The LED SAE J583 Fog Pod & Fog Light Review

Hello, late to the party on this thread. Quick auestion are the KC G4 Ambers still a solid option, looks like this thread was from 7 years ago. If so, it looks like KC might have discontinued these? I can't find them anywhere, just the clear #500. Thanks for the time.

 

I think you will find that although they were a solid option 7 years ago, they don't really hold a candle to the latest stuff - particularly From Diode Dynamics. I used to run the KC's but am much happier with the DD's.

 

I'd second what @Too Stroked said, and yes, they are discontinued.

 

Kapton tape finally showed up.

I applied a single layer to each light, keeping it as smooth as I could. Unfortunately the kapton doesn't have very much stretch, and the lenses are slightly convex. I considered Lamin-X instead, but I couldn't find a max temp rating, and I'm running 100W Osrams in these, so I figured I'd play it safe.


Powered off, lit by a 6000k Harbor Freight work lamp.


Powered on. The headlight bulbs are uncoated, high performance, standard wattage halogens. The color temp in this picture is shifted higher than it is in real life.


Truck's lighting is the same as the previous picture, the 4Runner has stock 5000k headlights, 3000k DD SS3 fogs. This picture is pretty close to the actual color temp.


Same setup, camera pointed the other way. The color temp here is also shifted up slightly.

I haven't driven with them since applying the kapton tape. The color temp shift with the kapton appears to make the output similar to the Hella Comets tested earlier in this thread.

Overall I'm very happy with them, and I'd be very interested in how they compare to the Hella 500 fogs.