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ACA headlight units modified by RadioFlyer to align high beams correctly. HID low beams, HIR high beams, HID fog lights. Plus the Hi-4 harness and a DIY harness to keep fogs on with high and low beams (may be illegal in most states and caution must be used to avoid blinding oncoming traffic). Also LED strip corner lights from RadioFlyer with LED DRL's.
The ONLY thing I don't like about that set-up is the dingey (sp?) look of the bright lights compared to the others.
Agreed, but until I upgrade to projectors for the high beams, the HIR's came closest to matching. If they were on by themselves they are actually very bright. It is only when they are on with the rest that the comparison is evident. Maybe this winter for the upgrade.
Open up one of the OEM fog light housings.
They are true projector housings with a cut-off bar.
They will not be as sharp or focused as a modern projector, but they are projectors.
Originals were made by Blazer, if I recall correctly
That's a bit too simplistic. I added a set of stock c5 fogs to my Z. There was no cutoff bar in there. In addition, the reason I brought up older lights is due to the fact that fog lights are focused differently than regular headlight beams and remain so. I made my remark because if a lens is a half sphere for fog light purposes, I don't understand how a bulb change is going to change it to a projector which focuses the light for distance work.
Daniel Stern does not like fog lights because he feels it causes drivers to look more at the bright road directly in front of the car instead of 'down the road' which all regular headlights are designed for.
When you pass 6000k the color goes blue and the light output declines.
Actually, while 6700k is the color temp of a noon day sun in the tropics, on a car 4100k-4300k shines as white in the dark. Anything above starts to get bluer.
Actually, while 6700k is the color temp of a noon day sun in the tropics, on a car 4100k-4300k shines as white in the dark. Anything above starts to get bluer.
That's why, if I have a choice, I stick with 5000.
Open up one of the OEM fog light housings.
They are true projector housings with a cut-off bar.
They will not be as sharp or focused as a modern projector, but they are projectors.
Originals were made by Blazer, if I recall correctly
They are indeed projectors but the design of the lens, being that they are true fog lights and not driving lights, is such that the light becomes more diffused than penetrating down the road (in fog, you almost have to drive with peripheral vision!). That's why most people don't realize the C5 fogs are projectors.
Last edited by MrLeadFoot; 08-17-2017 at 06:10 PM.
It shows the color chart on the box, I wasn't sure at the time I bought it, I would go with 5000K now.
Yes, it's kind of tough to know what to get initially because technically, the 6500k - 7100k range is white. BUT, when projected from a car, even that temp range shines blue. 8000 degrees kelvin would surely be very blue. 4300k is technically more yellow, but when projecting from headlights, you see pure white. When people see me coming with my 4300k bulbs, they see white headlights, not "look-at-my-mod" blue!
Last edited by MrLeadFoot; 08-17-2017 at 06:32 PM.
They are indeed projectors but the design of the lens, being that they are true fog lights and not driving lights, is such that the light becomes more diffused than penetrating down the road (in fog, you almost have to drive with peripheral vision!). That's why most people don't realize the C5 fogs are projectors.
So they ARE projectors designed to cast a broad, diffused light like a true fog.
HOLY MOLY!! I just found that I bought these radioflyer fog kit. Gotta Love Chemo Brain!! Like Christmas every time I open a box in the garage. Last week I remembered I installed radioflyer Halos....
08-17-2017, 12:36 PM
