I drove through a snow storm through the mammoth area one night and it was super sketchy with regular headlights and driving lights. I added some amber led’s and it was so much less nerve racking the next time
I drive in thick fog quite often, it's common where I live. I learned long ago that yellow doesn't reflect back off fog and rain the way white does, even better when it has a sharp cut-off. I currently use Diode Dynamics SS3 fogs on my Toyota.
White lights are typically "driving" lights. Amber where traditionally fog lights. For the reasons Chloe mentions they produce less glare. Historically amber is white light through a filter, so people preferred the brighter white due to the mistaken theory that brighter is better
It's like when driving in the rain. The white lines on the street pretty much disappear when the road is wet. Older fog lights were pretty much all yellow.
Great info! My biggest beef with lights is…. People put LED bulbs into oem reflective housings which scatters the light and it should be in a projector housing which obviously projects the light so you don’t blind everyone else to my knowledge
I purchased some Diode Dynamics Elite Series Yellow foglights, for my ‘23 Taco TRD ORSB. Love them! Now, I live in Massachusetts and the first time I used them when it was snowing out. What a huge difference. Absolutely cut through the snow to help my visibility. Same goes for the rain. Plus. . . They look cool. Keep up the great work! Love your videos!
Youre absolutely correct! The yellow doesn't reflect off of snow, rain and fog like white light. Makes it much safer and easier on your eyes. I'm not familiar with Diode dynamics. Thanks for adding the brand. Im going to check them out!
2022 4Runner. I have the diode dynamics in mine in amber. Love them and the wife loves them in the fog. I turn them on as DRLs. Looks sweet. Also off-roading at night
I put the amber Diode Dynamics on a 2016 Tacoma and couldn’t believe the difference. I have a 70 mile round trip to work everyday in deer heaven and they improve my night vision so much I’ll never own a vehicle without them. Living in western NY the weather can be nice one minute to a blizzard the next minute. When I bought my 2020 TRD Off road that was the first thing I bought for the new truck. Diode Dynamic is a awesome company, quality built products and the the people are so friendly and helpful! I also run the fogs with my daytime running lights for that added badass look, I’ll never grow up when it comes to my Toyotas. Also, ‘I’ve only been flashed maybe 5 times in nearly 7yrs of running them they are easy on the eyes.
I bought Baja design yellow fog lights for winter. I barely use them because they are extremely bright, at night cars passing by I can see the drivers face and them squinting and that's too bright 😂
yep. Those dark, misty months. Amber fogs put in work. Plus, don't end up blinding opposing traffic like the OEM fogs (having been on the receiving end many times).
Yellow offers less strain, but lowers output. There are some applications where white is better. Most people do it because it gives the toyota a pop of color and looks cooler.
Thanks for reconfirming what was recommended to me. I have an amber 30” heretic bar on order to set in the cbi covert bumper. Also amber fog lights as well. Winter weather here can be nasty. Snow, fog, freezing fog. Anyways thanks for all the info that you share.
The yellow light cuts through rain and fog better too because it doesn't refract all around inside water droplets. So I've read. I have a 08 Subaru w Hella off road bulbs for my DRL/Brights, and I work overnight so I use them often. They're awesome, it really is better. I do like the way it looks too.
It’s easier to see when it’s foggy, rain, snow, dusty, smoky, or etc. the amber color is still predominantly used today in Rally’s such as Baja. Now there’s a company that sell fog lamps with combo of white and amber
Single wavelength LEDs are actually a good bit more efficient than white. It's impossible to get a white appearance with a bare LED so they use coatings that soak up some energy (wasted as heat) but in return give you multiple wavelengths of light. An LED doesn't need a coating to appear yellow, amber, red (blue orange etc) so when you see LED bulbs like that there is a good chance they're producing one exact wavelength of light, and doing it very efficiently compared to the white type.
I live in Tahoe and in 2017 on the day of the Super Bowl I was driving over Mt. Rose (Hwy 431) which is the highest pass that is open year round at least on the west coast maybe even in the US and while trying to get home during one of the worst storms that year I had to turn off my headlights and use my hazards because I didn’t have yellow/amber fog/running lights and my headlights caused such a blinding glare off the swirling snow I couldn’t see anything. But using my hazards I was able to increase my visibility from 0 to 5-7 yards in front of me while I drove 5-10 mph the rest of the 25 miles home.
My Toyota has the yellow fog lights it for driving in snow ❄️ here in Flagstaff Az yellow lights don't bounce back into my eyes when it's hitting the falling snow. They come in handy.
