LED Fog lights (H11)

[Daygo1904]

Hello all,

Will i need a resistor to running these LED H11 fog light on my Q5? Thanks for the feed back.

http://ddmtuning.com/Products/H11-6xCree-W

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[One Nice Audi]

I run this one that was on sale the other day.

27 bucks.

[soul strong]

Shouldn't need a resister on any of them most companies have built in resistors to match the normal bulb resistance. Also I recommend changing drl to run off of fog lights


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[coolmanex]

Hello all,

Will i need a resistor to running these LED H11 fog light on my Q5? Thanks for the feed back.

http://ddmtuning.com/Products/H11-6xCree-W

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Not sure about that one, but I have the Philips one and they are great..


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[Terry.Reese]

Unless there is an error free version or a resistor built into it then yes you will need a resistor

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[BierJager]

Not sure about that one, but I have the Philips one and they are great..


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THESE
I considered the Philips and was trying to find Lumens specs on these bulbs but nothing appears to be published by the MFG or on the interwebs.
About all I can find is this:
"Philips X-tremeVision LED Fog lamps deliver the same light as traditional halogen bulbs, but unlike halogens, the LED Fog lamps are built to deliver a projected service life of 12 years. "

Whatever "same light" means, that's not really a specification, but a generality. They don't have fans on the back which leads me to believe they are likely not the same output as the Semdevenma from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MXMIRY6...iglink20461-20

Speaking of those, we are talking fog lights! With small housings! 4000 Lumens per bulb is what is specd for the Salamienema. Seems a bit insane assuming the specs are even legit but if they are half what they say, they are excessively bright for fogs. This is something to think about. Blinding oncoming drivers isn't cool. Don't be that guy. I had a setup like that once and while it was great for me, because I could see awesome at night, I was constantly being flashed by other drivers who thought I had the high beams on. All I had was a 55W HID kit that I put in a 2010 Mazda CX-9 in the focused beam headlight housings. As it approached, the car looked like an airplane landing on the road at night. I ended up putting halogen bulbs back in the car shortly afterwards when one of the balast units crapped out.

The Philips are more expensive but I would bet they last a lot longer, have the proper level of lumens and would be my choice.

[PreciseD]

I run the $9 ebay Samsung 2323 bulbs.. They are error free and can either be 6000k or 3000k...

[deAutoLED.com]

It depends if they are built in or not, our LEDs require outside resistors but feel it is best vs having it built in as if there is a failure you have to switch out the entire kit vs just a ballast/bulb or resistor.

Our kit is a 4500 lumens each total 9000 lumens and it shows, you will not find a brighter LED kit than this one or one at a similar brightness at a better price:
http://deautokey.com/product/led-hea...ast-1800-lumen

Our LED fogs are useful as they are going to be brighter and shine past the headlights in cornering, darker roads and fog this is important:




Here is a DIY on a VW but very similar in how these will work and install:


Let us know if you have any questions

[tomc585]

I run the $9 ebay Samsung 2323 bulbs.. They are error free and can either be 6000k or 3000k...

I see a few on ebay, could you provide a link to the ones your using that are working correctly? Thanks.

[PreciseD]

I see a few on ebay, could you provide a link to the ones your using that are working correctly? Thanks.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-H8-H11-Hi...item4400178aee

Had them for about 3 months now with no issues.. NO way I would waste $150 on the set mentioned above lol...

[zachf88]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-H8-H11-Hi...item4400178aee

Had them for about 3 months now with no issues.. NO way I would waste $150 on the set mentioned above lol...

What wattage?

[PreciseD]

What wattage?

Says 80W....

[BierJager]

What wattage?

The eBay page says 80W but for about $10 with free shipping is that even relevant?
Think about it. For the price of big lunch at Burger King, you too can have new LED bulbs for the fog lights in your Audi.

[deAutoLED.com]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2X-H8-H11-Hi...item4400178aee

Had them for about 3 months now with no issues.. NO way I would waste $150 on the set mentioned above lol...

Our purpose is to share and inform, those ebay LEDs are not going to light much past the headlights or help you see better in foggy situations, darker roads, cornering.

We do not feel comparing $10 LEDs to our LEDs is possible, our LEDs are meant to be seen past your headlights creating a safer more enjoyable ride.

Even in the photo on eBay you can see that he is showing the fogs with the Headlights off - with our fogs they are meant to be seen and shine past your headlights while they are on.

