NSFW Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 The dealership fixed my fog lights months ago under the 3/36 warranty. I should have posted here when they did, but better late than never I guess. One of the housings had to be replaced, so I kinda wonder if one was busted and the other was aimed down to match? Anyway both fog lights work fine now, i get just as much illumination as I had from the fogs on my last car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCloud Posted September 21, 2008 Share Posted September 21, 2008 It seems to me that sebberry's comment about how fogs are useless pretty much sums things up. The reason (I think) is a divergence of function and legal issues. Fogs are (OEM) switched to work only with the main lights because they're not supposed to be used by themselves for night driving. (And they turn off with the high beams because there are laws about how many simultaneous lights -- usually only 4 -- are permitted.) But the purpose of fogs is to illuminate the road immediately in front of the vehicle and to minimize the glare associated with backscatter from the fog droplets or from snowflakes. Because there is also some forward scatter, it's not really necessary for the direct fog-light beam to project forward very far -- so its height is a compromise between enough forward scatter to do the job and minimizing the glare. But because the fogs are switched with the main beams, it's glare city. So the damned things are useless except for the bling factor. Which is why, I think, there have been so many questions about how to re-wire them to use as DRLs. VERY blingy. HPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSiWRX Posted September 22, 2008 Share Posted September 22, 2008 ^ That's me - it's also my belief that "fog lights" are for just such purposes - and are truly useful only for very, very short-range, and are thus also for very low road-speeds. I tend to use mine more for lane/curb delineation, in foul-weather, where my road-speed is already significantly reduced. Aim? I'll confess, this is something that I've toyed with for quite a while. I actually honestly don't know if it is "proper," per outahere's citation above, any more, as for a time, I'd just taken to repeatedly heading out when the weather was bad, and doing short runs to see if I like the setup, re-aiming, and then repeating. <-- I love Winky, my "periwinkle" (ABP) LGT! - Allen / Usual Suspect "DumboRAT" / One of the Three Stooges '16 Outback, '16 WRX, 7th Subaru Family Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrCloud Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Gotta say, using the fogs for DRLs would be better than using the half-on high-beams (or whatever it is on my 08), bling or not. Of course, if you REALLY want bling, get one of those new Audi A4s, with the curvey LED eyebrow DRLs. Oooohhhh, pretty! HPH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxvt Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 ^ I think the stock Drl's on the '08 look pretty bling with the lights switch on the middle setting (so that the corner lights are on but the headlights aren't fully on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnAWD Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Somewhat off the OP's topic, but since I did my Xenon Expert HID upgrade, I don't use my fogs any more. Or my high beams for that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homegrwn97 Posted September 29, 2008 Share Posted September 29, 2008 The dealership fixed my fog lights months ago under the 3/36 warranty. I should have posted here when they did, but better late than never I guess. One of the housings had to be replaced, so I kinda wonder if one was busted and the other was aimed down to match? Anyway both fog lights work fine now, i get just as much illumination as I had from the fogs on my last car. So you can see the output of your fogs now NSFW?? I have the PIAA yellow ion bulbs in my fog....and I cant see any yellow light unless i lean up closer to the windshield Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSFW Posted September 29, 2008 Author Share Posted September 29, 2008 Yes, they work fine now. Sounds like your car has the same defect mine had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxvt Posted October 2, 2008 Share Posted October 2, 2008 how does one go about removing the plastic housing around the foglights to access the aiming screw thing? Do you just finagle it off or do you go under the car somehow? It doesn't seem to come off very easily. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxvt Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 anyone? I don't want to break anything. If I pull on the lip of the plastic housing near the foglight lense it feels like it may be working- but I get to that point where I don't feel I could use more muscle without risking breaking anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wrxvt Posted October 5, 2008 Share Posted October 5, 2008 ok I figured it out myself. there is a little slot you can stick a flathead screwdriver in and start the process of snapping out. it comes out pretty easily once you stick a screwdriver in that slot. the slot is on the inside top corner of the plastic housing. now to figure out how to aim these things! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John M Posted October 9, 2008 Share Posted October 9, 2008 I raised the aim of my fogs (urban bling lights) maybe 2-3 months after I bought the car. They were at least noticeable until I switched to HIDs. Now I plan to use either yellow H3's or low-temp HIDs for foul weather use. They stay off now during regular night driving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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