difference between driving lamps & fog lights?

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I rarely use my fog lights but as my headlights are pretty crap I do like the increased visibility they allow. would changing the bulbs for something less intense allow me to use them legally as driving lamps or is it more involved than that? they are typical oem pods fitted in the front valance.

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ah ok. that's that idea out then.

main beam lights are really good, its just dipped that are crap which is disappointing as I replaced all the old bulbs with halfords' extreme brilliance ones.

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RobM77 said:

In response to the OP, to be honest money would be better spent on upgrading your headlight bulbs. Driving lights are more about being seen than seeing, and foglights only shine a beam to illuminate the edges of the road when you're crawling along in a pea-souper. The other sort of driving lights are the aforementioned ones fitted to the Elise and other cars, which are wired into the main beam (think of those modded Escorts from the 70s) - they do make a big difference if you can do the wiring to have them come on with the main beam only. As a first step though, I'd upgrade your headlights bulbs and see how you get on with that.

HTH

this was the first thing i did when i bought the car. its a mk2[?] clio with the sport twin headlamps and i changed all the bulbs for halfords extreme brilliance, about £18-20 a bulb. the difference on main beam is very marked, but dipped is still rubbish.

its a car bought purely for commuting, which until feb/march time is going to be done in the dark. i guess reading the responses a driving light isn't what i want as main beam visibility is fine. the dipped beam is st, but with fogs on [as this week in the driving snow] its fine. i can't upgrade the headlamps cheaply, so all i was after was a way to use the foglights legally by adapting either the bulb or lens.

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i'll give them a whirl on the dipped beam. cheaper too. mmmmmm - halfrauds!


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