New fog lights anyone?

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I looked, but I'm not seeing anything that really indicates those are actual fog lights, other than the name. It seems to me, from the lens and reflector shape, that they really aren't anything more than medium floods, and I suspect using them in actual fog might get you a lot of glare back at you, even with them mounted very low. :dunno:
 

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I looked, but I'm not seeing anything that really indicates those are actual fog lights, other than the name. It seems to me, from the lens and reflector shape, that they really aren't anything more than medium floods, and I suspect using them in actual fog might get you a lot of glare back at you, even with them mounted very low. :dunno:

do you have any you reccomend in that same size? :dunno:
 
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I looked, but I'm not seeing anything that really indicates those are actual fog lights, other than the name. It seems to me, from the lens and reflector shape, that they really aren't anything more than medium floods, and I suspect using them in actual fog might get you a lot of glare back at you, even with them mounted very low. :dunno:

do you have any you reccomend in that same size? :dunno:

Not really... I checked them out a little further on the manufacturers website but didn't get a whole lot more info. They claim they are fog lights, and that the lens and reflector are shaped for that purpose, but I still don't quite see it, and they don't show a beam pattern on the site.

True fog lights are designed with a sharp cutoff on the upper beam, and should be mounted as low as practical. The whole idea is that fog generally sits a little above the road surface, not actually on it, and the beam is designed to go under the fog without bouncing off it back into your eyes, the way normal headlights do (or even worse - high beams) and not blind you.

One other thing I saw on the web site was that even though the bulbs are rated at 100w each, they only put out about 40,000 candlepower, with is actually slightly less light than many factory headlamps (which are generally 55w), and far less than most aftermarket headlamps (generally 65,000 cp or better). That leads me to suspect that the light these things give off is going to be yellowish, even with clear lenses, because the filaments are thicker and heavier than normal. Lightbulbs are designed to have a certain "temperature" at a particular voltage, to give a "white" light. Run 'em at slightly lower voltage and the light gets yellowish because the bulb is running cooler. Makes 'em last longer too. Or, you can design the filament for a slightly higher than "normal" voltage, so that when they get run at that normal voltage you get the same effect... yellowish light and longer bulb life. (Trivia bit for you... Old style incandescent traffic signals used oddball 67w bulbs, designed to work at 137 volts, so that when they were connected to normal 120vac they gave out the approximate light of a standard 60w bulb, but lasted quite a bit longer because they were running cooler)
 

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well let me put it this way.... ive been drving for 4 years now and ive never needed fog lights really. i think this is gonna be a looks over function kinda deal. i mean the truck didnt come with them, and these could just be "driving lights" in the bumper instead of fogs.
 

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Hella 4000 Can be swapped for HID, rebuildable, and a good quality light.
 
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well let me put it this way.... ive been drving for 4 years now and ive never needed fog lights really. i think this is gonna be a looks over function kinda deal. i mean the truck didnt come with them, and these could just be "driving lights" in the bumper instead of fogs.

Gotcha... In that case then these should do just fine. I thought you were looking for true fogs. :)
 

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Those are the lights I have on my bullbar, let me tell you...They are Fwonking bright! I have them turned on in the picture below. My heads are HID's in this pic but my fog's were not at the time. When I turn them on now with my HID's all around, you can see like crazy. I highly recommend those lights.
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