As a trucker that drives through the hellish conditions like whiteouts, downpours and very dense fog I can confirm selective yellow is way better than regular headlights. I will never go back to regular headlights
100% why all my off road lights are amber. The first time i used them in the snow i was shocked at how much better i could see and how less strained my eyes were. ❤❤❤
The exact history of fog lamps is not quite clear, however Europe was using amber fog lamps, for the most part, prior to WWII. Fog lamps have a wider more diffuse pattern to help cut reflections during inclement weather, such as fog. After WWII European sports cars made amber fog lamps popular. Whilst Lucas had their clear "pathfinder" fog lights, most drivers found amber to be more effective.
Ine other tip for those who dont want to spend $$$ replacing their "white" lights with yellow or amber. You can buy yellow film in small rolls. Its very easy to cut and place over the lense, turning your lights to amber. Also, if you're running after market lights with a removable metal ring. Remive that ring and cut the film slightly larger than the lense. Then replace the metal ring. It gives you a clean look and the edge of the yellow film will be concealed under the metal ring.
Okay, a lower mounted light will give you a lot of depth and contrast on the terrain regardless of the colour because that operated with the shadows it creates. Yellow and green are the colours human eyes can see better, the yellow/amber part of the light spectrum tends to refract and reflect less with particles in the air. Aftermarket lights also tend to be much brighter than OEM lights and Amber is right there in the balance point between iluminating enough for the user and not harming the eyes of people that are facing the light.
I have a 2015 lifted Scion xB with a lasfit LD plus switchback, on my low beam h11 headlights. I don’t have fog lights so that’s why I got them. And I’m using the SNGL 9005/HB3 3600 lumen led bulbs. I switch them for mostly looks and I love these a lot. I only use them on high beams only when no drivers is appeared. And I thought it was kool while I had a h11 sylvania - silverstar ultra which very nice and bright for its segment. And the brightness almost match since it was a good lighting output. Now that I have upgrade to lasfit LD plus switchback h11, and it makes 3000 lumens. And the brightness is overpower than the high beam. So now it’s like couple hairs notice when u turn on the high beams. Now I want to switch to the high power version of the SNGL, that has a very large aluminum heatsink, that makes 13000 lumens per set. A very thin copper board with a correct led chip to match the filament, and it’s a 360 lighting output to filled the entire reflector. The so hopefully these are as bright as my low beams if not a bit brighter because that’s what high beams are for. I love led 3000k yellow lights. I only use them when it it’s sunset, then night time I switch to 6000k. But I’m still stuck on two options. Either another Lasfit - LD plus switchback 9005 for 6k and 3k? Or A fanless with just a large heatsink, that’s only 3k from SNGL? Also I don’t go off-road but I would love to one day. But most of my life is daily on on-road. Nothing wrong with that. @ChloeKuo
I bought LED fog light bulbs with both white and amber. High beams shit off the fog lights but in low, I can choose which color by clicking them off and on.
I know the topic is amber/yellow, but I wonder how effective green is, I put a green filter but I haven’t used it yet in foggy or rainy conditions. and the legality is extremely obscure, as if no one ever thought of green before, no legal documents/statutes talk about them, nor does anyone have a response other than “only these colors are legal”, which varies depending on where you live and I see cars with “non compliant” lights according to the legal statutes all the time anyways. (im in Florida). I’m not talking about under glow either, specifically fog lights. The only green light section I can find is it can be used for private security both on private and public roads and that’s an obscurity within an obscurity to find out of green fog lights are allowed…
I like the white lights better but I have some covers for the lights on my pillars I wished the made them with white/clear lens & yellow LED’s I don’t like the look of the yellow lens when they’re off
I have switched to amber or 3K LEDs on my Honda for lows, highs,DRLs, and Fogs haha. The road has never looked better before not even with my 6ks haha.
I drove through a snow storm through the mammoth area one night and it was super sketchy with regular headlights and driving lights. I added some amber led’s and it was so much less nerve racking the next time
Try yellow HID lights and you will be blown away
Mammoth is an amazing place I have a good friend born and raised there
Good story and glad you made it home safely.
I've been running yellow fogs since the 90's. Much, much better when used for their intended purpose.
Those bright white lights are annoying and dangerous. It's glary as hell and can't get through rain drops.
I drive in thick fog quite often, it's common where I live. I learned long ago that yellow doesn't reflect back off fog and rain the way white does, even better when it has a sharp cut-off. I currently use Diode Dynamics SS3 fogs on my Toyota.
