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Old Aug 23, 2007 | 10:27 PM
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I agree with GSteg. Yellow light is easier to see than (off) white light in the rain or fog, etc.
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Old Aug 24, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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livin in SF and commuting weekly over the GG bridge, fog has become a regular acquaintance to me. i had gone from white fogs to yellow halogen fogs to hid yellow fogs. the yellow halogens provided decent visibility, but only in the immediate area in front of the car. now with the hid yellow fogs, the yellow covers about half the distance of my lowbeam hids. so in normal driving, if i tend to have my fogs on, i can still see quite a distance, but i see more yellow.

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Old Aug 30, 2007 | 10:47 PM
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very nice example
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Old Dec 23, 2007 | 07:05 PM
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I've already posted on this subject, and had real world experience, and yellow fogs ftmfw!
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 01:38 PM
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Originally Posted by LexAnt
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WOW! those HID fogs are freaking bright. I cant even see the color from the HID head lights anymore.
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 01:52 PM
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haha they help a lot. but i just went from yellow bulbs back to my 6k HID fogs....haha
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Old Feb 1, 2008 | 07:57 PM
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hahah... yeah!!!...

I have 3k hid on my fogs... but i want more lighting so i might go 4.3k lol
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Old Feb 13, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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keeps your eyes in the right place
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Old Mar 16, 2008 | 08:49 PM
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I think that its jus for looks...but thats jus me
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