We have doubts if that image on ebay is even of the actual product while we are not making these claims but only going by the feedback about those LEDs on ebay and we have seen our LED photos being shared to sell other LEDs on eBay so we are always doubtful, some feedback from that listing:
"Lights aren't quite as 'yellow' as pictured, but shipping + price are great A+"
"Awesome other than 1 light blew already"

And after 90 days (only 3 months) you are unable to leave feedback, on amazon you can leave feedback anytime after purchase so you can update and leave real feedback, but we mention this because any LED should last more than a few months, what happens and how they look (brightness), and how they act years in is what matters when it comes to LEDs.

Our only purpose is to add to the thread, if you feel the $10 ebay is something that is good and work for your needs we WON'T say otherwise.

Here is our $150 fogs with yellow laminx and headilghts on - as you can see you will see the yellow light - it will not be lost with the headlights:


on the road with headlights on - if you want yellow on the road to actually help visibility this kit is the way to go:

[VroomVroom]

...Speaking of those, we are talking fog lights! With small housings! 4000 Lumens per bulb is what is specd for the Salamienema. Seems a bit insane assuming the specs are even legit but if they are half what they say, they are excessively bright for fogs. This is something to think about. Blinding oncoming drivers isn't cool. Don't be that guy. I had a setup like that once and while it was great for me, because I could see awesome at night, I was constantly being flashed by other drivers who thought I had the high beams on...

Thank you for this. Sincerely. Driving after dark in my area is tough enough with the mix of timid, uninformed drivers and those who only speak road rage. Needing sunglasses on clear nights just adds to the frustration.

Vendors selling these - let's please see pics when there's actually fog. Actually, no need....it'll just be full whiteout.

If what you really want are driving lights, I've got to think there are better solutions with matched lenses and light sources. My area does see a fair amount of late-night/early-morning fog. I've not once had issue with the performance of the stock fog lamps.

Not that I'm bitter.

[zachf88]

The eBay page says 80W but for about $10 with free shipping is that even relevant?
Think about it. For the price of big lunch at Burger King, you too can have new LED bulbs for the fog lights in your Audi.

Yes, it does matter. I don't want to fry/ melt the housing and/or wires. They have 55w, 85w and 100w.

We drive an Audi, not a Civic. Just making sure I'm not putting jink on the car.

[SQive]

Yeah. . .jink can really mess up an otherwise nice ride.

[coolmanex]

Guys.... You are driving Audis, not a Hyundai Elantra. Please don't put junk $10 ebay LED bulbs in your car, I bought hundreds of items on ebay for my business and cheap items are usually falsely advertised and too good to be true. They sometimes will fry your electrical wires and will not produce the color temperatures they advertised. And from the looks of previous posted ebay LED bulbs, they can possibly blind incoming traffics.
(Audi fog LEDs should only project lights from left and right inside the reflective housing, light facing top and bottom can blind other driver's vision. If a seller sells bulbs thst give any other pattern other than left and right like the Philips one, that's a red flag. )

I got my Philips X-tremeVision LED fog when it was $99 and they are worth every penny. (Below is before and after picture, beam pattern is same as oem but much brighter. )

As for deAutoLED, all my interior LED lights were purchased from them and they have a good reputation among the Audi and VW forums.




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[BierJager]

Yes, it does matter. I don't want to fry/ melt the housing and/or wires. They have 55w, 85w and 100w.

We drive an Audi, not a Civic. Just making sure I'm not putting jink on the car.

Right
I covfefe agree with you on not running jink. Bulb ratings matter!
I would be quite confident for example the 85W rating for these $10 led bulbs off eBay direct from China is accurate and means they draw about 7 amps. Wouldn't anyone? I mean for $10 a set one can rest assured.

The other bulbs they have like this are advertised as color 8000k "Ice blue" which perfect for a Civic.

The nice thing is I can take back my bottles and cans for deposit returns (Michigan is ten cents!) and use that fat wad to buy at least two sets. For my Audi.

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[deAutoLED.com]

Thank you for this. Sincerely. Driving after dark in my area is tough enough with the mix of timid, uninformed drivers and those who only speak road rage. Needing sunglasses on clear nights just adds to the frustration.

Vendors selling these - let's please see pics when there's actually fog. Actually, no need....it'll just be full whiteout.

If what you really want are driving lights, I've got to think there are better solutions with matched lenses and light sources. My area does see a fair amount of late-night/early-morning fog. I've not once had issue with the performance of the stock fog lamps.

We don't want to start a back and forth like you can see when you discuss "yellow vs white" fogs, we believe and many sites will confirm yellow doesn't create any better visibility but many say it does so if you say yellow is better we won't say otherwise and only share our opinion.

But for our fogs we never had any issues with blinding, glare or not being able to see in fog, these aim far wide/low and many use them on: darker roads, cornering, foggy, and rainy situations.

Not that I'm bitter.

