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Yellow Fog Lamp, need more power and beam spread

Gents,

I was studying my last trip where my installed extra AUX lights were tested well, these lights : https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...-fog-lamp.html

The trip is this one : https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...wide-road.html


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My yellow fog lamp came handy, but it was not bright enough and not wide enough beam spread.





The "ditch light" came handy too.


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Extra Low beam ( center of road target illumination ) is not of much use on the snakey road, as there is no pot hole.





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Car stock low beam + Ditch Light




Car stock low beam + Ditch Light + YELLOW LIGHT.
A bit better to see the greenery and the red soil/earth.




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Car stock low beam + Ditch Light




Car stock low beam + Ditch Light + YELLOW LIGHT.
Again : A bit better to see the greenery and the red soil/earth.




I would love to have yellow light this powerful and wide angle




But it is big, 4 modules pod





This is the beam on the road, that Diode Dynamic SS3 Pro




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Very low installed yellow fog light is good, it produces less glare.
Small crest on the road, made stock low beam spray high and glaring in the fog.

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Image 3/6 and 4/6 shows the low beam became very glaring once car is not level, while being on a minor crest.





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I never expected this right hand turn to be this sharp.... almost 90 degrees.

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I can't turn OFF my stock low beam, as the yellow fog lamp is too weak for its brightness and not wide angle enough in that fog.


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I bought a twin module ( X2) yellow fog, but have not install it yet. Single module I call it X1.
I have done some test.



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Size comparison X1 vs X2. I do not know if X2 will fit X1 current position or not.



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X1 current position

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Will continue tomorrow...............



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