Are fog lights supposed to be brighter than the headlights

I just put led lights on my tacoma but my fog lights are way brighter than my headlights is that normal???

 

Brighter how? Fog lights are not supposed to throw light far, they're designed to scatter the light to be able to cut through the fog and let you be seen by other cars.

 

Idk if you can see here the fog lights look brighter

 

If i stand in front of my truck the fog lights blind me more than my headlights

 

They're not brighter. They're scattering light which is why they are appearing brighter. The headlights don't scatter light because they're projectors. The fogs aren't.

 

maybe you just need brighter headlights too? I don't have LEDs but i settled for a 35 watt hid instead of a 55 since they said the factory fog light housing might not be able to handle it.

 

I got 45w for both thats why i was surprise the fogs were brighter

 

but what he said up there makes more sense too! the fog light scatters so it looks more blinding than the projector head lights... my headlight and foglight are both kinda blinding though since i switched to HIDs.. i just really need them when driving up in the mountains though. the stock lights were hard to drive with.

 

Your headlights are designed so it has a cut-off, usually anything above your waist will not look blinding. If you bend down and stare at your lights below waist-line, you'll see your headlights will be brighter. Your fog lights are not encased in a projector housing so the light is going everywhere. That why it looks brighter while you're standing.

 

Oh ok thanks for the help i was just really confused

 

Are you filipino by any chance?

 

Lol no why?

 

I have a coworker that is filipino and his name is Arturo, but he goes by the name of Art.

 

was it from his name arturo? lol.. I am half if that is relevant to you. but this not my thread.hehe

 

Im from the other side of the wall if you know what i mean hahaha

 

Aaahhh...gotcha.

 

Maybe you should switch to a projector style fog light. Morimoto makes some nice fog lights that are projector style like your headlights. Led lights in the fog lights will blind all oncoming traffic. Your headlights have projectors so it's not blinding with led or hid bulbs but your fogs are made for halogen bulbs. I have the same issue. Installed led bulbs in both my headlights and fogs but I blind everyone with the fogs so for now I don't use them very often until my new fog light housing comes in. There are a lot of threads on TW explaining this very issue

 

Ill check them out thanks