Fog lights in the old days.

[PatDTN]

I drove in some serious thick fog a few days ago. I kicked on my fog lights for the first time since buying this 2009 Tahoe LTZ in July. Yay, they came on! Sadly I still couldn't see. Too much backscatter from my headlights. Okay, I gave my light switch a twist counterclockwise. As I hoped the lights went off and stayed off even though that's a momentary position.

Sadly the fog lights and taillights also went off. I poked the fog light button again and they came on. Worthless. The light was scattered so I still got a fair amount of backscatter.

Once upon a time fog lights were a flat wide beam designed to shoot low on the road and out to the shoulders to help you stay in your lane. No, they weren't designed to drive 80mph in dense fog but worked well on back roads.

I looked at the front of my Tahoe and noticed the "fog" lights are mouned deep into cool looking wells that block any light that might shine wide.

Mostly this is a rant about lighting for mere appearance instead of function. However as a firefighter I get called out in conditions that cause people to drive off the road. I'd like to be able to see and avoid the same fate while trying to help those folks. A real working fog light, hopefully yellow, would need to mount forward in that well, have an impact resistant lens, and be focused like the old days. Of course being able to keep all my lights on without headlights would really be helpful as well. Anyone?

 

[Kenny D]

I haven't seen yellow fog lights in years. Not even sure if they still make them.

 

[01Konvict]

You can run fogs without low beams on just press fog button. Get morimoto xb led fogsxwith yellow film for best results

 

[adventurenali92]

I can kick my headlight switch to the running light setting and turn fogs on without the headlights. The setting just one above the auto setting.

 

[PatDTN]

I'll take a look at the Morimotos. You know I didn't even realize I had a running lights setting. In my defense I was hustling down back roads in heavy fog at the time.

 

[05alive]

Good foglights are yellow. Now people are putting 5k and 6k leds in foglights to match the heads and look cool.

Do yellow film or covers, or suffer.

I'd love to do rigids with yellow covers but they would look wack in the round gmc fog pockets.

 

[01Konvict]

Make a plate that fills the square to round then color match it

 

[PatDTN]

Good foglights are yellow. Now people are putting 5k and 6k leds in foglights to match the heads and look cool.

Do yellow film or covers, or suffer.

I'd love to do rigids with yellow covers but they would look wack in the round gmc fog pockets.

I think it's more about filtering out the blue component of the light than putting a yellow tint on it. Blue light creates more glare and less useful light for human eyes. I really would like properly designed fog lights with the correct color temperature from the factory. LEDs are great for lifespan and power draw for the amount of light they throw. I bet if Morimoto made them that way a lot of folks would switch to them.

 

[Dave k]

Good foglights are yellow. Now people are putting 5k and 6k leds in foglights to match the heads and look cool.

Do yellow film or covers, or suffer.

I'd love to do rigids with yellow covers but they would look wack in the round gmc fog pockets.

I just put cubes in my fog light holes and they look pretty decent I think

 

[05alive]

Square peg round hole, jut looks bad to me.