Our de360 model can turn 360 degrees so you can aim the Diodes in the best area in your reflector housing, we don't have a photo in fog but we have seen them in fog and many feedback saying these work well to create better visibility, we are happy with the results and why these are popular.

Guys.... You are driving Audis, not a Hyundai Elantra. Please don't put junk $10 ebay LED bulbs in your car, I bought hundreds of items on ebay for my business and cheap items are usually falsely advertised and too good to be true. They sometimes will fry your electrical wires and will not produce the color temperatures they advertised. And from the looks of previous posted ebay LED bulbs, they can possibly blind incoming traffics.
(Audi fog LEDs should only project lights from left and right inside the reflective housing, light facing top and bottom can blind other driver's vision. If a seller sells bulbs thst give any other pattern other than left and right like the Philips one, that's a red flag. )

I got my Philips X-tremeVision LED fog when it was $99 and they are worth every penny. (Below is before and after picture, beam pattern is same as oem but much brighter. )

As for deAutoLED, all my interior LED lights were purchased from them and they have a good reputation among the Audi and VW forums.




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Thanks for the feedback, philips are not bad, we are using philips lumileds in our LEDs, a brighter model than the ones you have but those are still fairly bright.

These are $150 due to what we put into this product, many product similar to ours go for $250+. It is not cheap to get these diodes in a design that works, that doesn't overheat along with good reliability, we had these in cars for 4+ years with no issues.

Many go with our product because it does work with the VW/Audi electronics and are bright, they know they won't see issues and will be happy, we have been on forums selling our product instead of simply selling on ebay/amazon because we know it comes down to feedback and reliability, people can post here at anytime about our product (not just after 3 months) so it is important for us to only bring products to market that work, last and look good. Plus we don't want to sell anything our customers won't be happy with, that just leads to bad customer service.

Again, if people are fine with $10 LEDs and it is good for their needs that is fine, we don't feel any photo can compare to the ones we posted above so people who want that extra light on the road will go with ours.

[PreciseD]

Yes, it does matter. I don't want to fry/ melt the housing and/or wires. They have 55w, 85w and 100w.

We drive an Audi, not a Civic. Just making sure I'm not putting jink on the car.

Dude, these aren't going to melt your wires or housings... I would actually be more concerned with the other kits here that draw more amps.... Also these other kits have too many Lumens and if you ever have to drive in fog, rain or snow (which is what they are for) they will be absolutely useless....

[deAutoLED.com]

Anyone running our setup want to share how our LEDs act in rain/fog, we feel our feedback would come across as biased.

Or coolmanex - you have similar brightness to ours, how are your LEDs in bad weather conditions?

[deAutoLED.com]

This is with the xenon projector headlights and our Fogs to get a better understanding to what we are saying about the fogs shining past the headlights to give you the added visibility and safety while driving:

[PreciseD]

This is with the xenon projector headlights and our Fogs to get a better understanding to what we are saying about the fogs shining past the headlights to give you the added visibility and safety while driving:

That is not what fogs are supposed to do. They are just to light the edge of the road with a wide pattern of low light. If they are brighter than the headlights then they are no longer fog lights as they will reflect the light back to the driver. Just becasue you sell the brightest lights doesn't mean they are practical...

[BG SQ5]

I agree that fogs shouldn't be stupid bright. In fact, I think it makes the front look dumb when one set of lights over powers or has a noticeably different intensity than the other.

I also agree that cheap stuff has no place on a $60k+ vehicle.

For fogs, I'm most concerned with matching the look (brightness and color temp) of the headlights as well as the color temp or the DRLs. Functionality comes second for me. With that said, I'm happy with my VLEDS 6000K for $70. I tired the 5000K, but they didn't match the DRLs as much as I would have liked. I think 5500K would be perfect, but I can't even find those on eBay if I could bring myself to run a cheap set. It was pretty foggy last night; I was out logging/driving like a mad man and never thought twice about visibility.

I love my deAuto turns and the reverse lights have been good. However, I wasn't into any of their fog options.

[deAutoLED.com]

That is not what fogs are supposed to do. They are just to light the edge of the road with a wide pattern of low light. If they are brighter than the headlights then they are no longer fog lights as they will reflect the light back to the driver. Just becasue you sell the brightest lights doesn't mean they are practical...

That is what the LEDs are doing in the video, it is lighting low and the corners shining past where the headlights can reach, the $10 LEDs really do not look like they will do this and why on ebay they do no show it with headlights and no other photos of these bulbs are shown.

We have used these in fog and they cut right through fog by aiming low to the ground and lights up corners allowing for a lot more visibility. We have sold many and we never had or personally seen any of the claims you are stating.

As we said, these aim where fogs should, they are going to help you in: bad weather, cornering, darker roads. Here are side by side photo: