SMDs in the fog light housing, Final iteration using 90mm circles of SMD 5050 leds Options

[dangrouche]

Okay, in my continuing quest to update the incandescent bulbs in our teeners, I changed out the 35 watt bulbs to SMDs in each housing. the cost was minimal of course. I also augmented the light fog grills with "3W White LED Eagle Eye Daytime Running DRL Light Tail Backup Lamp, Stock number# 2XSKU40521" from my my favorite China vendor, Bang good.com. Cost was $5.99 for four of these eagle eyes units; I installed the other pair as daytime running lights on my other car.
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I cut out some styrofoam discs (from a take out container) and placed the assembly into the fog light lenses, added some wiring, all WITHOUT cutting any of the OEM wiring.
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check it out, one of the pics shows the driver's side bulb with the 35 watt incandescent, compared to the passenger side with the four SMDs.
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the pics are misleading. I had the camera flash off and it looks like a blaze, but in person, you see eight bright dots, of the same color as DRLs that you see on current Audis. I will try to add a better pic later.

[mikesmith]

In case it wasn't clear, my point was that a "glaring white dot" is less effective at getting other motorists' attention than the alternatives.

Your blinding white dot is harder to position in three dimensions, and because it's so bright, everything else about your vehicle (its outline, motion, etc.) will be lost.

[dangrouche]

In case it wasn't clear, my point was that a "glaring white dot" is less effective at getting other motorists' attention than the alternatives.

Your blinding white dot is harder to position in three dimensions, and because it's so bright, everything else about your vehicle (its outline, motion, etc.) will be lost.

FWIW, since this is a weekend car and I drive it mostly in the day hours, as far as I can tell, I can see my vehicle a block away better than without having these DRL dot lites on. I'd rather be noticed than to have someone cut me off and afterwards learn that the driver of the other car says something like, "oh, I didn't see you," like the countless instances that motorcyclists/bicyclists get hit by cars because they are slim targets blending into the background.