Bi-LED Projector Fog Light

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While looking for additional lights for my 2006 Lexus LS430, I came across several Bi-LED fog lights, self contained with projectors producing both low and high beams. Could this be mounted below or above my bumper as an auxilary low/high beam? Examples:
1. https://auxbeam.com/en-au/products/gd002160

2.5 Inch 80W Bi-LED Projector Lens Fog Light 6000K HD Lens For Toyota/Honda | 2 PCS/Set


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Those are NOT legitimate lamps and Auxbeam is NOT a legitimate lighting company. Their just a typical amazon/ebay vendor that re-brands a lot of Chinese junk lighting.

Don't fall for all the fancy marketing photoshopped/fake images. There is no real thought or design behind the optical design. They'll put down a very high intense beam that is focused primarily at the center which will wash out the foreground (bad for long range vision) and provide a narrow beam width.
 
Those are NOT legitimate lamps and Auxbeam is NOT a legitimate lighting company. Their just a typical amazon/ebay vendor that re-brands a lot of Chinese junk lighting.

Don't fall for all the fancy marketing photoshopped/fake images. There is no real thought or design behind the optical design. They'll put down a very high intense beam that is focused primarily at the center which will wash out the foreground (bad for long range vision) and provide a narrow beam width.
Are there any bi-LED projector fog lights that provide long distance vision with low beam high beam?
 
Are there any bi-LED projector fog lights that provide long distance vision with low beam high beam?

Installing lamps that provide a low beam and/or high beam into the fog lamp mounting locations is not ideal because its usually too low to the ground. The beam reach won't be as far and the foreground light may be too great.

DOTs minimum height requirement for a headlamp is 22 inches from the ground. Many fog lamps are mounted well under this height.

Seeing as your Lexus is a very sleek looking luxury vehicle, do you really want to fabricate custom mounts for supplemental lamps in the grille or bumper??
 
No legitimate manufacturer sells a combined fog lamp and auxilisry driving light unit. The use cases and beam patterns are far too separate for a lamp that claims to offer both, to do either well.

If you want to supplement your lowbeams, a legitimate low beam lamp mounted near the height of your current headlamps will be useful, potentially. The hella 60mm halogen, 50mm LED and 90mm LED have all been discussed in your other thread. Other LED lamps were proffered as well.

For extending your high beams reach and width, mounting any sort of driving lamp as high as possible (to the maximum height of the center of the auxiliary lamps front lens in line with the center of your headlamps, as typically allowed by law) is necessary. Mounting driving lamps too low will absolutely flood the foreground with excessive light, reducing your distance vision. I made this mistake once with a driving light light bar mounted in the lower grille opening on my honda civic. Despite having a fairly tight beam pattern, it being mounted so low meant I ended up with a huge, very brightly lit patch immediately in front of the vehicle when it was on. This was not signficiantly reduceable by aiming the lamp upward, even when the hotspot of the lamp was aimed at the treeline in the distsnce, the lamp was simply too low.

Performance upgrades often require sacrificing stock appearance. But a solidly mounted external bar, even a mock bash-bar mount will allow your choice of lamps much greater performance potential.
 
Mr Gault, Based on your experience, I will not be mounting anything in the fog light area, but strictly above the bumper, at the current height of my existing headlights.
To clarify, I was not looking To use any new light has a fog light. I am open to any self contain light regardless of the application, it was marketed to fill. As long as the light has a strong wide pattern with a sharp cut off for the low beam, and adequate reach/width for the high beam.
If there is a self-contained light, that would provide this, please let me know.
I've located a used LS430 grill with cutouts for two additional lights at the same height as my existing headlights.
I will investigate the recommended Hella units as that is an excellent brand that I have used previously on other cars.
 
For a single pair of auxiliary lights, I would go for the hella 90mm bi-xenon, or 90mm bi-LED units.

If you want to mount two pairs of lamps, consider the 60mm reflector based hella low beam, and an aftermarket driving lamp, as you can get significantly higher performance from a driving light than a high beam lamp.
 
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