Yellow fog lights
01-14-2009, 08:37 PM
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For the past month I've been reading and looking at all the pictures of folks that have matched the brightness and color of their fogs with their headlights. For the past week or so, it has been foggy as hell and I would love better visibility. I'm using the stock fogs. Set looks aside for a minute... Isn't a yellow light better? Are there good looking, brighter, and/or more effective fogs that I can purchase? Again, I'm more concerned with function than looks right now.
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01-14-2009, 08:41 PM
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Originally Posted by radzM550i' post='768337' date='Jan 14 2009, 09:40 PM
go with the HID fogs, they are very bright and look so much better than stock! 
01-14-2009, 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by GENEaTALS' post='768339' date='Jan 15 2009, 12:41 AM
right, but will the brightness cause more glare with the fog? Kinda like high beams on in the fog
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I believe yellow light does a better job in dense fog. Like Gene said, the brightness/white color of HID gives more glare in foggy situation.
01-15-2009, 08:24 AM
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In terms of seeing ability in foggy conditions, brighter is not always better. There is a reason they teach you not to flash your high beams in fog, the beam reflects off of the fog and comes back to blind you. A yellow standard halogen bulb is actually optimal for foggy conditions. You may be better off with a 3000k bulb color to provide more visibility.
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3000k lights (yellow) are better at cutting through fog. If you are purely concerned about function right now, your stock fogs are probably going to do a better job at giving you visibility then 6000k HIDs.
The higher you go up the temperature scale, more you decrease your visible light. What you could do, is run 3000k HIDs in your fog lights though!
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The higher you go up the temperature scale, more you decrease your visible light. What you could do, is run 3000k HIDs in your fog lights though!
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Originally Posted by advans' post='768521' date='Jan 15 2009, 09:36 AM
i love my yellow fogs and yellow angel eyes!
Its because yellow is the color of our skin.
and Egg noodles.
01-15-2009, 10:05 AM
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ive always wondered about fog light color also, got some info that makes sense...
The reason for this is that fog tends to hover about 12 to 18 inches off the ground. So by projecting light in that fog-free pocket, you can illuminate the road a greater distance from your car and therefore see farther ahead. Some people swear by fog lights. Others claim that they don't really make much difference. So the question becomes, to yellow or not to yellow? There's a lot of debate about this, but the research says that yellow lights are no better than white lights at penetrating fog. The theory bandied about was that yellow light has a longer wavelength and is therefore less likely to be reflected by the fog particles. Turns out, this is untrue. Apparently, the fog particles themselves are so big that they reflect all colors of light. Basically, all light bounces off them, so using yellow light instead of white light gives you no advantage.
The reason for this is that fog tends to hover about 12 to 18 inches off the ground. So by projecting light in that fog-free pocket, you can illuminate the road a greater distance from your car and therefore see farther ahead. Some people swear by fog lights. Others claim that they don't really make much difference. So the question becomes, to yellow or not to yellow? There's a lot of debate about this, but the research says that yellow lights are no better than white lights at penetrating fog. The theory bandied about was that yellow light has a longer wavelength and is therefore less likely to be reflected by the fog particles. Turns out, this is untrue. Apparently, the fog particles themselves are so big that they reflect all colors of light. Basically, all light bounces off them, so using yellow light instead of white light gives you no advantage.