which is more practical...

[monito]

Which is more practical, driving lights or fog lights?

i sorta understand the differences between the 2. Driving lights have a long and narrow throw, and Fog lights have a short but wide throw.

I travel a lot between the bay area and Sacramento, and during parts of the year, the routes can have thick fog.

[atobe]

fog lights... i have the piaa 1400... they're even brighter than my headlights even though it's yellow it's still brighter than my headlights..... but i've been thinking of getting some HID fog though... give that a try

[TBayToyotaBoy]

In my experience it depends on the type of fog. Yes, I said the type. I used to have "fog" lenses on my Bosche lights, but I found them too diffuse in the fog we get here. I swapped-in the driving lights and now I can see much better. In both fog and snow, I can see the centerline easilt, and all reflective surfaces (including those creepy, creepy moose eyes) are visible.

When I had blue bulbs in the fogs, I noticed an even bigger improvement in visibility. Perhaps due to the shorter wavelength of blue light (but yellow is supposed to be the most effective, and it has a much longer wavelength--I've just never used them).

Whatever you do, be sure to mount them under the bumper--you'll avoid too much light diffusion (and subsequent blind driving) with the bumper overhanging and cutting-off the light emitted upwards.

[monito]

cool thanx tBay and atobe! any body else have their thoughts?

i plan on mounting the fogs where the turn signals are [someone's done this already last month w/ Hella FF75's] I had pondered getting the dual fog/driving lights, but the brand name fog/driving lamps are expensive. or at least more than i want to pay for my car at least...

But, if driving lights work as effectively as fog lights, then i might just get driving lights instead of fogs... ur thoughts?

[atobe]

well as seeing how i'm in socal which rarely has fog... i can't say how well my lights work in fog.. but all i know is it sure helps.. and they're yellow

[nuron]

Guys, whenever my driving lights are on, I can barely see the light beam on the road. My friends have even asked me a couple times if my lights are on! Are my headlights aimed too high?

[TBayToyotaBoy]

Last winter I noticed that a lot of truckers were flashing their high beams at me, even though my lows were on. The next week, I noticed how low the rear of the car was sitting (this was in -30 degree winter weather). Sure enough, the rear struts were bagged and the front end was sitting at a slightly higher attitude; the inch of lift I lost on the rear caused the headlights to aim up considerably.

Could that be it?!?!

[nuron]

Aw crap! I forgot I put on V6 springs in the front so the car sits higher plus the rear is sagging


EDIT:

Say, wouldn't it be kind ofdangerous if i put V6 springs on both front and rear? I'm assuming the car can't put a sufficient load on the stiffer springs to plant the tires on the ground as best it could.