The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review

I finally got around to aiming and getting comparison shots between the DD SS3 Pro and SS3 Max. I tried to make the ambient lighting as similar as possible and pictures taken from the same spot. Please forgive my rudimentary labeling lol. For a quick intensity reference, check out the fence on the left side. Ultimately, the camera never depicts output as it looks to the human eye. If you’re on the fence on Pro vs Max, both are serious amounts of light for anybody. Both pictures are fog lights only. So, if you’re on the fence...hopefully this “sheds some light” on the differences haha.

 

Im ready to pick a pair of these up for my roof rack!

 

Me too. But probably 4 or 6. Just don’t tell anyone they’re not for a Tacoma.

 

Late June...

global economy, supply chain, yada yada...

Should be good timing before a potential sale for the 4th though! Thanks for your patience, everyone!

 

I’ve been running the pros for 8 months now. As mentioned numerous times the cut off isn’t as sharp, but they are still great fog lights. I’ve been flashed a couple times, so I aimed them a little lower now, no biggie.
They truly are plug and play though.
I ordered the maxes last week, but they are out of stock…..so I’m waiting.

 

did you hit up @memario1214 to see if he has any laying around waiting?

 

That totally works, I’ll send you a pm.
I ordered my Pro’s from you months ago.

 

Awfully quiet in here…

 

Long days and short nights. Nobody’s even driving in the dark much right now. Haha.

 

I drove down the east coast yesterday and used the DD max fogs for a little. Weather conditions were good and I have the selective yellows. Worked fantastic on the backroads but didn’t really need them on the highway. The ultimate headlight upgrade however, would have been worth it just for this one trip, the lows are nice and concentrated and the highs,

The light reflecting of the road signs when passing with high beams is almost blinding!

 

Can anyone tell me what Allen key size is needed to adjust the aim on the Diode Dynamics SS3 pros?

I have to to adjust the aim and I am just going to reach in from the hood so I'd rather not trial and error the size for 20 minutes

 

I believe it is 5/16th.

 

Thanks!

 

Installed the Rigid SAE D-series selective yellow fogs on my Dad's tow rig for fathers day, using 4x4FabWorks brackets for a mid 2000s Ram. I believe Rigid's adapters are just relabeled 4x4Fabworks brackets (as they do with some other brand's brackets) as they look identical.

His stock fogs were smashed, literally.


The instructions had the entire pod mounted behind the block off adapter plate, with only the center face screws holding it on. It looked very off-brand generic and not that great from a personal preference.

Stock image:


So we removed the face ring surround from the pods, drilled out the block off adapter plate, so that the Rigid labeled face ring surround could be mounted on the outside of the adapter plate rather than behind it. The product was obviously not intended to be used this way, and the lights were not as centered as I would have liked and the fit and finish isn't as good as what I had hoped, despite messing with all the adjustments for way too much time.



But despite the cosmetics not being perfect it should be a nice upgrade over the OEM units.



The Deutsch ->H11 plugs that I had for the Rigids from my Tacoma did not fit the 9006 OEM plugs. But some nice adapter plugs @daveeasa sent me that I had on hand completed the job in a pinch.

Overall I was disappointed in the execution of this mounting product, and wouldn't recommend it. Except there are no other options for the 03-08 Rams for putting high performance fogs in that location.

 

if you want to draw something up we would be happy to make something for you

 

A first gen Tundra fog light bracket would be a welcome option to many over on Tundras.com I would for sure buy one. @Empty_Lord might be willing to provide specs?

 

1st gen tundra as in the round fogs or the rectangular fogs



I’d be biting for some rectangular ones. Should be able to fit 2 pods