Driving light question
 

Hey guys, thanks to everyone that helps everyone out over here, you guys do a great job... I usually spend time reading stuff here but today i have a question. I changed my fog light for piaa extreme white and it's superb... Now i have been changing my driving light to leds, extreme white bulb... I can't find a combination that I like, either it's too blue or doesn't light enough. i was gonna try to make them match the intensity and the color of the fogs... and I can't succeed. now I am fed up with them and I want to take them out. Would that cause a problem to drive arround with no driving light( by driving light I mean the little light in the middle. Thanks everyone, any inputs or idea would be greatly appreciated... Thanks

I've played around with different bulbs in the parking lights (correct terminology) and have not found an LED that doesn't have a blue tint to it. I have PIAA Xtreme Force bulbs in my fog lights which are 4700K (more blue than the 4100K Xtreme White) and the LEDs still have more blue in comparison. I've tried LEDs from autolumination, v-leds, PIAA and Raybrig. The Raybrigs were slightly less blue, but were expensive and failed too quickly.

I've also tried incandescent bulbs that are blue coated and they are either too yellow or too dim if the coating gets too thick. Because of the dimness that is inherant to a 194 bulb (whether it is LED or incandescant) you are never going to get a pure white, so you are going to have to live some color. I chose blue because you can get LED bulbs that are quite a bit brighter than even the non-coated incandescents.

Right now I'm using LED refractor bulbs from v-leds. You can order them in bulk from v-leds (10 count) at a bit of a discount. I've got them in my parking lights, clear corners, and one for the license plate light in back. And I've got spares if any go out.

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As far as driving without any parking lights, I don't think that should cause a problem, but does the non-matching light color really bother you that much?

well, i have a matrix led from autoalumination so im gonna try that in, I don't like the idea of havigzenon/fog light/leds its like too much... if they could match like the lexus does in example that would be fine.... I think any light that seem blue that is non-hid is nasty, but thats just me, I would really appreciate a confirmation that driving with no parking light (thanks for the terminology) is okay.

What do you mean by OK? Technically or legally? The car shouldn't give you any errors, as I've had a bulb burn out. Legally parking lights are required but if you never drive around with your lights turned one click (just parking lights) I don't see how anyone would ever notice.

I like the bit of blue my leds give off in the driving lights.. of course i have full blue leds on the interior.. so it worked out ok.

I got the refractor type bulbs as well in my running lights from V-LED they match pretty close to my 6000K HID's.