Does anyone know if Sylvania, or any other bulb maker, makes a brighter, non-HID replacement bulb for the 07 Tahoe's fog lights? I tried the HIDs, and they melted the housing. Sylvania's Silver Stars are nice, but, I can't locate a Sylvania Silver Star replacement for the truck. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

 

I tried those bright azz ones in my wife's car. yes super bright and white, but only lasted 3 months or so (she drives w/headlights on all the time)...

normal bulbs lasted YEARS under that use.

not even close to worth the hassle of replacing them every 3 months. no thanks.

but it's up to you

you could always replace the housing as well.

 

Keep in mind the fog lights are plastic and will melt with any high heat lamp, I tried some less expensive replacement bulbs I got off of Amazon but they lasted about 3 days... ended up spending the money and got the factory replacement from GM parts direct and they have worked fine, I did replace then as a pair...
I replaced them because one of the originals burned out after about 3 years...

 

IMHO there are definitely diminishing returns, after you pass 40w or so. You might try going with Amber, I've always preferred them over white. But, if you just want to do a project with this, I'd suggest you get some proper Housings for them, and mount them separately. Use both ! Actually, if it's safety you're looking at, you might be better off spending your money on some 32-50 cp TailLights.

 

Not sure what the emphasis is for brighter fog lites. Thought the idea was to have a low level of lite to minimize the reflection off the fog.

Of course as I've noted in this area, about 90% drive w/ their fogs on in clear weather, some even in the daytime. Must be the cool factor???

 

But Shark, you can see a LOT more Fog with brighter lights !

 

True that.

 

BMoTahoe,

HA, I guess we sorta are getting off of Topic a little. But, you can see that the consensus is a bit negative, when going with more wattage. Like a lot of things, it's more what you do with what you got, rather than size.

That meaning, keep um (mounted) Low, and keep um (set) Level !
The idea being not to shine them on any more Fog than you have to. Keeping the beams set to illuminate the road and content, not shining upward and reflecting light off of the particles of water in the air back at you.

If you're going to go with a separate set of lamps, frequently, many try to just put the circuit on an existing switch, and that can cause a lot of problems from overloading when you are increasing Wattage. Here's a simple "add on" Relay, which will allow you to place the "operating" control, on the Ign or Accessory side, without burdening your existing system.
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Bosch has several Relays like this, and you'd need to do a lookup, to see which Amperage Rating, would apply to your project. Relays of this type can also be "stacked" on one Switch, for multiple systems.

 

Nice write-up!

 

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