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Old 11-06-2011, 07:48 PM
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Default Fog lights: clear or yellow lense?

What is better for driving in thick fog at night- clear or yellow lens fog lights?

What is the difference?

Also: Do fog lights work better if mounted on the bumper area or roof?
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FOG light=yellow/amber
DRIVING light=white

Keep it 55w or less, and the amber might be illegal on the road.
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Keep fog lights down low.
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Originally Posted by Defiance665
FOG light=yellow/amber
DRIVING light=white
Not true.. our stock ones are clear.
Go with clear. Yellow looks like ****, and offer no advantages.
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Yellow is suppose to cut though the fog better than clear, but I think yellow looks strange.
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Originally Posted by jmm0122
Yellow is suppose to cut though the fog better than clear, but I think yellow looks strange.
Load of crap. The bassis of that is based on physics of very small particles. But it doesnt extrapolate to the size of drops of water.
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I've had yellow before on my dodge pickup and noticed some better visibility with them on but I saw the white fog lenses advertized and was wondering if they're better.
I will give them a shot.
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Yellow is JDMtyteYO.

Get clear.
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my factory ones are clear but the aftermarket ones are yellow the yellow ones work way better on a foggy road in my experiences anyways
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personally clear looks better and i feel like they work better than yellow
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Originally Posted by 89XJDan
Yellow is JDMtyteYO.

Get clear.
Wow I Have NIWTHTM but I will keep studying that one.
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Originally Posted by jowint
Wow I Have NIWTHTM but I will keep studying that one.
Was a joke. JDM stands for Japanese Domestic Motor, it's how ricers define parts that are straight out of Japan. And a lot of Civic owners LOVE yellow fogs, as well as Scubbie owners.
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