Anyone with Yellow Headlights?? Or am I soon to be the 1st?

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11-23-2007, 04:16 AM

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I think the yellow headlights in racing are used to distinguish different classes of car on the track.

Yeah, the lower classes use yellow headlights and the higher classes use bright white/blue. If you are in a night race and you see yellows behind, no big deal, but if you see bright white headlights coming up behind you then you should move out of the way.

Well, that would explain it.

And x2 for pics of yellow high beams, and regular low beams.

11-26-2007, 07:10 PM

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Yellow is better for bad weather conditions which is why some manufacturers use yellow as their FOG LIGHTS.
Yellow light will bounce off water(rain) and will penetrate foggy conditions better than white/blue

11-26-2007, 11:01 PM

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http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/593.html

11-27-2007, 04:15 AM

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http://www.gi.alaska.edu/ScienceForum/ASF5/593.html

LOL nice read but do two things for me.
Get a set of fog lights, put a yellow bulb in one of them and a white bulb on the other, then u'll know what that is.

11-27-2007, 04:54 AM

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Know what what is?

11-27-2007, 05:02 AM

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Know what what is?

the outcome for which is better under bad weather condition. Besides the factt that website doesn't show what the use for fog light is:
Whenever you turn on your headlights without the fogs, you will see a non-lit section in front of your bumper. That is called foreground. Now, when you turnon your fogs, such space will be filled with light coming from the fog setup. And under bad weather condition, you drive slow thus you need the most light in front of your bumper to see what's ahead.