I've always had a thing for actual yellow fog lights

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Hella 55 watt yellow fog lights from E-bay. We'll see how well they hold up. Paint on the housings didn't seem that great. I scuffed them up and sprayed a few light coats of Rustoleum Textured paint. Spliced into factory wiring.

http://rover.ebay.com/rover/1/711-5...0001&campid=5337789113&icep_item=113238181299


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Thanks.
Yeah. That’s the only place I could find those particular ones. It took a while for them to get here too. LOL
 
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Kind of gives it that old school European sport car look.

At first I kind of thought the stock foglights looked a bit ridiculously big, but they've kind of grown me now to where I'd decided I'll keep them. I am thinking about led replacement bulbs for the H3s in there now though.
 
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JEEPCJTJ said:
Back in the 1980s when I started driving, the coolest guys always had the yellow fog lights, they were rectangular and they were always on. Unfortunately I didn't have the extra cash to get them on my parent's car, not that they would have let me anyway.
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Yup, I had yellow fog lights on my Chevy van back in the late 70's early 80's...

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I looked at amber fog lights but decided to experiment with Optilux HELLA H71070662 XY Series H3 Xenon Yellow halogen bulbs in the factory fog lights instead. $16.14/pair on Amazon Prime.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002E2WMVW/?tag=wranglerorg-20

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With the yellow bulbs the fog light lenses look completely stock when turned off, i.e. white, with about the same yellow light when turned on as in the photos above - close to true cadmium selective yellow but not quite. I realize that lighting expert Daniel Stern doesn't like any of the yellow H3 bulbs currently on the market, but he is a purist and I don't need to be. The Optilux bulbs do the job.

I like the look of amber lenses on fog lights so I may convert in the future, but for now I am declaring my low budget alternative a success
 
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While I am thinking of it, while researching available amber fog lights for my jeep I ran across a link where someone had used PAR-46 35w amber sealed beam bulbs in the jeep factory housings to convert them to amber driving lights. Apparently all that needs to be done is to shave down a plastic tab in the housing so they will fit. I can't find the link now, but here are the bulbs:

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https://www.ebay.com/p/Two-Philips-...-Bulb-4412ac1-for-4412a-Par-46-OM/18004238341
 
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One of the bulbs that came with these had the filament broken. They are sending me a new one, but again, coming from India...

I happen to have a set of these (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00MHIGMLO/?tag=wranglerorg-20) laying around, so I put them it.

I will say I was a little disappointed in the quality of the paint. It seemed like it was thinly applied on the housing. I scuffed them up and sprayed a few coats of Rustoleum Textured paint. The rubber grommet where the wires come out was huge. No kind of seal at all. I had a couple rubber plug grommets that fit so I put them in and poked a hole for the wires to go through, then sealed them up with some black RTV.

I had some yellow Hella H3 bulbs in the KC that were on it, and they worked pretty good. I like seeing the yellow lenses though. I don't know why other than it reminds me of growing up in the 70'/80's and I think yellow does cut through the fog better than white.

A better shot in the daytime.

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Mr. Bills said:
While I am thinking of it, while researching available amber fog lights for my jeep I ran across a link where someone had used PAR-46 35w amber sealed beam bulbs in the jeep factory housings to convert them to amber driving lights. Apparently all that needs to be done is to shave down a plastic tab in the housing so they will fit. I can't find the link now, but here are the bulbs:

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That's a neat idea. In the factory fog light housings?
 
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That's interesting.

I thought the KC's that came on mine when I bought it were factory. I didn't realize until a few weeks ago when I seen the wiring for them were spliced into the factory wiring. LOL
 
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They're not meant for fog if they're not yellow/amber. That color cuts through the fog far better than white lights do. They look good on your TJ!
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That's what I used to think, until I started seeing clear lensed lights on new cars listed as "fog lights". I was adamant that a fog light was amber/yellow. Even argued the point. However, I've since found that not to be the case. I've also found that aftermarket suppliers list "white" fog lights.

Pulled this up:
Yellow vs. White Fog Lights: Make a Better Decision for Brighter Light
 
Squatch said:
That's what I used to think, until I started seeing clear lensed lights on new cars listed as "fog lights". I was adamant that a fog light was amber/yellow. Even argued the point. However, I've since found that not to be the case. I've also found that aftermarket suppliers list "white" fog lights.

Pulled this up:
Yellow vs. White Fog Lights: Make a Better Decision for Brighter Light
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If you read that closely, you'd not see where they recommended white for fog. In fact they said white can tire the eyes more readily. I read the physics of why yellow/amber lights are preferred in fog years ago and it made sense but I'm not going to bother searching for it or something similar again. To me, I learned yellow/amber works better in fog and I'm satisfied with the physics of why it does.
 
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I wasn't arguing which was better, Jerry. I was only pointing out that there are white/clear lensed lights that are "meant for fog", as well. Again, I always thought the amber ones were the only ones considered fog lights, until I bought a Subaru Outback wagon with the "standard optional equipment clear fog lights". That's when I started looking into it. As for me, I would run the amber ones on my vehicle. I just like the look.
 
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