Adam-D
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Registered: 11th May 02
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to put a set of after market foglamps on a pre facelift corsa front bumper
without it looking shit?
coz i could have done with some tonight Dammm it was foggy my headlights didnt seem to cope even on mainbeam i was only seeing cars about 15 foot away wich scared me a little at 30mph
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Adam-D
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obiously not then by the masses of reply's?
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Tim
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Without looking shit is down to opinion 
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kerzo
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i found that the brighter the light in fog , the less i could see...ie full beam!!
what i done one night about 3 or so in the morn was just put my sidelights on when driving through a patch of road where there was street lighting and for some reason i could see a lot better.
maybe its to do with the level of the full beam and a lot of light reflecting of the water particles??? or maybe not come to think of it but i have already typed it and couldnt be arsed holding down the delete key 
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Adam-D
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screw it then
it dont get foggy that often
so ill just learn to live without
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broster
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the fog lights light up the road directly infront of you hence they work better than head lights which just reflect back at you from all the water particles. it a tuff decision trying to find ones that look ok in the standard bumper, i aint seen any yet, best bet is to stick a gsi bumper on!
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starkmotorsport
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You can get three different types of lights:
Drive
Pencil
Flood
Your usual fog lights tend to be drive/flood lights meaning they light up whatevers directly infront of them - ideal for everything but thick fog. Pencil lights penetrate through fog and light up far infront of the car - which is what you needed for thick fog last night.
You'll notice on rally car pods setups that they have two flood and two pencil lights for both reasons. Also many have bumper mounted flood lights if its really bad.
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Adam-D
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right i need some pencil ones
and i though that its possible to mount them behind my bumper on the crossmember and they would shine through the mesh
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Simon
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high beams bounce back off the fog which is why u cant see well with high beam on
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Adam-D
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where do i find these pencil fog lights?
dt's is full of "cruise led lights n shit"
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MattyB
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Worst thing u can do is use Full beam in fog, coz as rightly said above, fog reflects light straight back at ya, meaning reduced vis.
This is why fog lights are usually lower down on the bumper, and angled down at the road
Matt
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Adam-D
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ah i see
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dave17
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i was thinkin of gettin some GSI foga and mounting them into my pre97 bumper, might do a photoshop later
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MattyB
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If in fog....keep with ya dipped headlights, whack rear fog light on and SLOW RIGHT DOWN. 
Altho Ad, u cud get some thin rectangualar fogs from halfords etc and put them in the centre lower grill. Due to lack of width, you will need to angle them outwards and down, but will help loads.
Matt
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starkmotorsport
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The cheapest Pencil Lights I can see are Cibie Super Oscars at £50.11+VAT each. Plus these are 220mm dia. so I doubt they'd look good on a crusing car.
Your probably best just keeping on dipped beam and slowing down. Anyone speeding in bad conditions deserves to crash (unless your competing or testing like me! )
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