After I wrapped the front end of the car with XPEL, I started thinking about protecting the fog and head lights and found this thread which sold me on doing something to the fogs at least. I decided that lamin-x was the least expensive fix and hopefully would provide enough protection for my typical drive. So then I got into researching and found that the stock halogen H11 bulbs would eventually burn the film. So then I started looking into LED H11's and decided upon the Auxbeam F-16 H11 bulbs. I also wondered what the best color for fogs would be and landed upon this site
http://blog.streetsideauto.com/car-enthusiasts/are-yellow-fog-lights-better/, this site has a link to a Daniel Stern Lighting site with more discussion about yellow lights. So then I decided I had justification for yellow tint on the fogs and went with yellow.
In the end I will say that I now have the fog lenses more protected, and they look cool when they are off IMO. However, the LED's put out such a white light (6000 K) that a lot of that blue still gets through the yellow film, so I wound up with a greener light then I would have really liked. However, the fogs do add a lot to the peripheral lighting on the car, and also give more contrast to the surface of the road. I turned off the headlights and drove with just the fogs and all the potholes in my gravel driveway stood out like blackholes in the road. I guess I should have found a bulb with a more yellow color temperature that also has similar lumens. I'm not sure these exist though.
