Auxiliary driving lights
I had a new bumper w 4 ports for extra lighting put on my truck. I choose spot lights for 2 of the openings, I'm not certain if I should add another pair of spots or go w floods. My purpose for addi...
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Groover wrote:
There is a high likelihood that the lights that you want to install are not road legal and will blind oncoming traffic. Please be sure that your lights are road legal and compliant with your state laws.
As for fog lights, I have several vehicles with factory fog lights and have found them to be essentially useless. I can't even tell if they are on without turning off the headlamps. Their range is so short that they wouldn't do me any good over 20mph.
Idaho lighting laws:
Idaho vehicle lighting
Thanks for the link it did help me determine what to buy. The law uses some archaic language. Just measured the heights of the openings and they are w/in spec. These are 3"x3" and they don't scream for attention like the massive 20"-30" lightbars. I think fog lamps are worthless myself.
The spots are on their own switch so they don't come on w the headlamps and my intention is to use them only when conditions warrant. We have known big game migration corridors such as ID 20 near Fairfield,ID that extreme caution must be used, especially in low light conditions. I am a hunter and fisher so frequently travel at night, dawn, and dusk during active migrations in spring and fall thus the need for additional lighting.
I think I'm going to go w floods (on a dedicated switch) since the limit is 2 spot lamps. Even a slight glimpse of a crossing animal may be enough to allow time for some defensive action to avoid a collision.