White lights are typically "driving" lights. Amber where traditionally fog lights. For the reasons Chloe mentions they produce less glare. Historically amber is white light through a filter, so people preferred the brighter white due to the mistaken theory that brighter is better
Sometimes it is good but definitely not better
Amber of course! They help me at night, especially in the rain.
No ...because Japan lost and were humiliated in WWII.
Japanese will always be; YELLOW!!!!
It's like when driving in the rain. The white lines on the street pretty much disappear when the road is wet. Older fog lights were pretty much all yellow.
Ahh thank you! I couldn’t figure out why everyone was adding the amber. Know I know
I am glad someone made this simple to understand.
I always wondered about amber/yellow fog lights.
I have a 2007 Corolla S in the speedway blue color. Went with the yellow to match the blue
Great info!
My biggest beef with lights is…. People put LED bulbs into oem reflective housings which scatters the light and it should be in a projector housing which obviously projects the light so you don’t blind everyone else to my knowledge
I purchased some Diode Dynamics Elite Series Yellow foglights, for my ‘23 Taco TRD ORSB. Love them! Now, I live in Massachusetts and the first time I used them when it was snowing out. What a huge difference. Absolutely cut through the snow to help my visibility. Same goes for the rain. Plus. . . They look cool. Keep up the great work! Love your videos!
Youre absolutely correct! The yellow doesn't reflect off of snow, rain and fog like white light. Makes it much safer and easier on your eyes. I'm not familiar with Diode dynamics. Thanks for adding the brand. Im going to check them out!
@@thomasshingleton9289 . . . You will be more than happy with the Diode Dynamics Elite Series. They’re plug and play and easy to install!
I use yellow/amber to cut through fog. I also turn it on to counter glare when I'm in the fast lane, and I want to see the left edge of my lane.
2022 4Runner. I have the diode dynamics in mine in amber. Love them and the wife loves them in the fog. I turn them on as DRLs. Looks sweet. Also off-roading at night
I put the amber Diode Dynamics on a 2016 Tacoma and couldn’t believe the difference. I have a 70 mile round trip to work everyday in deer heaven and they improve my night vision so much I’ll never own a vehicle without them. Living in western NY the weather can be nice one minute to a blizzard the next minute. When I bought my 2020 TRD Off road that was the first thing I bought for the new truck. Diode Dynamic is a awesome company, quality built products and the the people are so friendly and helpful! I also run the fogs with my daytime running lights for that added badass look, I’ll never grow up when it comes to my Toyotas. Also, ‘I’ve only been flashed maybe 5 times in nearly 7yrs of running them they are easy on the eyes.
Thank You for this information! You helped me make my decision on which ones to pull the trigger on!!!
Amber lens are awesome.
I have them on my favorite motorcycle helmets and in my Oakleys.
Factory halogen for headlights. Yellow diode dynamics for fog lights.
This is the best explanation of this I've found. Thank you. Guess now I need to upgrade my Tundra and 4Runner.😁
I bought Baja design yellow fog lights for winter. I barely use them because they are extremely bright, at night cars passing by I can see the drivers face and them squinting and that's too bright 😂
Back in the day we’d call those fog lights
Had my '19 Pro for a while, hate the look of any amber light including the raptor lights. But if ya like em, cool!
On my 2015 4 Runner amber fogs for inclement weather driving. 👍
They do make a big difference to see better during winter night time?
Selective yellow
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Living in Washington yellow is a must have
yep. Those dark, misty months. Amber fogs put in work. Plus, don't end up blinding opposing traffic like the OEM fogs (having been on the receiving end many times).
I run blue light!! I've run amber but noticed that they don't do good in the fog. The blue cuts right through the fog
I have often wondered this too. Thanks for sharing!
Yellow offers less strain, but lowers output. There are some applications where white is better. Most people do it because it gives the toyota a pop of color and looks cooler.
I have switchbacks for my 02 avalon and they work great
I've got them on my 2012 Subaru Outback, and they truly make a difference! (So does changing from halogen headlights to LED ones.)
Thanks for reconfirming what was recommended to me. I have an amber 30” heretic bar on order to set in the cbi covert bumper. Also amber fog lights as well. Winter weather here can be nasty. Snow, fog, freezing fog. Anyways thanks for all the info that you share.
Running Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro amber fog lights. They're awesome and I love them.
