Just wondered how everyone feels about what help the fog light are mine seem to be a waiste of time and I'm not sure why..

 

IMHO they were installed just so the specidications table in the sales brochure could say "fog lights" :-)



Cheers
DD

 

Doug is there an answer someplace in there or not?

 

What I meant was: they don't work very well and Jaguar installed them just so they could say the car has fog lights :-)


Cheers
DD

 

I would guess this holds true for the rear fog lights too?

 

lol thought so Doug but thought I might have missed something.. Jesus my car has rear fog light? Tell me it isn;t so...lmao

 

Here in SF, fog lights are a big help. I'm on my mobile, so I can't see what model u have, but my XKRs work decent enough to illuminate under the fog banks. The rear "fog" lights just increase your tail illumination- which helps to not get rear ended. More helpful is pushing the bottom to make the tailgating a-hole behind you think you are breaking. It's a maneuver I use quite a bit.

PS- the is a dealer option on my car where the fog lights are inhibited when high beams are on. I've turned this off, because there are times on back roads when high beam plus fog lights really flood the road and help.

 

Is that really a dealer option where the fogs turn off when the high beams are on? My car does the same thing, but I just figured it was from the manufacturer, not dealer.

 

The fog lights on my X300 seem useless. I know you don't want them aiming nearly as high as your regular beams but these seem to just dissipate just a few feet from the bumper. They do look nice though. They are there just for decoration.

 

If the steering wheel is concealing the indicators on the switch, I really can't tell by looking outside whether on or off...but if I flip the switch whilst "looking for evidence" I can see a bit of difference....really brightens up the area within 10-15' of the front of the car and extends the lit area more fully to each side....nothing more

 

Yes, for some. See the attachment in this post for a pdf listing by model (at least as of 9/2003)

 

I like them for decoration but you probably just need to install HID's.

 

Foglights on X300 are rubbish.... Realy like my new x308 bumper fogs on this works nice