Fog Light replacement bulb options?

toddjb122 · Jul 24, 2017

My headlights are white. As are the LED running lights.
The fog lights are yellow.... they just don't match. (on a '13 HSE LUX)

I wanted to replace the fog light bulbs with a comparable white light. Maybe brighter than current bulbs but without bothering oncoming drivers.

Any suggestions?

Somewhere there was a thread in the past where I think someone listed all the bulbs they have replaced with LEDs and links to the bulbs. I couldn't find it in a search, though. It may have been on interior lights.

Surfrider77 · Jul 24, 2017

I bought LED fogs once. Never again. The color was fantastic, but they didn't output much light at all.

I swapped those out for Philips Diamonds and they are perfect.

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Diamond-Vision-Halogen-Headlamps/dp/B00GD8OL62/

toddjb122 · Jul 24, 2017

Surfrider77 said:
I swapped those out for Philips Diamonds and they are perfect.

https://www.amazon.com/Philips-Diamond-Vision-Halogen-Headlamps/dp/B00GD8OL62/

Thanks!

Do you by chance know if those (H11) are the right size for our fogs?

Also, ad states they are dimmer than OEM bulbs, but maybe they mean headlights. Should be plenty bright for fogs.

Im fine with the halogens, but know that the LED lights have come a long way in the past few years. For my biking headlamps alone... initially they were white but did not project far. Today on their highest setting it's too much light. Darn things light up the entire forest!

That said, I trust the folks here who've actually installed something.

cperez · Jul 24, 2017

I went with these a few months ago and have been happy with the results. Not mind-blowing but fine for my needs. I bought these based off of recommendations here on the forum; same bulbs for both headlamps and foggers:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00U1OL356/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I was worried about the blue tint but in actual use I can't see it. Note that these are installed in my 2011 HSE.

PaulLR3 · Jul 24, 2017

I replaced my fog light bulbs with these yellow bulbs:

https://www.tirerack.com/lighting/detail.jsp?make=PIAA&partnum=PIYH11&ID=1047

They are great in winter. My xenon headlights were actually blinding me in a blizzard with the brightness reflecting off the falling and blowing snow. Thankfully we can turn off the headlights and run just the fog lights.

Here's a tip if you remove the fog light bulbs...put tape over the openings under the fog light bulbs. If you don't, the 3 screws that hold the fog light glass cover will fall into that hole, never to be found again.

Azoo · Jul 24, 2017

Has anyone thought of HID ? Is there room for a ballast behind or around the fog lights ?

toddjb122 · Jul 25, 2017

PaulLR3 said:
I replaced my fog light bulbs with these yellow bulbs:...

They are great in winter. My xenon headlights were actually blinding me in a blizzard with the brightness reflecting off the falling and blowing snow. Thankfully we can turn off the headlights and run just the fog lights.

Crap.
Now you've thrown me for a loop.
I like the look of all the lights being white... but from a functionality perspective, yeah, when I'm driving in a blizzard, hard rain or fog... that's when I need them. Yellow, huh?

PaulLR3 said:
Here's a tip if you remove the fog light bulbs...put tape over the openings under the fog light bulbs. If you don't, the 3 screws that hold the fog light glass cover will fall into that hole, never to be found again.

Wow. That's a great tip. Thanks!

ryanjl · Jul 25, 2017

Warning: unpopular post incoming.

If you want the brutal honesty regarding fog lights, they are almost never truly needed.

The purpose of a fog light is to see the sides of the road in absolutely abysmal weather. If you can imagine weather conditions that would obscure the sides of the road, and then think of how many times you've driven in them, you can get an idea of how rarely a fog light is really needed.

General fog doesn't really qualify. These are conditions where you probably got stuck out on the road and, if you had your druthers, you wouldn't be out there. Think of an absolute blizzard in the dead of night.

To see the sides of the road, the beam pattern of a proper foglight throws hard almost 90 degrees from the direction of travel. Take a look at how the fog lights are located in an LR4 and pretty much every other vehicle with stock fog lights (inset into the bumper), and you realize this beam pattern is more or less impossible to achieve. Translation: stock fog lights on modern vehicles are for show.

My plan is to eventually use my foglight switch and wiring to run auxiliary driving lights.

Surfrider77 · Jul 25, 2017

See, the OP said he wanted white to match, hence the Philips Diamond H11 recommendation. I took his request as an aesthetic issue. If you want functionality, yellows are the way to go! There was a thread on the forum here somewhere where someone bought some really high end yellows and did a write up on it. Those are what you would be after if you want something to cut through the fog.

PaulLR3 · Jul 25, 2017

ryanjl said:
Warning: unpopular post incoming.

If you want the brutal honesty regarding fog lights, they are almost never truly needed.

The purpose of a fog light is to see the sides of the road in absolutely abysmal weather. If you can imagine weather conditions that would obscure the sides of the road, and then think of how many times you've driven in them, you can get an idea of how rarely a fog light is really needed.

General fog doesn't really qualify. These are conditions where you probably got stuck out on the road and, if you had your druthers, you wouldn't be out there. Think of an absolute blizzard in the dead of night.

To see the sides of the road, the beam pattern of a proper foglight throws hard almost 90 degrees from the direction of travel. Take a look at how the fog lights are located in an LR4 and pretty much every other vehicle with stock fog lights (inset into the bumper), and you realize this beam pattern is more or less impossible to achieve. Translation: stock fog lights on modern vehicles are for show.

My plan is to eventually use my foglight switch and wiring to run auxiliary driving lights.

I completely agree. You almost never need to use the fog lights. For me, it's usually when traveling in heavy snow. Their pattern will light up the small reflectors posted along the shoulder of the road. Works well when you can't see the snow-covered road and you are the lead car.

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