Anyone try yellow headlight film

[bluetori]

I havee searched and came up empty on a b8 withthis film if anyone has any info? My car is a silver avant and am thinking about this.

[nikonian83]

What are you trying to accomplish? Is it strictly for aesthetic value? I would think it would diminish the brightness and range of your lights.


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[bluetori]

Im just a fan of the Le Mans style cars and have always liked that look yellow is technically better output anyway, granted if the bulbs were that colour too.

[Blake P]

I think that would look terrible, but hey... it's your car, do what you like!

[phillips2024]

I think that would look terrible, but hey... it's your car, do what you like!

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[chilombiano13]

i bought some clear for the headlights and yellow Laminx for the fog lights but haven't put them on yet, my friend who is a tint guy says you have to be careful and make sure you wipe them down when u drive so they dont get dirty and burn the film but best scenario you'll have to replace them every 6-8 months depending on how careful and diligent about cleaning them.

[tenfour]

Yellow tint on the fogs would look fine. On the headlight....not so much.

[TofuShop]

my friend had the lamin-x film on his foglamps. after about a month, they melted and turned black-ish. he can't even peel the melted film off his housings either

[bluetori]

Wow doesn't sound too good, thanks for the comments.

[tenfour]

my friend had the lamin-x film on his foglamps. after about a month, they melted and turned black-ish. he can't even peel the melted film off his housings either

Ouch. On second though, don't do it.

[storm4200]

i had smoked ones on my R6. never had ANY type of melting problems. My buddy has a B6 with yellow headlight and fog lights, he hasn't had nay issues whatsoever. he doesn't take special care of them either, just washes them like normal when he washes his car. he's had them for over a year. I also just put yellow LaminX covers on my fog lights (i have 35w HID 3500k bulbs) in an attempt make them, 'more yellow'. havnt had a problem, but then again, i just did it yesterday. ill try to go take some pics now...

[A4 Centaur]

Lamin-x is good stuff. Bought it for my B7 and never put it on. Yellow is best for fog conditions.

[DeMOROlized]

Im just a fan of the Le Mans style cars and have always liked that look yellow is technically better output anyway, granted if the bulbs were that colour too.

Yellow is "better output" is a myth.

[A4 Centaur]

Tell that to the entire country of France:

"So, why do yellow fog lamps seem to work better? It's because of the way the human eye interacts with different colors of light. Blue and violet are very difficult for the human optical system to process correctly. They are the shortest visible wavelengths and tend to focus in front of our eyes' retinae, rather than upon it. To demonstrate this to yourself, find a dark blue store front sign or something else that's a dark, pure blue against a dark background in the absence of white light—from any appreciable distance, it's almost impossible for your eyes to see the blue lighted object as a sharply defined form;the edges blur significantly. Deep blue runway lights exhibit the same effect; check it out the next time you land at night."

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...ght_color.html

http://www.autoanything.com/lights/51A22.aspx#q247

Guess we all need to learn a few things.

[grnfool]

my friend had the lamin-x film on his foglamps. after about a month, they melted and turned black-ish. he can't even peel the melted film off his housings either

I've had clear Lamin-X on my fogs for 6+ months and haven't had any problems to date.

[Pared]

my friend had the lamin-x film on his foglamps. after about a month, they melted and turned black-ish. he can't even peel the melted film off his housings either

Was this on an a4? It does make a difference. This happened on my old car. I have had leads on my fogs for over a year with no issues and I run fogs on ALL THE TIME.

[bluetori]

Yellow is "better output" is a myth.

Are you kidding me why would teams of race cars put multi million dollar cars at risk if it didnt put out the best colour light output.

[ECS Tuning-Audi]

Here's some pics of yellow Lamin-X on our RS4 and R8- kind of gives you an idea of what the yellow would look like.



Jason

[brainpan]

Are you kidding me why would teams of race cars put multi million dollar cars at risk if it didnt put out the best colour light output.

im pretty sure the yellow lens colour is used during mix class races to distinguish the slower class

[StratJohn]

I recently revisited the yellow light myth thing, and here is what I took away:

White is the best for illumination overall- it is the brightest.

Yellow is best for CONTRAST... which basically tricks your eyes into thinking things are more illuminated, but the tradeoff is that it does not illuminate as FAR as white.

Wear some yellow glasses in various conditions some times, it is the best way to see what I'm talking about. With the yellow, you *feel* like you can see everything better... but you begin to lack clarity at distance.

