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Model specific boards => Golf mk6 => Topic started by: Dipesh2031 on 13 August 2014, 22:54

Title: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Dipesh2031 on 13 August 2014, 22:54
Hi guys,

Just wondering what I could do to upgrade the fogs on the gtd, I don't want anything blue, because you can see the blue bulb reflecting in the day making the fog light look blue. I was thinking more LED/HID I rarely use fogs, but if I do it would be on a dark country road where no one drives as I wouldn't want to blind anyone,

Any recommended LED/HID kits around? anyone using any? any experiences?
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Mattyj on 16 August 2014, 10:47
Be prepared for a million comments of "who uses fogs anyway" well i do mate and struggle to find anyhting i settled for set of blue in the end
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Snoopy on 16 August 2014, 23:26
Yellow light works better in fog than white light its why xenons are useless in fog as they just reflect back. So putting white bulbs in fogs defeats the object of front fogs imo.if  your using them on country roads I may see a point.
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Booth11 on 16 August 2014, 23:35
Quote from: Mattyj on 16 August 2014, 10:47
Be prepared for a million comments of "who uses fogs anyway" well i do mate and struggle to find anyhting i settled for set of blue in the end

Lol, fogs are divisive.  I use mine and even though the yellow looks at odds with xenons, as snoopy says, they cut through fog far better than bright white light.  Why not go the other way and go more yellow using coloured film, as some on here have.  It's a marmite thing, but I like it looks good on the mk6.
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Dipesh2031 on 17 August 2014, 16:58
ahh makes sense, yeah I'll stick to the standard bulbs, ill just upgrade the headlights to projectors instead

(tbh I was just looking for an excuse to upgrade them :whistle:)
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Mattyj on 17 August 2014, 17:42
Yellow film? Dear god no!!!!!
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Booth11 on 17 August 2014, 18:33
Quote from: Mattyj on 17 August 2014, 17:42
Yellow film? Dear god no!!!!!

Haha, as said not everyone's cup of tea.  I like it though  :tongue:

But if you do use your fogs, why would you switch over to a bulb that reduces their effectiveness?  Or is it all about looks.
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: ben gttdi on 17 August 2014, 20:23
I got to agree its looks the nuts on the fogs... Was thinkin of doing mine :)
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Booth11 on 17 August 2014, 21:35
Quote from: ben gttdi on 17 August 2014, 20:23
I got to agree its looks the nuts on the fogs... Was thinkin of doing mine :)

Do you mean the yellow film?  There are a few pics on here somewhere of cars with the fogs done like that, if you can find 'em  :smiley:
Title: Re: fog light upgrade bulbs?
Post by: Mattyj on 19 August 2014, 09:02
Its equal use to looks for me but if the fogs tgat bad that you notice a diff between white light and yellow you'd be crawling and being uber careful so swings an roundabouts ps my whites are brighter