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I finally got my 30-SMD LED H11 bulbs in today and decided to take some
comparison pics. Most of you were already aware that LEDs in the fog lights
don't emit much light, and that's right. Since I got these pretty cheap and they
were a newer/better design using brighter SMD LEDs, I decided to pick them up
anyways and test them out.
This is what I'm using now. Nokya H11 2500K 80W bulbs (not my pic, but the same
thing). I had them as left over fog light bulbs after getting rid of my Audi a
few years ago. And I don't think they're really 80W, or are any risk of
overheating the wires since I ran them for almost 2 years already and they've
been running fine in the Prius for the past week now.
Here's what I got today. 30-SMD LED H11 bulbs in a 'super white' color.
Here's how it looks in the fog light housing. The bulbs are pretty big and
it's a tight fit, but still fit fine in there.
Here are some comparison pics of how the LEDs look compared to the halogen
"2500K 80W" bulbs. You can see the difference in how bright one is. Similar to
putting a 'super white' LED into the headlight housing, these are also more blue
looking when in the fog light housing.
You can see how the ground is lit up in the above pics, and in this pic. When
sitting in the car, the Nokya bulbs really light up the road pretty good in the
Prius and I can definitely see the difference on the road when driving. With the
LEDs, I can't see any difference from the driver's seat when I turn them on.
So there you have it. Just some more pics showing that LEDs (even the newer,
more powerful & brighter SMD LEDs) are still not as bright as halogen bulbs.
Don't get me wrong, these are still very bright when I turned them on, but not
nearly effective as halogen bulbs when used as fog lights. And if they were more
white looking and matched my LED headlights, I would use them just for looks.
Even if I got some brighter LEDs, I still don't think they'll be as bright as
halogen bulbs.
So I think the
LED fog light is bright enough for back
fog light, Means fogs to be driving
lights, like "hey I'm here, don't crash into me". But LED fog light not bright
enough for front fog light. if you want your fogs to be functional, go with the
halogen yellow lights.
So, If you want to use the fogs as DRLs, feel free to
stuff the LEDs in there. It'll definitely work since it uses less power (always
a concern with people running DRLs apparently) and don't give the illumination
thus you still need your low beams (I've seen way to many lazy people using fogs
as night-time illumination. They clearly don't know how fog lights work).
And
If you want bright fog lights, stick with halogen bulbs or look into an HID kit
(I may get one later, but I'm fine with my setup now).