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- From: serafin@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Mike Serafin)
- Subject: Re: fog lamps
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.055406.10248@spdc.ti.com>
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- References: <1993Jan21.085305.14965@leland.Stanford.EDU> <1993Jan21.170831.8474@netcom.com>
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- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 05:54:06 GMT
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- In article <1993Jan21.170831.8474@netcom.com> linley@netcom.com (Bruce James Robrert Linley) writes:
- >In a previous article tedebear@leland.Stanford.EDU (Theodore Chen) spake...
- >>
- >>[stuff deleted]
- >>i know that my fog lamps don't produce much additional glare
- >>compared to my regular low beams, since they are aimed fairly low.
- >>but i'm getting tired of being flashed whenever i use my fog lamps
- >>and i thought about changing them to amber. are there any
- >>replacement bulbs that would do this?
- >>
- >
- >Turn 'em off. These damn fog lights are nothing but a glaring pain in the ass
- >to other drivers on the road (Amber or otherwise) especially since people who
- >have them seem to drive with 'em on weather or not there's fog. If there IS
- >fog, then please, use the lights (as they were meant). Otherwise get used to
- >other drivers flashing their brights at you. Sorry, but I really hate these
- >lights (as much as those blinding strobe lights that some cars use as turn
- >signals).
- >--
-
- Fog lamps, when they are set up properly should not produce additional glare.
- I have installed several sets on various vehicles, and always, the beams are
- adjusted so that at 25ft they project just below the actual height of the
- lamps. They are pretty much useless, if they are adjusted any higher, as they
- will just through glare back in the drivers face. And yes, I keep them on even
- in no fog. So flash away, I'll just flash back.
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