Pacific Northwest here. Amber yellow all the way 🎉
Those are the color of the flood lights on my Outlander Sport. Now I know why. I also have a 4Runner, thus why I also watch Tacoma videos.
That but the yellow just cuts through fog better.
Getting a 2014 4Runner trynna watch as many vids as possible what can I do to better it ( the only modification to it is a lift I think 3’)
I run both in my stock fog lights. LASFIT for the win.
The yellow light cuts through rain and fog better too because it doesn't refract all around inside water droplets. So I've read. I have a 08 Subaru w Hella off road bulbs for my DRL/Brights, and I work overnight so I use them often. They're awesome, it really is better. I do like the way it looks too.
It’s easier to see when it’s foggy, rain, snow, dusty, smoky, or etc. the amber color is still predominantly used today in Rally’s such as Baja. Now there’s a company that sell fog lamps with combo of white and amber
I will choose amber light for my next project
Im running baja yellow fog light because I saw a motorcycle cop that had yellow fog light 😅😂
Single wavelength LEDs are actually a good bit more efficient than white. It's impossible to get a white appearance with a bare LED so they use coatings that soak up some energy (wasted as heat) but in return give you multiple wavelengths of light. An LED doesn't need a coating to appear yellow, amber, red (blue orange etc) so when you see LED bulbs like that there is a good chance they're producing one exact wavelength of light, and doing it very efficiently compared to the white type.
I wish I got them ages ago. They help so much
I have auxbeam 4" they're so bright but I really love the opportunity to change from white to amber or even strobe
I prefer yellow too Chloe 😉
Its stupid most new cars use blue light instead of yellow like they used too. Great video.
Man thank you for all your information on these trucks. 👍😃❤️🇺🇸
I have ember led bulbs on mine, love them
I live in Tahoe and in 2017 on the day of the Super Bowl I was driving over Mt. Rose (Hwy 431) which is the highest pass that is open year round at least on the west coast maybe even in the US and while trying to get home during one of the worst storms that year I had to turn off my headlights and use my hazards because I didn’t have yellow/amber fog/running lights and my headlights caused such a blinding glare off the swirling snow I couldn’t see anything. But using my hazards I was able to increase my visibility from 0 to 5-7 yards in front of me while I drove 5-10 mph the rest of the 25 miles home.
My Toyota has the yellow fog lights it for driving in snow ❄️ here in Flagstaff Az yellow lights don't bounce back into my eyes when it's hitting the falling snow. They come in handy.
As a trucker that drives through the hellish conditions like whiteouts, downpours and very dense fog I can confirm selective yellow is way better than regular headlights. I will never go back to regular headlights
100% why all my off road lights are amber. The first time i used them in the snow i was shocked at how much better i could see and how less strained my eyes were. ❤❤❤
To me it’s for aesthetics, i like the retro input to something modern
Yellow light been for decades....my Dad 80's Benz had it and help us a lot during foggy.
Ford guy here. I prefer yellow as well.
Running yellow BD fogs, cubes in the bumper and ditch lights. The yellow feels better on my eyes and I can see better at nights and bad weather
The exact history of fog lamps is not quite clear, however Europe was using amber fog lamps, for the most part, prior to WWII. Fog lamps have a wider more diffuse pattern to help cut reflections during inclement weather, such as fog. After WWII European sports cars made amber fog lamps popular. Whilst Lucas had their clear "pathfinder" fog lights, most drivers found amber to be more effective.
Yellow is a must.. ..pity some attention seekers don't think so..
Since 90s been using yellow on all vehicles..
Best is still 4000-5500K. Unfortunately those are hard to find in led.
Ine other tip for those who dont want to spend $$$ replacing their "white" lights with yellow or amber. You can buy yellow film in small rolls. Its very easy to cut and place over the lense, turning your lights to amber. Also, if you're running after market lights with a removable metal ring. Remive that ring and cut the film slightly larger than the lense. Then replace the metal ring. It gives you a clean look and the edge of the yellow film will be concealed under the metal ring.
Okay, a lower mounted light will give you a lot of depth and contrast on the terrain regardless of the colour because that operated with the shadows it creates.
Yellow and green are the colours human eyes can see better, the yellow/amber part of the light spectrum tends to refract and reflect less with particles in the air.
Aftermarket lights also tend to be much brighter than OEM lights and Amber is right there in the balance point between iluminating enough for the user and not harming the eyes of people that are facing the light.
I drove in a white-out once and i had to turn my headlights off and kept the amber park lights on with that i was able to see some of the lane lines.
