YACT: Fog Lights

olds

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Are there any lights that actually help illuminate the road when it is foggy out? I've tried yellow lenses, I've tried clear lenses, mounted low, mounted high, etc. Are they just for looks?
 

Confused

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You need to mount them low, have a decent cut-off on them (so they don't go too high) and stick your headlights on sidelights. Then you should be able to see better. You don't want your main beams on when it's foggy, because they just bounce off the fog and give you a white blanket in front of you.

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:
 
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Originally posted by: Confused
You need to mount them low, have a decent cut-off on them (so they don't go too high) and stick your headlights on sidelights. Then you should be able to see better. You don't want your main beams on when it's foggy, because they just bounce off the fog and give you a white blanket in front of you.

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

Those aren't "fog lights", they're "auxiliary driving lights."

Real amber foglights are like projecting the sun directly on the road in front of you.

- M4H
 

olds

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Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Confused
You need to mount them low, have a decent cut-off on them (so they don't go too high) and stick your headlights on sidelights. Then you should be able to see better. You don't want your main beams on when it's foggy, because they just bounce off the fog and give you a white blanket in front of you.

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

Those aren't "fog lights", they're "auxiliary driving lights."

Real amber foglights are like projecting the sun directly on the road in front of you.

- M4H

The sun? Wouldn't that melt the newer (plastic) cars?
 
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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Confused
You need to mount them low, have a decent cut-off on them (so they don't go too high) and stick your headlights on sidelights. Then you should be able to see better. You don't want your main beams on when it's foggy, because they just bounce off the fog and give you a white blanket in front of you.

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

Those aren't "fog lights", they're "auxiliary driving lights."

Real amber foglights are like projecting the sun directly on the road in front of you.

- M4H

The sun? Wouldn't that melt the newer (plastic) cars?

:evil:

- M4H
 

bluewall21

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Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Originally posted by: MercenaryForHire
Originally posted by: Confused
You need to mount them low, have a decent cut-off on them (so they don't go too high) and stick your headlights on sidelights. Then you should be able to see better. You don't want your main beams on when it's foggy, because they just bounce off the fog and give you a white blanket in front of you.

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

Those aren't "fog lights", they're "auxiliary driving lights."

Real amber foglights are like projecting the sun directly on the road in front of you.

- M4H

The sun? Wouldn't that melt the newer (plastic) cars?

:shocked: Oh no, my car!
 

TheNinja

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Originally posted by: Confused

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

I like the guys who ride around with their yellow parking lights on better. It's friggin' sweet!
 

TheLonelyPhoenix

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Originally posted by: TheNinja
Originally posted by: Confused

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

I like the guys who ride around with their yellow parking lights on better. It's friggin' sweet!

Do you uppercut yourself to the face when you see that?
 

mwtgg

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Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Originally posted by: TheNinja
Originally posted by: Confused

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

I like the guys who ride around with their yellow parking lights on better. It's friggin' sweet!

Do you uppercut yourself to the face when you see that?

I thought he impales himself with his seven foot boner.
 

TheNinja

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Originally posted by: mwtgg
Originally posted by: TheLonelyPhoenix
Originally posted by: TheNinja
Originally posted by: Confused

But most of the time it's purely for looks, and these will be people who drive all day with their main beams and fog lights on :roll:

I like the guys who ride around with their yellow parking lights on better. It's friggin' sweet!

Do you uppercut yourself to the face when you see that?

I thought he impales himself with his seven foot boner.

while either of those is an acceptable and very impressive manner of demonstrating anger.....I usually go for the tried and true method of biting my dog in the tail until he screams and headbutts me as a way of venting my displeasure with people like that.