I don't really use my fog lights a lot. I mostly use them in bad weather or fog. I'm intrested in some yellow bulbs for when I do use them. I heard yellow light cuts through the fog better and makes you more visible to other drivers compared to regular white bulbs. Has anyone had any experience with these hella yellowstars: http://www.rallylights.com/hella/H3.asp

Thanks in advance

 

they are not that yellow, not like the lexus type fogs.

 

I think Lexus has some kind of yellow reflector or yellow lense on the fogs I guess. Are those yellowstars in your sig?

Does anyone have any pics of the yellowstars?

 

there is a website (don't remember the url) guys over there make your stock fogs look like the lexus ones. some time ago i wanted to put yellow bulbs too, but after looking at several pictures of the light output of different yellow bulbs, i decided not too.

and no, on sig. thats the regular bulbs (or maybe i did that in photoshop. hids are photoshop done)

 

here u go:

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....2569&highlight

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....8153&highlight

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....6674&highlight

http://forums.maxima.org/showthread....6340&highlight

 

yellow fogs are ugly IMO

 

Thanks a lot for searching. I think I'll go ahead and get them. It doesn't look that bad to me. I'm more for functionality rather than looks anyways. Can't go wrong with $12 for a pair. I'll order them with the Hella Supertone horns. Thanks for the help

If anyone has more input, feel free to post.

 

Get Lamin X yellow fog film, it will make them look close to lexus type of fogs.

 

I have hella yellow 85 watt fogs in my car and they are not nearly as yellow as I had hoped.

The headlights are XD5, as is the foglight on the left. The Hella bulb is on the right. It looks more yellow because of the contrast with the "super white" XD5s, but they aren't that yellow.

I have yellow factory fogs on my QX4 and they are really good in the fog/snow. They are also significantly more yellow than the Hella bulbs I bought. The Hellas are brighter, though because they are 85 watts.

 

Yellow might be ugly but nothing penetrates through fog better than yellow fogs.

 

Ammi does have a fine point about the yellow fogs and their performance cutting through fog. Plus I think that they would look sweet with some HIDs.

 

I'm convinced I'll go with them. Sure they're not as yellow as I would hope, but they're more yellow than with regular bulbs. I do have silverstars for the headlights so there will be some contrast. I don't think I would like the look of my car with yellow film on the fog lights. In bad weather I really won't care what they look like. Thanks everyone

 

Just to add... I have PIAA Ion Crystal Yellows and they're nice.... wish I had some good pics to show ya but I don't. I think they work great in bad weather with my HIDs, which tend to get too "reflective" in misty rain and fog....

I think most importantly, your fogs should be focused at the correct level. Its been argued (I've done some Google research on this) that the color doesn't make that big of an impact, unless you're in snow, then yellow does help. Whether white or yellow, fog lights should be low and focused on the road, so that there is minimal reflection off the fog and rain "particles" back to your eyes, like the low beams do.

 

Here is something I found in a lighting guide at www.tirerack.com about the "ideal" fog light beam height:

"Typically, fog lights are mounted under the front bumper about 10 to 24 inches from the ground. There are two important issues to address when installing fog lights, the first is to minimize the amount of glare that returns to the driver's eyes, and the other is to minimize glare into oncoming driver's eyes. Both must be accomplished while putting as much light as possible on the road.

...

Park the vehicle 25 feet from a wall on a level surface. Measure the distance between the center of the auxiliary light and the ground. Place a horizontal mark on the wall at that height.

Visual aim is made with the top of the fog light beam 4 inches below the lamp center at 25 feet with the lamp facing straight forward."

 

You mentioned tirerack so I went over there and decided to read up. I noticed this:

"While auxiliary fog lights have traditionally been available with clear or amber lenses, the amber lens fog light is losing popularity because it has not proven to be more beneficial in foul weather than clear lens fog lights, is not as effective as a clear weather cornering light, and is often less complementary to vehicle styling."

So I guess maybe I won't gain anything from the upgrade to yellow bulbs.

Also some info here: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/askasc...9/phy99xx4.htm

I'll stick with what I have now, thanks for your input

 

Glad to be of some help... and yeah, I've been to that website too... there's a ton out there talkin about how yellow lights don't really help in the fog. Its only beneficial in snow because it's a slighlty contrasting color to the white. Like ya already know... beam height is the most important thing... take care.

 

kolyan, your sig is really bringing me down its a look into the very near future, im not looking forward too. god damn snow