[s-cars] Has anyone replaced fogs with HID pencil beams??

[Postupack, Jeff]

Larry 
 
Great to hear from you this AM.. and now that I read your email,  helps
a lot. 
 
and it was more important for me to see around corners than distance
you are right on target with point of importance.. here in NH. 
 
After I posted, I did find the mechanical drawing to show Micro DE's are
way too big to fit inside the lamp.
 
Perhaps I can upgrade my fogs to a better bulb and get wider field of
view to see Bambi first.. 
 
My driving lights idea comes from the I89 route north for 60 miles which
I drive weekly. 
 
There be the long stretches of new pavement, and in right conditions,
with Lidatek "a Jammin' 
and V1 detectin' ...
 
as Bob Seger writes"  Roll me away.. "  

Jeff
 


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	From: LL - NY [mailto:larrycleung at gmail.com] 
	Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:03 AM
	To: Postupack, Jeff
	Cc: s-car-list at audifans.com
	Subject: Re: [s-cars] Has anyone replaced fogs with HID pencil
beams??
	
	
	Jeff,
	
	I have Micro DE fogs on my Saabaru (to replace the useless OEM
ones) and from the size of the housing there is no way for them to fit
in the same location as the OEM UrS fogs. They are much larger in not
only housing size but lens aperature. 
	
	Optically the performance of the lamps is quite impressive as
fogs. They actually have a bit more reach (on the sides) than the pretty
decent factory Saabaru headlamps with H1 High Eff + bulbs (~1800 lumens)
so I'd imagine the easier to design (optically) pencil beams would be
remarkably impressive. At about 200 yards, the spread of the beam is
easily 300 yards +, very evenly spread. It's such that they are even
effective when I trigger the high beams, the wide spread beam is still a
visible enhancement of vision, and it has helped keep me from being
surprised by the massive local Bambi population lurking around the unlit
blind hills and curves where I live.
	
	FWIW, I opted for fogs vs. pencil or flood beams because I, like
you, live in the middle of nowhere (East Bumf_ _ k for those of you not
familiar with nowhere, sort of a northern version of Bob Myer's haunt)
and it was more important for me to see around corners than distance.
There really aren't enough straightish sections around here to utilize
the ludicrous speed option of either car, 
	you just don't know what's lurking over the next hilltop or
corner....
	
	In any event, the Micro DE's are, IMHO, exceptional lamps. Just
trying to figure out how to effectively mount a set to the //S6 without
owning an FMIC, nor LLtek front valence. 
	
	HTH, and my $0.02,
	
	LL - NY
	
	On 10/28/08, Postupack, Jeff <Jeff.Postupack at analog.com> wrote: 


		Hey  How's Da list guys?
		
		So winter is the time of darkness in NH.. And I wanted
to add driving
		lights.
		Drew (my son) and I were driving other night, I
suggested these as an
		ad-on photon source.
		
	
http://www.tirerack.com/accessories/hella/micro_de_xenon.jsp
		
		Was going to bolt them inside the hood (behind grill) ,
where I found
		some factory holes.
		(may have to perforate the Kamei grill.)
		
		Drew suggested I replace the fogs, as my fog lights
don't do enough to
		call it substantial.
		
		So I'm curious this AM, on any lighting projects you
guys may have done!
		
		Note: This S6 has retrofit OEM TT- Xenon lows, Euro
hella lamps (entire
		housing) and H1 highs.
		I did change the bulbs using Daniel Stern's
recommendation.. Still not
		enough.
		
		I'm a sparky so I can figure out the electrical part
easy enough.
		
		Then I would have a Low/Medium/High 'quasar' like front
end.. Switched
		by the column stalk.,
		Jeff
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