We learn something new everyday!
I run white, because I believe it gives me better vision. If I lived where I commonly drove in snow or fog, I would go amber.
Amber for fog, rain, snow here in Minnesota =]
I have a 2015 lifted Scion xB with a lasfit LD plus switchback, on my low beam h11 headlights. I don’t have fog lights so that’s why I got them.
And I’m using the SNGL 9005/HB3 3600 lumen led bulbs.
I switch them for mostly looks and I love these a lot. I only use them on high beams only when no drivers is appeared. And I thought it was kool while I had a h11 sylvania - silverstar ultra which very nice and bright for its segment. And the brightness almost match since it was a good lighting output.
Now that I have upgrade to lasfit LD plus switchback h11, and it makes 3000 lumens. And the brightness is overpower than the high beam. So now it’s like couple hairs notice when u turn on the high beams.
Now I want to switch to the high power version of the SNGL, that has a very large aluminum heatsink, that makes 13000 lumens per set. A very thin copper board with a correct led chip to match the filament, and it’s a 360 lighting output to filled the entire reflector.
The so hopefully these are as bright as my low beams if not a bit brighter because that’s what high beams are for.
I love led 3000k yellow lights. I only use them when it it’s sunset, then night time I switch to 6000k.
But I’m still stuck on two options.
Either another Lasfit - LD plus switchback 9005 for 6k and 3k?
Or
A fanless with just a large heatsink, that’s only 3k from SNGL?
Also I don’t go off-road but I would love to one day.
But most of my life is daily on on-road. Nothing wrong with that.
@ChloeKuo
Thanks for the explanation
Never thought of it that way... then again I do prefer yellow tinted sunglasses🕶 when driving in blinding snow at both work and play!
I got a pair of fog lights that let me switch between. Honestly great as when I'm in the town I have them white, but can swap whenever I need
I had a Grand AM that had amber fog lights. I could see much better in fog a snow storms then with cars that had white light ones.
I don’t have those yet but will soon
I bought LED fog light bulbs with both white and amber. High beams shit off the fog lights but in low, I can choose which color by clicking them off and on.
I'm running switchbacks lasfit
I know the topic is amber/yellow, but I wonder how effective green is, I put a green filter but I haven’t used it yet in foggy or rainy conditions. and the legality is extremely obscure, as if no one ever thought of green before, no legal documents/statutes talk about them, nor does anyone have a response other than “only these colors are legal”, which varies depending on where you live and I see cars with “non compliant” lights according to the legal statutes all the time anyways. (im in Florida). I’m not talking about under glow either, specifically fog lights. The only green light section I can find is it can be used for private security both on private and public roads and that’s an obscurity within an obscurity to find out of green fog lights are allowed…
she is gorgeous... i hope someone tell her that daily.
Yellow. Its functional and cool looking.
I run amber fogs because they dont glare back off of snow, rain, dust, and fog. I have even run amber low beams in winters with a lot of snow.
That's why they've been called fog lights since their inception
They work well in the night time dust also
I’m not against amber lights… but I do know my extremely bright white rigid industries lights cut through fog like butter.
Some go overboard with all amber but to each their own!
Do you guys know if the yellow lights are any better in dust? Bright lights following someone at night makes it impossible to see when it's dusty
We've always used yellow for one reason. Zero glare in heavy fog and snow! I run them on all of my trucks, wouldn't drive without them!!
Good information to know
Thanks!!
Diode Dynamics SS3 Pro Amber - CERTIFIED Driving lights
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What brand of lights are you holding?
But the look of a full white led front end is so nice! I know what I have to do but I don’t know if I have the strength to do it.
Amber for days 🤙🤙🤙
I been wondering why the yellow lights.. what's a good brand for tundra??
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I'm running blood red in the left one and purpshizzle in the right one.
I run them in the rear so those behind me in high dust situations can more easily predict distance between objects.
Amber has been a standard color fog light for many years. Had them on my Renault Le Car 😂
I like the white lights better but I have some covers for the lights on my pillars I wished the made them with white/clear lens & yellow LED’s I don’t like the look of the yellow lens when they’re off
Diode dynamics amber fogs and ditch lights. 💪
What brand are those selective yellow ones you’re holding?
Bright Blue all the way
I always put bright led Baja kits since I want to make night into day since there’s no fog here or heavy rain 😂
I have switched to amber or 3K LEDs on my Honda for lows, highs,DRLs, and Fogs haha. The road has never looked better before not even with my 6ks haha.
What company do you use