ok so to be completely honest, i came upon this mod by mistake. last night i was taking a look at one of the lamps, when i noticed that one of them seemed to have a very minute chip in the glass of the lens, right where it sealed up against the black plastic housing. so i decided to take it apart and have a look
i loosened the two adjustment screws and took them out (one on each side of the housing). when i tried to pull the projector out, i noticed that the "halo" was clipped to the projector. i so loosed the clips (2 on each side of the projector) and then i pulled the projector out of the lamp housing. here is how the halo connects to the projector
upon removal of the projector from the halo, i noticed that the diameter of the halo was too big to come out of the back side of the housing. however, i needed to remove the halo in order i feel what that chip in the glass was. when i realized that it simply would not come out the back without scraping it against the sides of the housing, i decided to care less about the chip and put it back together.
this is where the accidental part starts... when i go to put the projector back in the housing, i notice that i simply cannot clip the halo back onto the projector while it is in the housing, because of very limited space... i had no room to put my fingers in there and grab it. i realized that now i had no choice but to yank the halo out of there... so i did
i ended up scratching up the silver paint on the halo pretty bad. i thought "great, now what?" i remembered people saying how they didnt like the look of the halo part; they thought it was ricey. so i got to thinking... "since the halo is already badly scratched, i wonder what it would look like with just the projector?" here are some more pics, of just the halo (the second one i removed, which for some reason basically came out with no scratches)
now, onto the bulb... in the rear of the projector, there are 2 small phillips head screws holding on a small plate. it looks like this
once you remove the plate, it looks like this
to remove the bulb, all you have to do is loosen another slightly bigger phillips head screw on the back of the bulb itself. it should look like this afterwards
Here are the bulb specs...
i took this information right off the back of the bulb. the brand is
SUN LITE, and here were the associated numbers...
H3 12V 55W [E4] 2JJ
going by the text on the bulb, it is an H3 bulb. this particular one is rated at 12 Volts and 55 Watts. just to confirm that it is indeed an H3 bulb, here is a pic i found on google of an H3 bulb
so i guess i solved the bulb mystery, which makes me glad because these things would look nice lit up in yellow (my personal preference) or any other color.
here are some pics of the bulb directly out of the projector
now, the projector itself is 2 pieces... a lower body, and an upper cap. they are held together by the adjustment screws, and by some type of adhesive. the adhesive is really weak though, and the 2 halves of the projector separated almost immediately after i removed it from the housing. so i tried some permatex gasket maker, still didnt do the trick. they again separated right after i took the pics lol. so im going to superglue them together later (which is fine, because the bulb is removed from the back, and not the front). here are some pics of the projector
this is the inside of the cap
here is the inside of the projector body. it has a chrome finish to reflect light, just like any other bulb housing out there
here is the whole projector and lamp housing now assembled. i must say that these things look WAY better in person, the pics dont do it justice. the flash on the camera is too bright. when looking at these things, all you see it the projector cap, and the surrounding area is all black. anyway, here they are
i noticed after i took the pics that the projector was actually in there slightly crooked, because i forgot to thread in one of the adjustment screws lol. so if the projector looks cocked to the side in any of the pics, thats why. the only complaint i have about these housings is that the back of it is completely open. granted, its pretty dark back there anyway, since behind the fogs lamps is the engine bay. still, that open space could easily let dirt in, or perhaps moisture. so when i install these, im probably going to completely surround the back in some kind of black felt or whatnot, to "seal it off". it doesnt have to be a complete seal, i only want it to block dirt out. most headlight housings are slightly ventilated anyhow. let me know what you think!
Don't like the "halos" in the eBay projector fog lamps? Here's your fix
pics will be up late this evening... just thought id give you guys a preview
if anyone has any other ideas, please post them up as well. i wanna put these in on sunday with my clear corners. im either going to get some yellow bulbs for the fogs, or go the other route... which would be matching these to my headlights, and buying the Silverstar H3 bulbs. ill also post up pics once these are on my car... my dirty, road-salt covered sorry excuse for a car 
i did get a video however, and ill load that one up from the other computer in my house when i get a chance
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