Where can I get Outback fog light covers?

[Guest]

Anyone know where one can get covers for foglights on a 2005 Outback
in Canada?

These vulnerable lights don't seem to serve any useful purpose apart
from generating income for Subaru when they get broken, which will
probably happen the first time I drive on sanded highways this coming
winter.

 

[Voja]

I think (my $.02) it'll be better if you install one of these:

http://www.autosupermart.com/shop/brands/xpel.html?id=9PMo6Y8A

http://forums.nasioc.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-198364.html

I didn't try it yet but I read an article on the web where
this guy explains step-by-step process how to install it on Outback fog
lights (2002 model I believe it was).

I'd go to local auto-glass shop and/or retail car parts store (e.g.
Canadian Tire, Lordco, Napa...(BC/Alberta region though)

Good luck.

Voja

 

[Guest]

I think (my $.02) it'll be better if you install one of these:
....go to local auto-glass shop and/or retail car parts store (e.g.
Canadian Tire, Lordco, Napa...(BC/Alberta region though)

Thanks, I had wondered about that clear stuff but was hoping to get
some neat covers with "Subaru" on them that I had seen somewhere.

 

[Bill Radio]

I. for one, would not own a car without fog lights. While they are more
useful in here in Colorado for use in snow storms, I would not trade them
for a thousand dollars after making a huge difference in my getting there.

I will admit those lights are vulnerable and need better protection like a
cover.

-BillRadio

 

[Guest]

I. for one, would not own a car without fog lights. While they are more
useful in here in Colorado for use in snow storms, I would not trade them
for a thousand dollars after making a huge difference in my getting there

But what do they do for you apart from making you a bit more visible
to oncoming traffic?

I have tried mine at night and they don't throw any light forward more
than about ten feet from the car, unlike "real" foglights that I have
used in Europe that throw a powerful, shallow, fan-shaped beam (often
amber color) low down close to the ground under the fog
(theoretically).

 

[Bill Radio]

I would prefer that the headlights could be disabled when using the fog
lights, but the advantage is being able to see the edge of the road. Any
light thrown forward is wasted. I need to see that I am still on the road,
and normal headlights do nothing but illuminate the snow right in front of
you, keeping you from seeing the road itself.

Subarus, with their plastic-covered lights do easily gather frozen slow on
their covers, dimming the headlights somewhat and making the fog (snow)
lights more useful. Unfortunately, the fog lights are recessed so deeply,
snow can accumulate in them just as easily. And those 'semi' grilles only
add to the problem. But they're better than not having them and saves me
the trouble of adding aftermarket lights below the bumper which get banged
up a lot worse.

-Bill

 

[Don.]

I would prefer that the headlights could be disabled when using the fog
lights, but the advantage is being able to see the edge of the road. Any
light thrown forward is wasted.

It's not "waisted", Bill. In a heavy fog or snowfall it comes back and
hits you square in the eyeballs. That's why fog lights are mounted low, to
prevent that. My complaint is that they are white and not yellow. Yellow
penetrates further into fog/snow and isn't nearly as blinding.

Don

 

[Bonehenge]

But what do they do for you apart from making you a bit more visible
to oncoming traffic?

I actually find them useful in snowstorms.

When it's not snowing, they do little.

Barry

 

[John Rethorst]

My complaint is that they are white and not yellow. Yellow
penetrates further into fog/snow and isn't nearly as blinding.

The great advantage of yellow lights in my experience is illuminating an asphalt
road on a rainy night. The difference is astounding. Here in western Washington
rain is more frequent than snow ... I'm looking for a can of Krylon Stained Glass
spray paint in yellow, to simply paint the lenses.

 

[Henry Paul]

They seem to do a lot for the guy on my tail who uses them snow/fog or no.
All I get out of the deal is blinded.

 

[CW]

Rockblocker has yellow film that you stick on the fogs like tint.

Definitely makes a difference. I agree with you on the benefits in
the rain! It also aides in other motorists seeing you in bad weather
(snow/rain), which is sometimes just as important.

CW

 

[Gadgets]

Keep in mind that any yellow cover you put over lights is reducing their
intensity by blocking the visible blue end of the spectrum. Some yellow
covers will still let a fair bit of UV thru, so technically wouldn't be as
effective. Your eyes will resolve UV as bluish haze, which is why yellow is
effective. Green may even be better as that's the colour our eyes are most
sensitive to - and they are fairly insensitive to red...

If changing your fog lights to yellow ones, you may find more wattage is
required...

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