Originally Posted by rawrjaay

hey what is the difference between this:
http://i54.tinypic.com/2ekrrpc.jpg

and this:
http://i56.tinypic.com/10fchec.jpg

is there any difference in lighting or would i have to buy different bulbs or what?
i want the clear ones for my milano red civic, but i dont know if they would even work like the orange colored foglights

help please (:
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Originally Posted by 41184ek9

just get yellow bulbs..they should be h3's and the difference in the pics is that the top one had a really shitty installer and the lower one did a good job

Originally Posted by rawrjaay

lol ahah thanks
but i mean h3 goes into both of the foglights right?

h3 bulbs? so what light should i get for them?
like example: 3k

or whatever.

Originally Posted by rawrjaay

ok thank you NOFX and yes i was wondering
if i get the clear ones
will it not look orange at night?

because i personally think the clear ones look better, but i dont want it to have a disadvantage over the orange ones just because its clear.
is that better???

Originally Posted by WiseGeek.com

Fog lights are the lights mounted on the front of a car or truck which help visibility in foggy or misty conditions. They come in a variety of colors and intensities, but virtually all vehicles have them, and their assistance can be crucial to navigating poor weather.

Traditionally fog lights are yellow, and the reason why is the subject of some speculation. A common claim is that they need to be a single color light rather than white light, to minimize dispersion as the light hits the water vapor and scatters in different directions. It is often said that though red might be a more ideal color, it already has connotations to drivers —- it is used for both stop lights and brake lights. Yellow, then, would seem to be the next-most-suitable choice, because it has the next longest wavelength of visible light.

The problem with this idea, which sounds plausible scientifically, has to do with the size of the water molecules in fog. The molecules of water vapor are large enough that dispersion does not occur in any meaningful way, making the wavelength of the light irrelevant. It is possible that the first car companies to utilize fog lights were not aware of the impact that the size of water vapor molecules would have on the dispersion, and so believed that by choosing yellow lights they were minimizing the blur the fog lights cast. More likely is that yellow was chosen because of its connotations in the West with caution. Yellow lights and yellow signs are used to indicate that a driver should slow, look for obstacles, generally use increased levels of caution -- precisely the activities one wants other drivers to exercise when driving in heavy fog.

Many modern fog lights are halogen lights, which allows them to burn at much hotter temperatures than traditional lights, while retaining a low burnout rate. Halogen fog lights tend to have a tighter beam than incandescent fog lights, which yields an additional benefit. A special class of fog lights seen on some newer cars are high-intensity discharge lamps. These lights may use a number of different minerals to operate, including mercury, sodium and halide. These fog lights are often distinguished by a purplish hue, rather than the more traditional yellow color.

Originally Posted by rawrjaay

lol ahah thanks
but i mean h3 goes into both of the foglights right?

h3 bulbs? so what light should i get for them?
like example: 3k

or whatever.