Led Fogs In!
Wow, didn't know I was on the fog light natzi forum. Good grief... Apparently I should have reworded my OP.
I replaced my factory halogen fog bulbs with aftermarket F150LED led's. I'm not sure this still means I have "fog lights" but I do have bulbs in my fog housings that match my led bars. So, I'm a happy customer; so I posted this, because afterall, I was after an affordable, easy "fog light" replacement that would work well and match my led bars. :-)
I replaced my factory halogen fog bulbs with aftermarket F150LED led's. I'm not sure this still means I have "fog lights" but I do have bulbs in my fog housings that match my led bars. So, I'm a happy customer; so I posted this, because afterall, I was after an affordable, easy "fog light" replacement that would work well and match my led bars. :-)
Actually... a true FOG light would be amber in color...what we have are more on the driving light side of the house...if you were to turn those on in Fog...they would blind you..hit you high beams in fog and see what happens...
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I ran a LED kit in my halogen headlights for a year and aimed them ALL THE WAY down and never gave anyone problems.
I looked at them from an oncoming cars point of view at night, and they were fine.
The problem is 99.9% of people who run pnp kits in their halogen lamps have no clue how low they're really supposed to aim them. Once you aim them low enough to be acceptable to oncoming drivers, the beam reach is alittle too short for highway night driving @75mph, yet everything right in front of the vehicle is super bright, and that's when you can see the real weakness of PnP's in a halogen reflector bowl.
And the high beams in the headlight kit SUCK and thats putting it nicely
I looked at them from an oncoming cars point of view at night, and they were fine.
The problem is 99.9% of people who run pnp kits in their halogen lamps have no clue how low they're really supposed to aim them. Once you aim them low enough to be acceptable to oncoming drivers, the beam reach is alittle too short for highway night driving @75mph, yet everything right in front of the vehicle is super bright, and that's when you can see the real weakness of PnP's in a halogen reflector bowl.
And the high beams in the headlight kit SUCK and thats putting it nicely
Second, the lack of beam reach is because you aimed them down. They did not throw light properly and you had to aim them down to fix that. If they threw the light properly, then you would have good reach, and not blind people. Throwing the light has nothing to do with how bright it is, its where the light ends up.
I have no problem with your lights since you say they don't hit oncoming traffic. I could care less about the kelvin of someones lights, just don't blind me. I don't drive around with my 21k lumen light bar on while on the road
OP, don't be discouraged by the comments, mine included. We are just trying to make you aware of an issue and to inform others who may look at this thread. Without complaining, no one knows there is a problem.
-Eric
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I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as
and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.
I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as
and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.
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I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.
I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as
and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.Last edited by johndog82; Jun 21, 2015 at 01:58 AM.
Maybe theyre brighter than the Morimoto XB's then. My impression of the motos is theyre good, not great. Either that or my expectations are too high. The cutoff is sweet, the lateral throw of light is alittle wider than stock, but I feel like they're only a tiny bit brighter than the stock fog halogens. And they appear to be @5500k when 4800-5k would be more useful and would match the HID bulbs better .
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I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.
I have these and they are the most magnificent things I have ever put in my fogs. The light, throw and cutoff are beautiful, powerful as
and have great throw, but in a projector pattern as to not blind people. All the best, just a little pricey but full out worth it.
