Stock Fog Light Lenses

I don't know how to take them apart, but if you drive in fog, the yellow light is many orders of magnitude better than the white light. They even use yellow in the highway intersections on the Canadian east coast and on the bridges. There is a radical difference seeing in yellow.

Mike

If they are the same ones on the 04s you have to buy the whole unit the bulbs do not come out. Coasty

That is a one piece unit . Yellow is good in fog, and cuts down glare in the rain.

Is the rock allright?

Actually the bulb is fine - it still lights up - it is just a busted lens. It does look like the frame holding the lens in place unscrews - I will go try to get it off. I am chagrinned to hear that I may need to buy the whole light. Thanks for the yellow advice there Mike too. Stay tuned... Tomes

Yep, lol, the rock is fine. It just sits there all proud and smirky.

Is the rock standard equipment?

Aftermarket.

someone once told me that you can see further with white light - but you can be seen from further away with yellow light. I never thought it was important enough to spend the time to verify this. It seems to me that if the light travels far enough to be seen - you should be able to see????

If that were the determining factor then lenses would all be green.

There is a 'radical' difference. In fog you can see the yellow lit up intersection coming for a ways. The white lit ones 'suddenly' appear as you are right under the light.

Same for oncoming cars. The white light ones just pop out of the fog at you. The yellow ones gradually appear out of the fog.

Mike

"Carlo F. Serusa, Jr RPh" wrote:

This appears to depend on the individual. Some folks prefer a slight yellow cast, particularly in heavy fog, some appear to prefer a neutral white beam. More important is a very good lens and shield so you get a very sharp cutoff on the topside so you get a minimum of backscatter from the fog into your eyes. The whiter backscatter bothers my particular eyeballs a bit more than yellow, but some of the best "fog" lights I've had were the Z-Beam Cibies that were a traditional high power light with a very very sharp upper cutoff. Worked great in heavy snow, particularly that really fine blowing stuff..

Mike Romain proclaimed: