Just installed some Rigid SAE fogs! Very bright!

[staypuft]

I had the dealer installed Hella fogs in my 97 and they were pretty much useless for light output so I broke down and bought the Rigids and a new lower valance to make the install look a little cleaner. They are very bright and I could get by without even using my headlights if I needed to. The first night out I thing I didn’t have them aimed quite low enough and got bright lighted a few times so today I aimed them down a tad more and will try again tonight. All and all they are badass and I have about $275 wrapped up in the whole job including a better looking (more factory) switch off of Amazon.

 

[phattyduck]

I have a set of those to be installed soon on my Shrockworks bumper... glad to hear they are good! I really wanted a set of SAE/DOT lights for legality on the street. Since I have a '99, I'm going to use the factory fog light controls on the headlight/turn signal stalk.

I'll get another set in an off-road beam pattern for off road driving...

-Charlie

 

[octanejunkie]

I tied my PIAAs into the factory stalk switch on my 99, easy peasy

I thought the idea of fog lights was not to have them be bright, but to have the correct temperature so they penetrate fog and illuminate the area between the front of the vehicle and where the headlights cast.

I chose the fogs I did specifically as fogs, not driving lights, but I saw a log of 5000+ degree "fog" lamps, which seemed counter intuitive to me

What are the specs on those Rigid LEDs?

 

[Scramble]

I tied my PIAAs into the factory stalk switch on my 99, easy peasy

I thought the idea of fog lights was not to have them be bright, but to have the correct temperature so they penetrate fog and illuminate the area between the front of the vehicle and where the headlights cast.

I chose the fogs I did specifically as fogs, not driving lights, but I saw a log of 5000+ degree "fog" lamps, which seemed counter intuitive to me

What are the specs on those Rigid LEDs?

LOL, such a big pet peeve of mine! Fog lights are a yellow spot beam. Not a white flood pattern! AKA lights that you cant use on road because they blind oncoming traffic! UGG!

And when you read the box that the 5000k "fog" lamps come in they say, "for off road use only".

 

[pauldub]

Fog lights are a wide pattern with a flat horizontal cutoff. They should be adjusted so as to not light up the fog in your horizontal line of vision. Many lights are called fog lights when they are not.

 

[phattyduck]

LOL, such a big pet peeve of mine! Fog lights are a yellow spot beam. Not a white flood pattern! AKA lights that you cant use on road because they blind oncoming traffic! UGG!

And when you read the box that the 5000k "fog" lamps come in they say, "for off road use only".

I wouldn't want a spot beam as a fog light. You want a low, wide beam with a good cutoff to avoid glare. Also, not too much light right below the light that can reflect back up (for snow). Yellow is better, but white can be ok.

Here is the beam shot on the Rigid website:

Here's one from another website:

Looks like exactly what you want to me. You can get yellow/amber covers for them if you want.

-Charlie

 

[staypuft]

The above are the same pattern as my rigids. Low bright and wide. They don’t blind oncoming traffic now that they are aimed right. The first night I had them a little too high and bacically could use them as headlights. Now just waiting on some rain and a trip to work on I485 where I can never see the damn lanes in the rain to really test them out!

 

[staypuft]

LOL, such a big pet peeve of mine! Fog lights are a yellow spot beam. Not a white flood pattern! AKA lights that you cant use on road because they blind oncoming traffic! UGG!

And when you read the box that the 5000k "fog" lamps come in they say, "for off road use only".

The Rigid SAE are not a flood pattern at all. They have a sharp cutoff pattern which is what attracted me to them. U can add yellow adapters to them as well for better visibility in the fog but it’s supposed to reduce light output by about 40% from what I’ve read.

 

[muellernautique]

i love lights that are mounted in that bumper area. always looks so clean. if only texas wasn't a front plate state i'd have my bar mounted down there.

 

[ToyotaBrah]

Very nice job mounting them. Resembles an OE look.

I'm now curious if a set of these can be somehow retrofitted where the factory fog lights are located on the '99-'02 bumper.

 

[OldRigNewParts]

I have had these in my Amazon cart for a while now but I don't know how I would mount them to my AOR plate bumper. I had an idea to have some brackets made that I could bolt to where my factory tow hooks would go, but I'm not sure how it would look.

Has anyone mounted a set of these to the underside of an aftermarket bumper?

 

[Tyler James Inc]

You guys crack me up [emoji23]
[MENTION=78153]staypuft[/MENTION], nice work man. Those look SO good how you installed them, and the pattern is 100% perfect for fog lights!

Really REALLY like how those look on the front of your rig. I can't tell you enough [emoji23] I love em.

 

[19963.4lsr5]

I like how he fit them in the factory location.


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[Scramble]

The Rigid SAE are not a flood pattern at all. They have a sharp cutoff pattern which is what attracted me to them. U can add yellow adapters to them as well for better visibility in the fog but it’s supposed to reduce light output by about 40% from what I’ve read.

Thats excellent, sorry I jumped the gun then. I work nights & I'm blinded a couple a times night driving home. Either by some ass with HID's in his stock housings, a bro wagon with his light bar on, new cars with ridiculous projectors & plain old idiots using their high beams. You said in your OG post that you got high beamed a few times so...

Yes yellow does cut down the light output but I find it works much better in fog & snow which is what I use them for. And they dont blind oncoming drivers.

 

[staypuft]

Thanks everybody. I like the way they turned out and was going for a factory look. I’m still sore from wrestling around with everything getting it like I wanted. The only issue I have is that it hard to get to the adjustment screws for aiming. I have to take the light all the way out, make small adjustment, put it back in and start again if it’s off. The good thing about it is it’ll make it harder for someone else to get too.

 

[staypuft]

Thats excellent, sorry I jumped the gun then. I work nights & I'm blinded a couple a times night driving home. Either by some ass with HID's in his stock housings, a bro wagon with his light bar on, new cars with ridiculous projectors & plain old idiots using their high beams. You said in your OG post that you got high beamed a few times so...

Yes yellow does cut down the light output but I find it works much better in fog & snow which is what I use them for. And they dont blind oncoming drivers.

I’m with you! I don’t want to be THAT guy either. Just had them aimed a little high the first time. I think I have them right now. I’m gonna get the amber covers as well. My problem has always been driving in the rain in this thing. Changed my headlight to the 2002 version and that helped some but I’m hoping this will cut through even better. It’s was a white knuckle drive in the rain on I485 where they don’t have reflectors without the new lights!

 

[sogoood]

Love my rigid fogs. They are wide and bright and are the best fogs you can buy! Ive found that even the Baja Design's "fogs" arent even this wide.

So much usable light during foggy nights. You can see pedestrians at crosswalks, sidewalks, and it lights up your turning lane.

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I currently use yellow vinyl on clear covers.

 

[John7M7]

I bought the Rigid SAE fog lights. Threw some amber cover on them.

For all the haters, they work GREAT. I drove through intense fog and through the Grayson Snowstorm in NE Maine, they did amazing. Trully.
If you're not ret*rded and know how to aim a light pod, you won't blind anyone. Had them on on the freeway for 2k miles, no one flashed me.

And since they are street legal...

 

[phattyduck]

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I currently use yellow vinyl on clear covers.

This pic reminds me that I still need to mod the stock wiring to allow for fogs to be on with the parking lights for ACTUAL fog/snow use. Sadly, DOT regs don't allow for stock wiring to work that way, even though in actual poor visibility situations, that is the right way to run them (fogs and marker lights only).

-Charlie

 

[octanejunkie]

Great pics and good looking lights!

I still like my PIAA 6" rounds but those Rigid LEDs are awesome. Nice job mounting them too :thumb: