[s-cars] xenons in fog lamps?

[Gabriel Caldwell]

This argument comes up every so often.  Some people (no names) claim
that Daniel Stern is biased because he does not sell HID kits.  I think
if Daniel Stern wanted to he could sell HID kits, heck I could sell HID
kits if I wanted to.  There must be some reason he chooses not to sell
HID kits.  I find his website quite compelling and I'm sure that's why
Sean Douglas chose to buy OEM S6 HIDs at great expense rather than to
use an HID retrofit kit in projectors that were never designed for HID.

Gabriel Caldwell


-----Original Message-----
From: Tom Green [mailto:trgreen at comcast.net] 
Sent: February 15, 2005 8:07 AM
To: s-car-list at audifans.com
Subject: Re: [s-cars] xenons in fog lamps?

Emre.

The s-car fog lights are for a different kind of fog.  Although the 
HID's may shine
through the late-night s-fest induced fog, that is just in your head. 
;-)   The fogs
don't have a suitable adjustment to eliminate the bloom from too much 
light on the
pavement near the front bumper and thus hinder visibility up the road 
on a foggy
night that nature produces.

Tom '95 S6

On Feb 15, 2005, at 9:37 AM,  Emre Washburn <yumyjager at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have HID bulbs in the fogs on my //S, let me be the first to tell
> you that Daniel's obviously biased writings are wrong. Just ask the
> crowd that staid late at //S Fest '04. They were "Blinded by the
> light, reved up like a  . . ."
>
> FWIW, mine emit a very white light from the fogs, whitest of all my 
> HID's.


> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:31:07 -0500, Lee Levitt <lee at wheelman.com> 
> wrote:
>> LL - writes:
>>>
>>> Go to www.danielsternlighting.com to learn of the
>>> "benefits" of all Xenon lighting (or not). If the true
>>> goal of any mods is to improve visibility, you'll pay
>>> attention to what he has to say.
>>
>> For those web-impaired readers, here's what Daniel says:
>>
>> "Good (and legal) fog lamps produce white or Selective Yellow light, 
>> and use
>> tungsten-halogen bulbs. Xenon or HID bulbs are inherently unsuitable 
>> for use
>> in fog lamps, and blue or other-colored lights are also the wrong 
>> choice"
>>
>> May *look* better, but will reduce your visibility, not increase it. 
>> Not the
>> trade-off I'm looking for.

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