The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review

want to give a big thanks to @crashnburn80. im pretty lucky to do mods with him. so, ive again taken his advice and bought the rigid d-series amber fog lights. wow! huge compliment to my osram ultimate headlights. these perform as well as they look. such a great balance of intensity and focus. the rago mounts that hold them put such great side lighting. i do daily intense city driving. for seeing pedestrians as im approaching intersections these make driving safer. very happy with these.

 

Mine have already saved me from having to emergency brake when idiots walk in front of me. Here in Portland people seem to think that pedestrians having the right of way means they don’t smush the same way when a truck hits them so they walk right into traffic.

 

i agree with you. right of way, and risk your life dont need to be the same. but these lights help eliminate unwanted hood orniments.

 

do you run those all the time? it looks like the beam goes well above the doorways, which are probably 7ft +

 

Yeah, those definitely need to be aimed way down, they should fill in below the headlight low beams. Those are pointed far too high above your low beam. Aiming is a RPITA in those Rago mounts, I can help you out if needed. You can being your truck by and we can calibrate the aiming based on mine.

 

Bad news....
The angle of the mounting brackets on the 360 lights and the close proximity of the mounting point on the Demello bumper will require some sort of modifications to said bumper to allow for mounting of lights.....

 

no room to stack washers or spacer underneath?

 

Could you post pics of the issue?

 

The issue more with the depth of the bracket not the height..

This pic shows the 360 tight to the opening and the mounting bracket on extends out past the bumper mounting point.

 

The bracket is angled IIRC, did you try reversing it to see about angling it forward vs back? I don't think it will buy enough distance though.

 

man that sucks......

 

I would just make a new custom bracket for the fogs. No need to mod the bumper

 

Yes. This pic was taken with the angled bracket facing forward, if flipped the other way, it would further exacerbate the problem.

Here is a shot of how the bracket is mounted:

 

Will have to look into this option. Know anyone with the capabilities?

 

how much room do you have without the bracket?

 

@JimSnell has done a bunch of work for local members.

 

do you by chance have dimensions for the 360 and the squadrons handy? the demello bumper is paired with the squadrons.

 

ill say yes to this option. great guy, great skills and tools.

 

oh sick! ill hit him up to make my brackets haha

 

@crashnburn80 are you going to be testing the Diode Dynamics SAE fog lights? I see they have an early-mid December release