LED fog lights

Anyone used the flat LED fog lights, as on fleabey? I frightened myself s**tless the other night, with the dense patchy fog that seems so common in Suffolk. Ordinary lights just lighted up a white wall in front of me.

The only way I can see to fit fogs low down is something flat, like Car Truck Offroad SUV Fog Work Light Bar Spot lamp 108W 36pcs CREE LED Light | eBay

Hope the link works - looks long!

I have something similar on mine but not down low - bear in mind that LED's tend to be much more directional than incandescent lamps which isn't ideal for fog light usage.

for an LED bar that length at £31 its going to be cheese. I cant tell from the photo but i bet the quality will be shockingly chinese cheap!

Also, white LED arent the best for fog as the white just glares off the fog, you need amber and like the chap above said, tungsten is better for cutting through mist, fog etc anyway.

The only reason LED is so popular is because of current draw vs light output.

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:

for an LED bar that length at £31 its going to be cheese. I cant tell from the photo but i bet the quality will be shockingly chinese cheap!

Also, white LED arent the best for fog as the white just glares off the fog, you need amber and like the chap above said, tungsten is better for cutting through mist, fog etc anyway.

The only reason LED is so popular is because of current draw vs light output.

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Got to agree, that will be a waste of money, a few decent LED lights will be better than that bar. For fogs you want a flat and wide beam pattern, this will be best achieved with halogen bulbs, as BGB said LED's are very directional...

OK, thanks for the advice, halogen it is!:tea: The X eng lights look good X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering and will fit in the limited space available. Not too pricy either, surprisingly for an X eng product.

flatlander said:

OK, thanks for the advice, halogen it is!:tea: The X eng lights look good X-eng High Performance Off-Road Engineering and will fit in the limited space available. Not too pricy either, surprisingly for an X eng product.

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Those X-Eng lights are crap, do a search and see what people have said, they allow water in and are builts not that well, if you want a spot/flood combo light then these are the ones to get:

DURITE Compact Round LED Work/Spot lamp/light Compact 12/24volt 0-420-55 042055 | eBay

No good for fogs as the pattern is too round but ideal for your roof line....

A quick search has thoroughly put me off X lights! OK, back to searching = I'm sorted for driving lights, just want something small and low down for fog.

flatlander said:

A quick search has thoroughly put me off X lights! OK, back to searching = I'm sorted for driving lights, just want something small and low down for fog.

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Lightforce lights - still used by all the competition boys as there still the best.

Not mega cheap mind but good.

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Check out the HID's.

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:

Check out the HID's.

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So are they legal :violent:

Jongould said:

So are they legal :violent:

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:doh:

BIG_GINGA_BEARD said:

Lightforce lights - still used by all the competition boys as there still the best.

Not mega cheap mind but good.

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Check out the HID's.

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HID's are just as directional as LED's since both usually use a projector lens rather than a straightforward reflector.glass combo.

if its used as a spot or fog it wont be illegal as there not driving lights

Datatek said:

HID's are just as directional as LED's since both usually use a projector lens rather than a straightforward reflector.glass combo.

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You get much more projection from tungsten than you do from LED.

LED is great for lighting up the road in front of you but if you need distance(which lets be honest, most of us who go laning in the dark don't) then tungsten is better for spot light work.

And LED is never a "proper" colour its always so fake. :lol: Depends what you want from your lights.

If you're really short of space have a look at Hella Optilux lighting. I've got a pair of tiny Hellas as extra reversing lights. They're only about 2" x 1.5" but have 55watt bulbs. They certainly light up the forest.

Before anybody leaps in, yes they're relayed off the standard reverse lights and switched on the dash.

That's the ones for me! Thanks Dogsbody, don't know why I tried all the exotics without looking at good old Hella

As said earlier, if it really is fog lights you need then don't buy spot lights or driving lights. Fog lights have a wide spread beam, and need to be mounted no higher than the bumper. Any higher then you will get the same light bounce back as you're getting with your headlights. The colour of then lens makes little difference. Historically, fog lights used to have a yellow lens, but the main factors influencing the efficacy of the lights are beam pattern and beam height.

Fog lamps can be used without headlights, providing it is foggy or poor visibility due to falling snow.

Lightforce are brilliant I use them for shooting and they are pretty inpresive

Rgds scott

Tazz070299 said:

As said earlier, if it really is fog lights you need then don't buy spot lights or driving lights. Fog lights have a wide spread beam, and need to be mounted no higher than the bumper. Any higher then you will get the same light bounce back as you're getting with your headlights. The colour of then lens makes little difference. Historically, fog lights used to have a yellow lens, but the main factors influencing the efficacy of the lights are beam pattern and beam height.

Fog lamps can be used without headlights, providing it is foggy or poor visibility due to falling snow.

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The colour of the beam is in fact extremely important - here is an interesting write up as to why:

Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

AliV said:

The colour of the beam is in fact extremely important - here is an interesting write up as to why:

Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

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What a lot of cobblers , your eyes cannot differentiate between the lumen levels as small as the difference mentioned .
Anyhow try wearing yellow lens sunglasses for a while , your eyes will compensate you back to white .
As Tazz says the pattern and its control and height is more important ,
a flat beam mounted usually just below bumper on a landrover .

It used to have a maximum height provision that was very low , but that has been revised to below 1200mm
If you intend to use on their own in conditions of reduced vis (ie without dipped headlight on then they need to be no more than 400mm from outer edge of vehicle , and be a pair

If you really want to be anal about it then a 3degree down angle is specified .
HTSH