The Xenon lights everyone calls blue are not a bulb based change (at least according to european car) but rather a whole new method of lighting. I'll get the article and date when I get home. The blue bulbs (all weather, etc.) you see for sale are more of a gimick than practical (IMO) at least for headlights, I'm not sure about fog lights. My understanding of specialized lights (either fog or driving) is that the angle and spread pattern of the reflector was more improtant than the color of light. My two cents Dave 86 Vanagon GL Karl F. Bloss wrote: > > If you want to see in the fog, then yellow yellow/blue light is what > > you want. Bosch, Hella and PIAA make decent fogs > > I always thought blue light kills your night vision and generally > makes things appear hazy. Thus camera blue filters and blueblocker > sunglasses. Why are blue lights all of a sudden the big rage? > > -Karl > > Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA > '87 GL Weekender "Beverley" > VW shop list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/vwshops |
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