Trebuchet MS, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Optional factory fog lamps cost $360+. BlingLights lamps install within the factory fog lamp spots, outperform the factory lamps and cost less, guaranteed.[/FONT][/FONT]" ~$60

See also:
http://8007610235.ecrater.com/product.php?pid=4391810

Blinglights suck. You have to cut your original fog light covers to make them fit.