The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review

Drove Las Vegas - LA yesterday lots of Tacoma’s running off-road lights in fogs. Also lots of cars and semi’s running light bars.

 

Indeed they are.

I am going to swap the Clear Driving Lens back on when the new bezels arrive as the snow has stopped and is too cold for fog (Floating around 20 degrees and less here in WA)

Did you aim them straight forward or to match the factory high beams?

 

They're aimed right at the top of the low beam cutoff, which is kinda where the high beam hot spots are as well. They are more intense than the high beams but have less overall flood/spread light. You can see the camera struggle to adjust the exposure when they're snapped on.

 

Tory your avatar pic went from Jack Black to Fat Cat! Happy Holidays and New Year

 

Time lapse of the SS3 PRO Selective Yellow thawing the ice in 20 degree ambient temp within minutes

 

I think this has been my avatar for a lot longer, I started with a Tacoma before getting into a 4Runner!

 

I'm curious what the JWs run at.

I again used my max fogs in snow this week, super cold and dry. They are amazing for snow.

If you all are thinking of upgrading from sports, don't think twice and use the credit card for Maxes.

 

Kinda redefines Maxing out the credit card in a way.

 

Finally, our prayers have been answered. One light can do it all!

https://www.led-colight.com/products/3-inch-db-p-series-dual-beam-yellow-white-fog-lights-pods

 

Concept is interesting for sure. But at $50/ea and neither being an SAE pattern, I'd bet actual product performance leaves a lot to be desired.

 

Tested after freezing the truck for the evening in 25 degree F temps in the snow, I fired it up and took measurements after 15 minutes run time. The heated JW Speaker J2 headlights had heater failures again. The DD Max fogs take 30 minutes to reach stable operating temp, but even after 15 minutes the Max fogs were at 125 degrees in 25 degrees ambient in snow.

 

I was really hoping those panned out so I could list both sets of maxes to go along with the extra driving lenses. OH well

 

Heater failures - again?! At least those headlights are easy to remove and install.

 

I get the feeling Crash may be considering a set of koito 7" H4's with the rate these lamps keep failing to keep the lenses heated. Would be some interesting new tests in the 2nd gen H4 thread, to see how the different bulbs performance translate to another lamp as well.

 

Might be getting back into a Tacoma

 

Interestingly, a Land Cruiser owner recently contacted me wanting to sponsor a 7” lamp comparison and Koitos are on the list.

The headlights were running for 30+ minutes in the photo, the heat is just from the power consumption by the assembly. The heaters when active get hot to the touch, way beyond those measured values. I validated the heaters worked prior to install. But I think my test logic was flawed here. I bet idling with no movement, caused the engine temp to be warm enough to switch off the heaters. They probably need some cold air flow to register the cold temp and keep them active. Going to take it for a spin and test that theory.

 

A 7" round comparison would be interesting for sure. Would you consider starting a new thread in the lighting subforum as a "catch-all" testing thread? Maybe move or copy your posts with the various non-thread-specific lamps there?

(Also: mad props to your time investment, let alone the money you've sunk into all this over the years.)

 

I'm curious to se this as well. Not that I have anything with a 7" light, but just because I like this kind of stuff!