2018 Tundra Limited - Foglights ~ yellow or OEM

I live up in a mountainous area and we have quite a bit of heavy fog.

I have been wondering if yellow fog lights would provide better visibility than the OEM ones. I'd like to get a set where I could just swap out the lights without any custom retrofitting.

Any thoughts on yellow vs clear?

Thanks!

 

I went with amber and I am very happy with it.

 

You can have both, easily. When I installed the factory LED headlights, I replaced my halogen fog light bulbs with Alla Switchbacks LEDs. They match the color of the factory LEDs when in white, but turn them off or flash your brights and the lights switch over to yellow. I use the yellow in rain and fog and it help a great deal. And, these work well in the housings, light output and pattern is good, no one thinks I am blinding them. They were about 50 bucks I think. I have had them a good while, no issue and working as designed.
https://allalighting.com/

 

for reference

 

Thanks for the pics! Do you have any night shots?

 

Went with the DD SS3 in yellow …in my area most people do the bright white fog …but wearing glasses when I drive at night I find the yellow is a huge aid in visibility

 

Question about this, so when you have your fog lights on and you turn your brights on, the fog lights to off. Then the foglights will come on again when you dim your lights. If I had my fog lights set to yellow, then turned on the brights and then went back to dim, would I need to reset the fog light back to yellow again?

 

Yep, I hit the high beams usually to switch between the two, or you can just turn them off and back on quickly. Flashing the brights with the stalk takes .0002 seconds, so super easy to quickly switch between the two colors.

Its been a great product for me. I thought about going with full LED fogs but they can get costly and then the time installing, but this was cost effective, much easier install, matches the factory LEDs in color 6k in white and 3k yellow, and they are a nice improvement over the halogen bulbs. All wins to me for 50 bucks.

 

Just placed my order. I'll let you know how it works out. Thanks!

 

If you have OEM factory LED fogs, Lamin-x makes decent tinted film coverings. They stick well and are durable.

 

By visibility do you mean other vehicles seeing you? SS3 Max almost outshine the factory halogen. Upgraded to LED and think it’s the perfect combination.

 

I got the DD SS3 from Colton at Hotshot. I went with the Amber lens since I’m up in the snow a lot. I love them and another added weird bonus on the winding roads around my house, the deer aren’t blinded by them and don’t freeze in the lights like they do with high beams.

 

Yellow fog lights outperform white or LED white fog lights in heavy fog, etc.. I've been on the Oregon Coast now for the last 3 years and installed an inexpensive pair of yellows on my '08 Tundra w/fairly good results.

Bought my '21 Tundra Pro last year which came w/the Rigid LED fogs (white light), and once the heavy fog hits they wash out just like the headlights. The cheap yellow ones in my '08 outperform the "high dollar" factory Rigid units in my new PRO. I'll be upgrading these once this vehicle becomes my daily driver.

My wife has a '22 Forester w/white halogen fogs, and I was just in that vehicle this past week in heavy fog, and those factory units washed out also.

I just ordered a pair of DD SS3 Yellow Pros from Colton ( @memario1214 ) at HotShot Offroad for the wife's Subi to replace her factory fogs. Colton has a history of great service, competitive pricing and a very good reputation here on the forum. So, if you're looking to upgrade to one of the higher end units, I'd recommend reaching out to him and seeing what he can do for you

 

I went from oem led fogs to DD SS3 ambers and there is a night and day difference. You will not be disappointed!

 

Never heard of these. I went with the yellow Diode Dynamics Elites, yellow with the amber backlit feature on my Tundra and the white on Dad's Tacoma. I really like the yellow when it's snowing (from what I've seen on video, haven't seen snow since I got mine) and do like them in the fog, which I have experienced. Curious as to the quality/longevity of the switchable ones. That's genius.

 

just after sundown, no lights



just the fogs

 

Holy crap! That's crazy! I think you might have just sold me...

 

The Elites are not as bright as the other, SS3 I think they're called, but much better than stock for sure.

against the wall in parking garage that's not really too dark

 

How do you achieve just fogs? Do you have it wired with a separate switch? OEM fogs only illuminate when the low beams are on.

 

https://www.tundras.com/threads/diy-fog-light-mod.371/

 

Thanks @713Tundra - this is definitely on the list!

 

Leave me out of your advertising

 

No not a big deal, but I shouldn't be the hook for someone's advertising. A mild irritant, and I'm over it so we can move on

 

Imagine how dumb you look leaving this kind of comment.

 

We’re far from moving on.
I think we can bleed your complaints for quite a while.

 

I for one appreciate educational advertising.