Just ordered OEM foggies off handaaccessories.com last night and I'm looking to get some brighter bulbs.

I was told yellow PIAA's are good. But are they safe to use with OEM fogs? Would they get too hot and cause anything to melt and such? I will definitely be using my foglights as much as I'll be using my headlights since weather is starting to get bad and such.

So any recommendations?

 

Bump before bed. Checkin in the morning.

 

I'd guess if you got the PIAA bulbs, get the ones that are H3 for foglight bulbs. I don't know very much about the fog bulbs but I just happen to know it's an H3 bulb since I recently replaced mine.

 

as long as you are using a halogen h3 bulb then there should be no greater amount of heat produced by the yellow PIAA bulbs

 

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get the PIAA's...they're excellent. Mike from AMS Tuning recommends them with the OEM foggies he sells and he's never had any issues with them.

 

Alrighty cool.

I was just thinking on the side maybe they'd put off too much heat but everywhere I've asked, people say they'll be fine.

Thanks again H-T

 

A good clear bulb will put out more light than a yellow one, its just that there are a couple reasons that you may want to use yellow.
1) It glares less in the sense it's (the yellow color) easier on the eyes, not necessarily that you can see better with yellow light, after all, clear/whiter (not blue) light reflects off more surfaces than yellow does.
2) Because fogs place such an immense amount of immediate foreground illumination, it may be a bright idea (no pun intended heheh) to have it a different color than your main dipped beams (low beams) simply so your eyes don't focus moreso on the ground right in front of you and instead will look where they are supposed to which is the road ahead. Too much foreground light can make you overdrive your lights; ie you can drive faster than what your lights will let you see and react to.

Also, in situations where driving with the main dipped beam on would would do nothing but scatter light and place none on the ground for you to see where you are going, having the fogs on only would help; they are mounted lower so it reaches the ground at a better angle to glare less than higher mounted main beams. But many states do not allow fogs to be on unless the main dipped beams are on at the same time, which would defeat the whole purpose of fogs in the first place.

 

The whole purpose behind yellow bulbs in the foglights and why they are standard on most cars in Europe is because yellow bulbs cut through the fog better.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by GTlvr82 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">The whole purpose behind yellow bulbs in the foglights and why they are standard on most cars in Europe is because yellow bulbs cut through the fog better.</TD></TR></TABLE>

In what sense? That yellow contrasts better on 'white' fog than white light on 'white' fog? So you can see your beam pattern better... doesn't necessarily mean that yellow bulbs put out more light than a clear bulb. Just because you can see the beam better doesn' mean its 'cutting' through the fog better. What I stated earlier is still valid, maybe not all of it but they are pretty much logical ideas.

"The old wives' tale that yellow fog lights give you greater visibility over white or blue ones is just not true. The premise of that superstition, that yellow light waves are long enough to pass through water particles without reflecting back into the driver's eyes, is based on a misinterpretation of Lord Rayleigh's principle of light scattering. As it turns out, the water particles in fog and mist are entirely too large to have an effect on any light waves from fog lights, be they yellow, white, blue or even green. In other words, any fog light that is properly mounted and aimed is effective, so don't worry about the color." taken from http://www.autoanything.com/lights/51A22.aspx#q247

and for a really scientific explination: http://www.newton.dep.anl.gov/...4.htm read the second part on that page. The initial repsonse you read is the common fallacy.

anyway, this could be argued to infinity, but there are always sides to both.

 

I stand corrected.....way to do your research! I always took that as truth....weird.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by amej8 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Alrighty cool.

I was just thinking on the side maybe they'd put off too much heat but everywhere I've asked, people say they'll be fine.

Thanks again H-T </TD></TR></TABLE>

The simple answer to your question is that as long as you use the proper watt bulb (55w) it won't put out anymore heat than a white 55w bulb. It's the power output not the color that affects standard bulb temperatures.

 

I think yellow bulbs are used because the human eye is sensitive to it and can see it better than clear bulbs. Also when your driving in harsh weather, you can be seen easier from other cars. But this is what I think.