What are the opinions of fog lights vs driving lights?? Do many of us really drive in fog ??
Fog vs Driving light consensus
- Thread starter Bert Poliakoff
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Bert, the only fogs used in Ma are by the SUV owners, the ones who have no idea what's on when and zero depth perception. I actually never see anyone with a "car" that uses them here. I won't be putting them on my E9, standard on the E24 as you know (did you get the amber ones?)
driving lights. You can never have too much light! Bumper already had holes
I will use under the bumper lights. I have a new pair of rectangular amber Cibies that I am not sure of using and will probably just go with original e24 under bumper lights as you picture as there is no provision in the airdam for them and that is what was on the car to begin with.. In either case, on the early euros, they mount by clamping under the bumper rather than by drilling a hole through. I am inclined to go with as original Hella clear driving lights which are still available new. I had a set of box new round Marchal driving lights that looked totally neat that I was going to mount over the bumper and figured a way to bracket them without any bumper holes but decided to not go that way and passed them on to a tii owner.
Under bumper is typically fog lights with fluted lenses, above bumper is driving lights with clear lenses, for obvious reasons. Yellow was supposed to allow the light to penetrate further into fog but that has been debunked, but it is pleasing on the eye. I have driving lights and have used them often on long trips at night, they also will get left lane idiot drifters to move over quite quickly when you flash them along with the high beams.
I have to believe my Euro E24 had fogs since it has a foglight switch. I just answered my own original question with my nrain flash or, just do driving lights and control them with the fog light switch. ?
People generically call most lights fog lights but BMW sold and installed fog lights and not driving lights in late 70s/80s I think. Just call it auxiliary lighting along with your switch.
Fog lights are supposed to go off when high beams come on, driving lights come on with the high beams, or at least I wired mine that way.
That can be done too. I have my headlights wired so that on hi beam all six filaments light. For those not aware, Susquehanna Motor Sports is a great source for Hella lights etc. They included the schematic for the wiring when I bought my H1 H4 from them. Prices are righteous as well
Bert, How do you make H4 Hi come on with H4 Lo without triggering H1 Hi?
I drive in fog, from foggy sea to foggy sea to see fog.
mmccusername
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If you don't want holes in your bumper, just remove your bumper.
The harness was made according to a schematic Susquehanna sent me with the lights I had someone do the harness as we re worked the harness from the fuse box. Each headlight on my E24 was on a separate fuse so IIRC he paired the lights into one circuit hi and one lo and built the harness from there The guys at Susquehanna are good guys and I would bet if you call them they would get a schematic to you
Bought my wiring harness & relay from Susquehanna too, rallylights.com