Amber Fog Lights

[Ponsonby Britt OBE]

FYI cool white LEDs behind a yellow film (or lens, even) will not produce amber (or even yellow) output.

I've done it on several vehicles and it turns out yellow, maybe I'm seeing things

I've worked in video/filmmaking. Plastic film (aka "gels") or a tinted lens is exactly how you'd arrive at colored light from either a cool- or warm-white stage lamp. These lamps are often much brighter than something you'd normally have on a car.

If you don't see the color, your gel/lens color properties are insufficient. Pick something darker, thicker, or more color-saturated. You may need to experiment.

 

[stephan07]

The H16 from Xenon Depot are bright. Im not sure you could run these on the road with oncoming traffic. Not as bright as the Baja I am sure, but they have some serious output. I did the LaminX for the daytime look.

And yeah, got pulled over twice recently for the Front Plate.....so caved and put it on.......

 

[Axix23]

What about keeping your factory fogs and just running some nice quality yellow led bulbs?

 

[IanB]

What about keeping your factory fogs and just running some nice quality yellow led bulbs?

That works if you're after the color change and possibly a modest improvement in light output, but it's not really the same thing as some of the upgrades being discussed here.

Think of it as stock +1 vs. stock +20 in terms of light output.

 

[Cndnmax]

What about keeping your factory fogs and just running some nice quality yellow led bulbs?

I tried JDM Astar H11 yellow LED bulbs. They were pretty bright but I lost the cut off and just ended up with a scatter of yellow light. Great if you want them just for looks I didn’t try them in fog to see it they would work okay.

If anyone wants them let me know.

 

[LimeLED]

How is the color output? I know that films can "add" a color to a light, but some may not perform like they should.

For what it's worth, a film (which acts as a filter) doesn't add color, it subtracts the other colors. It filters out light in the other color spectrums. This is why when you put a filter in front of white light (which contains all the colors, more or less, depending on your light source), you get a reduction in total light output. The reduction is much worse with LEDs than incandescent because LEDs product significantly less yellow light than incandescent. Incandescent light has a nice balance of color whereas LEDs have significantly more blue.

 

[YellowSnow]

Why not go with the cali raised fogs in amber? I think the stock fog housings look like shit, and are clunky. I use them all the time with no issues.

 

[Cndnmax]

For what it's worth, a film (which acts as a filter) doesn't add color, it subtracts the other colors. It filters out light in the other color spectrums. This is why when you put a filter in front of white light (which contains all the colors, more or less, depending on your light source), you get a reduction in total light output. The reduction is much worse with LEDs than incandescent because LEDs product significantly less yellow light than incandescent. Incandescent light has a nice balance of color whereas LEDs have significantly more blue.

Yeah but yellow LEDs are generally less bright anyways and the film isn’t a perfect filter. So in the end I think it pretty much evens out.