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Amber/Yellow fog lights that appear white when turned off?

Discussion in 'Lighting' started by junkyarddogg, Oct 1, 2022.

  1. Oct 1, 2022 at 9:12 AM
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    Are there any amber or yellow fog lights that show the fog light housing as white when turned off? I was thinking of going with Lasfit Switchbacks but reading mixed reviews on them.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wd0SDGlNgos
     
  2. Oct 1, 2022 at 9:54 AM
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    Before I attempt to answer your question, are you more worried about looks or performance?
     
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    Since I haven't heard back from the OP, let me offer my opinions on that video in no particular order of importance. (I'll wait for our resident lighting expert @crashnburn80 to chime in with more.) First, drop in LED bulbs in a fog light housing is a bad idea for all sorts of technical reasons. Second, in order to get two colors from the same light source, the designers have to do some very ugly things to the light source. What you end up with is fairly pathetic light output and the video clearly shows that - no matter what the guy in the video says. Third, the video guy claims the led fogs are awesome because they now match the (also pathetic) color of his (also drop in LED) headlight bulbs and that the blueish color is far superior to the warm color of the halogen bulbs. This couldn't be more wrong, but lots of people will believe it. Finally, he says "yellow" is a superior color for fogs because it cuts through fog. Actually, selective yellow is the correct color, but LASFIT doesn't even know what that is. (This is the same company that claims LED bulbs will make your vehicle "look more technological" - whatever that is.)

    In short, this product is a bad idea, but at least it's poorly designed with great marketing.
     
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    They make amber halogen bulbs.

    I run the Sylvania bulbs which are warm-ish, but if you want yellow-yellow, get the Optilux Hellas.
     
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    Performance is priority
     
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    If performance is indeed your highest priority, color changing bulbs (which are all LED) are a giant step in the opposite direction. In fact, changing bulbs in your factory fogs just isn't going to gain you much. If you really want performance - and the gains can be dramatic - check out the thread below. Yes, it does require changing out your factory fog pods, but that's a very simple task.

    The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review | Tacoma World
     
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    Optilux Hellas, love mine, great for snow storms. In stock housing,$30.00 for bulbs, cheap upgrade.
     
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    Thanks, the dynamic diode SS3's seem popular
     
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    From a bang for the buck standpoint, they're awfully hard to beat. And if you compare them with the "awesome" output of the LASFIT bulbs in that video, they truly blow them away.
     
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    Mixed reviews? The concept of switchback PnP LEDs are a complete hack by low quality LED companies that don't understand optics, definitely brands you should avoid. Switchback PnP LEDs need 2 sets of emitters for multicolor. For a PnP LED to try and work properly the emitters must be precisely centered to alight with where the halogen filament would be in a halogen bulb, so that the optics line up. If you have multiple sets of emitters to support multiple colors, neither emitter sets can be centered properly, meaning they will be off center. If the emitters are off center, the beam pattern cannot be replicated correctly, it ends up with terrible performance, increased glare, reduced output. It will be a significant downgrade. There is a reason no reputable brands sell products like that, only ones trying to make a quick buck off people that don't understand they are being sold snake oil.

    If you want dual color fogs, there is only one product on the market, the Rigid dual color 360s. The products are essentially dual fogs in a single replacement full LED assembly designed from the ground up around multi-color with the correct optics, instead of putting hack PnP LEDs in a halogen assembly. But I would question why dual color fogs? It is a novelty. Fogs should only be run in poor weather, and in poor weather selective yellow is vastly superior to LED 6000k white. So if you need fogs, you'd want them to be yellow. So what is the case for also having white?
     
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