Yellow headlights would be softer on the eyes of other drivers as well, which might be beneficial in a city environment but not elsewhere.

[ModBargains II]

I've personally always liked the yellow headlight look

Heres Peter's old A4

More pics here:
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/319710...a4#31971060004

We carry Lamin-X so let me know if you need some help!

[TofuShop]

Was this on an a4? It does make a difference. This happened on my old car. I have had leads on my fogs for over a year with no issues and I run fogs on ALL THE TIME.

Are you kidding me why would teams of race cars put multi million dollar cars at risk if it didnt put out the best colour light output.

Sorry, i should have clarified. This was on a '05 SE-R Spec V.

[B8A42010]

had it on my car. got rid of it because i replaced the halogen drl bulbs with led bulbs. now i am waiting for my ecodes led headlights.

[Okan509]

my friend had the lamin-x film on his foglamps. after about a month, they melted and turned black-ish. he can't even peel the melted film off his housings either

were they aftermarket bulbs? I have had lamin-x tint on my fogs for about idk longer than 6 months, and could easily pull them right up

[A4 Centaur]

Yellow is "better output" is a myth.

You got owned.

Next time why don't you check your facts before you claim things are myths.

Would you say fat chicks can't give better loving too?

Lol!!

[StratJohn]

You got owned.

Next time why don't you check your facts before you claim things are myths.

Not really- general answer is that there is no conclusive proof that yellow works any better than white for illumination in fog.. and that all it does is increase contrast, but the tradeoff is a lesser range.

The real reason fog lights work is because they are low; fog tends to hang 12-18" off the ground- thats why fog lights are lower. Fog lights also have a flat beam, meaning the light should not come up into said fog.
So what you end up with is the road illuminated underneath the fog, improving visibility.

Since your headlights are designed to illuminate a wide path, and a great distance, for best safety and illumination, they're white. White provides the best range.

White fog lights will actually illuminate things farther away, but are quite bright on other drivers. I think the (proper) logic of where yellow fogs came from is that the yellow offers more contrasted lighting in a shorter range, for conditions where speed is reduced, thus not requiring the full range of regular lights, all while not blinding oncoming drivers. There is some other baloney about yellow light having a wavelength that penetrated water molecules.. but its BS on a scientific note.

And for the last variable, there is substantial deviation in the mechanical structure of everyones eyes, so your results may vary.


As for the person who posted the race cars... what color lights are on that R18?

[TofuShop]

were they aftermarket bulbs? I have had lamin-x tint on my fogs for about idk longer than 6 months, and could easily pull them right up

they are oem stock bulbs. next time i see him i'll take pictures of his burnt lamin-x

[DeMOROlized]

Tell that to the entire country of France:

"So, why do yellow fog lamps seem to work better? It's because of the way the human eye interacts with different colors of light. Blue and violet are very difficult for the human optical system to process correctly. They are the shortest visible wavelengths and tend to focus in front of our eyes' retinae, rather than upon it. To demonstrate this to yourself, find a dark blue store front sign or something else that's a dark, pure blue against a dark background in the absence of white light—from any appreciable distance, it's almost impossible for your eyes to see the blue lighted object as a sharply defined form;the edges blur significantly. Deep blue runway lights exhibit the same effect; check it out the next time you land at night."

http://www.danielsternlighting.com/t...ght_color.html

http://www.autoanything.com/lights/51A22.aspx#q247

Guess we all need to learn a few things.

You realize that even your article points to the fact France no longer has the yellow headlight law, right?

As for merits of yellow vs white, I'm not gonna repeat what StratJohn has explained quite clearly already.

[tenfour]

Who cares?! Create another thread for your disputes, but don't crash this thread. OP is just asking a simple question. This is totally getting side tracked. Chill.

[A4 Centaur]

http://www.vclassics.com/archive/lightprn.htm

Things of the past, guess our eyes have grown the ability to read better at night with white LED's.

[bluetori]

Who cares?! Create another thread for your disputes, but don't crash this thread. OP is just asking a simple question. This is totally getting side tracked. Chill.

Yeah this got a little out of hand. For those of you who posted up pics thanks and vendors thanks as well. Please close this.

[ModBargains II]

Sorry to bump a thread thats gone south.. but wanted to post these:

The car that made me fall in love with yellow headlights