i want to see better at night, but i dont want to do the retro HID, just wondering those who have fog lights, do they really work at night or just for the look??

car: ej8

thank you

 

they wont call em fog lights if it really isnt for fog...

they woulda called em...look lights if it was for looks

 

its kinda both man, they do work at night and they look amazing

 

your best bet is to either change headlight bulbs, or hid retrofit if you want to see at night...... .02

 

hmm my fog lights only fill up what my headlights couldn't go lower enough to cover. but i have an EH. lol...

 

My foglights greatly increase my light output. I have the square clear lights for my '98 EX. I also have a hatch here that had the square yellow foglights, but they don't light the road as well, apparently because of the yellow paint.

You might want to check that your headlights are currently properly aligned too.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Sic_DA_Nine &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">they wont call em fog lights if it really isnt for fog...

they woulda called em...look lights if it was for looks </TD></TR></TABLE>

So, by that logic you can trust something to be what it claims to be *because* it claims to be that very thing? I know you're joking. Right?

 

no..i am not joking...

 

They make it so you can see more side to side, and brighten the road, but not that much. I would go for it. Plus they look sick as ****

 

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car: ej8

thank you</TD></TR></TABLE>

the fogs will help a bit - but your best bet would be to get better bulbs. Phillips Extreme Whites (i think they are called) are extremely good bulbs for i think like 55 bucks..same cost of PIAA's which are also pretty damn good. Better than spending and retrofitting HIDs into your headlight housing, and in the past SOME people have had housings melt a little bit from the HIDs.

 

just ordered a pair of Silverstar Ultras last night
i might get the fog lights later tho

 

I love my fogs. Alone, they are brighter than my headlights.

 

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car: ej8

thank you</TD></TR></TABLE>

Fog lights are meant to point at the ground. The purpose of this is to illuminate the lines on the road in heavy fog so you can see the LINES better.

Fog lights aren't meant to see "further" or "better" - only to see the lines more clearly.

Most of the time they're just aesthetics, and people claim they have function but they're not even aimed to the sides like a regular fog light.

I'd get brighter head lights if you wanna see better at night.

 

Mine are set up as driving lights and I love them. That's okay though, because my headlights are aimed low.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Syndacate &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Fog lights are meant to point at the ground. The purpose of this is to illuminate the lines on the road in heavy fog so you can see the LINES better.

Fog lights aren't meant to see "further" or "better" - only to see the lines more clearly.</TD></TR></TABLE>

This is essentially accurate, though one could certainly argue that fog lamps are indeed intended to help one see "better" in inclement weather conditions.

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What do you mean by this? Fog lamps and driving lamps have two vastly different beam patterns.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Padawan &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">This is essentially accurate, though one could certainly argue that fog lamps are indeed intended to help one see "better" in inclement weather conditions.

What do you mean by this? Fog lamps and driving lamps have two vastly different beam patterns. </TD></TR></TABLE>
Mine look like the OEM square foglights, but they have the beam pattern of driving lights.

 

Did you purchase them as driving lamps, or did you retrofit a different reflector/shield setup into them?

 

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It just happens that the Esuse lights light as driving lamps.