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Old 02-16-2006, 09:08 PM
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Fog lights...illegal?

Is it just me or are the fog lights on these cars unusually bright? I think SVX's look better at night with them on, but everytime I turn them on cars start flashing their brights at me. I was wondering if cops can give tickets for having them on when..umm..there is no fog, since they are so bright on this car??? Maybe mistaking them for brights.
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Old 02-16-2006, 09:35 PM
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They do it to me as well. They just don't realize they are fogs.

If you look closely, you'll see the beam aims lower, and if you get out and look for yourself, it is not as bright as the headlights.
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Old 02-16-2006, 09:46 PM
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People probably just think they are high beams because they see 4 lights... I just ignore the first flash, if they flash a second time I flip to highs and leave it like that
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Old 02-16-2006, 09:56 PM
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People probably just think they are high beams because they see 4 lights... I just ignore the first flash, if they flash a second time I flip to highs and leave it like that
Haha. That would do it.

Some more advice:

Watch the road they are on. If it's bumpy or wavy it can appear as if you are being flashed. This is a common effect of driving a car so low to the ground.
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Old 02-16-2006, 10:04 PM
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I've never had anyone flash at me and I drive with mine on all the time. Trust me, They aren't very bright. Turn them on and stand in front of the car.
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Old 02-16-2006, 11:05 PM
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People probably just think they are high beams because they see 4 lights... I just ignore the first flash, if they flash a second time I flip to highs and leave it like that
Pfft...a newbie manuver. The REAL move is to turn your lights off, push the stalk forward to the high position, and beam the hell out of them a second before they go by. Works like a charm...but if you see brake lights, you may want to take the creative way home

As for fogs being illegal...For some reason, every idiot that has em on their car (99% of them in the bumper) have them on. Daytime, night time...Whenever. I hate theese jerks...I mean....it itsnt foggy out? wtf? your wasting alternator output and more than likely going to blow a bumb beforte you actually need them...IN THE FOG. Idiots...And Nooo...the svx is all low to the ground and trucks put them right at eye level. Yeah, fogs at eye level....stupid J.C. Whitney grill mounted wal-mart blue bulb bull**** all up in my face. And wtf is with HID's? are they blue? purple? White? Either way they blind the **** out of anything within a mile away, only to become bareble a half second before you "Beam them back"
Bright lights are only safe to the jerks using them. If people wore their glasses and their damned contacts, they wouldnt need to blind the hell out of everyone else on the road to see what the hell they are doing...


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What was the thread about? I probly answered the queston somewhre in there. Bedtime now, bye bye
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Old 02-16-2006, 11:18 PM
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Yeah. Easy way to avoid that. Turn off your fogs. Unless it's foggy. Putting the fogs on makes it look more like a 90s Tbird or Saturn anyway.
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Old 02-16-2006, 11:19 PM
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Yeah. Easy way to avoid that. Turn off your fogs. Unless it's foggy. Putting the fogs on makes it look more like a 90s Tbird or Saturn anyway.

agreed..thats why i keep mine off...i dont even use them period.
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Old 02-17-2006, 12:21 AM
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Pfft...a newbie manuver. The REAL move is to turn your lights off, push the stalk forward to the high position, and beam the hell out of them a second before they go by. Works like a charm...but if you see brake lights, you may want to take the creative way home

As for fogs being illegal...For some reason, every idiot that has em on their car (99% of them in the bumper) have them on. Daytime, night time...Whenever. I hate theese jerks...I mean....it itsnt foggy out? wtf? your wasting alternator output and more than likely going to blow a bumb beforte you actually need them...IN THE FOG. Idiots...And Nooo...the svx is all low to the ground and trucks put them right at eye level. Yeah, fogs at eye level....stupid J.C. Whitney grill mounted wal-mart blue bulb bull**** all up in my face. And wtf is with HID's? are they blue? purple? White? Either way they blind the **** out of anything within a mile away, only to become bareble a half second before you "Beam them back"
Bright lights are only safe to the jerks using them. If people wore their glasses and their damned contacts, they wouldnt need to blind the hell out of everyone else on the road to see what the hell they are doing...


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What was the thread about? I probly answered the queston somewhre in there. Bedtime now, bye bye
Wowa they actually are quite usefull for filling in the up close lighting gap in my BMW, without them pot holes are much harder to spot and the only guy who ever complained was my friends neighbor who literally has nothing better to do.

On other fronts, I often leave my high beams on driving my truck on the freeway, it seems without them people can't see me and feel the need to change lanes leaving only 10 feet, then slow down what is this all about
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Old 02-17-2006, 05:56 AM
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Yeah. Easy way to avoid that. Turn off your fogs. Unless it's foggy. Putting the fogs on makes it look more like a 90s Tbird or Saturn anyway.
I occasionally run with the foglamps, in foggy conditions (imagine that), and get flashed by oncoming drivers every single time. Like Napa, I blip the brights to let 'em know what's what, but I do it immediately. If there's traffic enough so that becomes a PITA, the fogs aren't really necessary anyway, so I douse 'em.

No matter the vehicle, using foglamps in fair weather is as inconsiderate as refusing to dim one's brights to oncoming traffic. Every bit as blinding, so what's the difference?

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Old 02-17-2006, 08:51 AM
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Switching to amber fog lights doesn't help much ether. I run PIAA Ion Crysta bulbs. I still get flashed some times. I just flash my 100 watt highs and they get it. I keep my fogs off most of the time.
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Old 02-17-2006, 09:38 AM
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I definately need brighter fog lights I have those yellow ION crystal ones and they aren't bright enough. I've never gotten flashed for having my lights on. What are you guys using to make people flash you back???
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Old 02-17-2006, 09:42 AM
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No matter the vehicle, using foglamps in fair weather is as inconsiderate as refusing to dim one's brights to oncoming traffic. Every bit as blinding, so what's the difference?

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I have yet to find proper fog lights that are blinding, true fog lights only iluminate down so that you can see in the fog, therefore they are noticible but not bright.

The problem with high beams isn't just the light intensity, it is also the pattern, low beam pattern tends to put less light in the oncoming lane partially because the headlights are often pointed to the right a bit, not much, just enough to light up the shoulder, high beam tends to spread the brightest part of the light all over the road.

The cheap aftermarket foglights, however, are terible and I believe they are often mounted upsidown so they only point up
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