yellow foglights

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:16 pm

so i just got a set of stock fog lights and i'm wondering what the best looking method would be to make them have a yellow light

i don't know if there is yellow bulbs that light well enough to look good or if i'll just have to put yellow over the lense, i want them to look good and i'm not sure how putting yellow over the lense will look

any opinions on what i should do?

OB · Post by OB » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:33 pm

Yellow bulbs are the easiest way to go. Works fine.

The yellow film over the lense is also an option, but a less common way to go about it.

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Oct 20, 2008 8:57 pm

Post pics. Not sure if I want to get yellow for mine or not. Crystal says yellow is the best for cutting through fog, has some sort of scientific study to prove it, too.

jetas · Post by **jetas** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 12:01 am

Adionik · Post by **Adionik** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:29 am

Stained glass is the easiest way

http://www.srtforums.com/forums/f123/ho ... ts-110130/

I personally am not a fan of the yellow fogs at all. Especially considering my HIDs are so white

Post by **occasional demons** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:45 am

Swordfish2Cowboy wrote:Post pics. Not sure if I want to get yellow for mine or not. Crystal says yellow is the best for cutting through fog, has some sort of scientific study to prove it, too.

I've seen studies that say the opposite, that there is no one color that keeps the water droplets from reflecting the light.
But that isn't the issue at hand. If you decide to make the lens yellow, use something that can handle the heat from the bulb. I think a yellow tinted, or one that produces yellow light is the best option, unless you are just going for looks, weather the lights are on or off.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:49 am

3000k hid bulbs

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 10:54 am

yea its mostly about looks so i dont know if it would look better to just put in a yellow bulb and have the clear fog light look or actually cover the whole lens with some sort of yellow tint or film.
It is the 00-02 fogs so they are a little bigger but anyways i'm juss wondering what would look better.

jT · Post by jT » Tue Oct 21, 2008 11:07 am

i say HID too.. but aside from that the yellow fog light bulbs that are $3.50 each at autolumination.com are NOT very yellow.. certainly not the look you are trying to attain.. so dont get those............ i found that out myself

dont know about any of the other yellow bulbs

Fuzzyneon · Post by **Fuzzyneon** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 1:59 pm

i have 3k hid's and there alot beter looking then just bulbs or film to me anyways i say HID

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:11 pm

I have 3K hids in my foglights, but before that had Nokya Yellow bulbs and some other Japanese brand yellow bulb as well. They worked well. Eurodezigns is another brand that sells yellow bulbs that aren't too shabby.

Yellow is stated to cut through fog best. I have the study somewhere, though of course you will find studies that counter it. Thats always the case regardless of what you are researching.

w0158981 · Post by **w0158981** » Tue Oct 21, 2008 9:21 pm

by the sounds of it going for a yellow bulb(juss the bulb or hid) sounds more favored then any kind of yellow tint or film

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Wed Oct 22, 2008 7:37 pm

I've had bulbs, and bulbs and film. The yellow film looked great on my black car, not so great on the pink. So I bought new foglights and tinted them, since its more aesthetically pleasing. RockBlocker is the way to go if you do film though. Thats whats on mine, only its tinted.

2003silverneonsxt · Post by **2003silverneonsxt** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:46 am

btw heres a pic with my yellow hid fogs

flhmfd · Post by **flhmfd** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:35 pm

i just have the nokya bulbs for now...they look ok with the H.I.D headlights...

wiggyx · Post by **wiggyx** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 12:36 am

LilSparkPlug wrote:I've had bulbs, and bulbs and film. The yellow film looked great on my black car, not so great on the pink. So I bought new foglights and tinted them, since its more aesthetically pleasing. RockBlocker is the way to go if you do film though. Thats whats on mine, only its tinted.

Probably has to do with the fact that yellow light has a longer wavelength and therefore doesn't scatter as easily as violet or blue light. Red would be optimal, but illegal in your foglights obviously. It's the same reason that the sky appears as blue

Swordfish2Cowboy · Post by **Swordfish2Cowboy** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 11:14 pm

flhmfd wrote:i just have the nokya bulbs for now...they look ok with the H.I.D headlights...

They'd look better if they were a brighter version of the same yellow you had for your parking lights.

patton98 · Post by **patton98** » Sun Nov 23, 2008 12:14 am

I have the yellow bulbs in mine, and they actually do help with cutting through rain and fog...im kinda excited to see what they will look like when it snows...