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About Fog Lights
Does it seem that the nights are darker than they used to be years ago? What you might not know is the eyes of the typical 50-year-old have half the night-vision capability as those of a 20-year-old, which might explain why it’s a little tougher to drive at night than it used to be.
What I’ve found that greatly decreases the stress of driving at night, especially in the poor weather conditions faced during the winter, is adding aftermarket lights. Not just more lights, but the right lights.
Choosing such auxiliary lights entails a few more considerations than wattage, price, and looks of the product you’re eyeing. Take fog lights as an example.
You do get what you pay for in fog lights. The really good ones, like those from PIAA (www.piaalights.com), IPF (www.arbusa.com), and Hella (www.hellausa.com), are designed to focus the light well below the level of the low-beam of your vehicle’s headlights while doing a great job illuminating the road from shoulder to shoulder and punch out there 150 feet or further.
Several models I have found wrok excellent in fog are the rectangular IPF 840 Series fog lights (www.arbusa.com). They provide a bright, amber light and a lens design that focuses it in such a way to provide really good foul-weather lighting.
Another excellent fog light is the PIAA 540 Extreme White model. I have these mounted in the front bumper of my own truck. They are round design, but again, the fluting of the lenses provides an excellent fog beam pattern that keeps back-glare to a minimum while throwing out a bright, white light pattern from road shoulder to shoulder.
So if you need a little extra help seeing down dark roads, light up. –Bruce W. Smith
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