Wagonbacker9
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- 2004 'Hoe
are you comin back there this year with the RX?
Post The Best Pictures of Your Mazda
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Saskatchewan17
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- 2008 TR Mazdaspeed 3
I love me some yellow fogs:
FlyinHawaiian
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- Mazdaspeed Protege #1460
I wanted yellow fogs on my old mazda... even 'shopped them in to see how they'd look:
Man... somedays I really miss that car...
Man... somedays I really miss that car...
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- 2002 Honda S2000
repost for the sake of more yellow fogs...
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- 02' Protege ES (Gone)
16' Mazda 6 sport manual
FlyinHawaiian is that air dam photo chopped on there?
Exactly.
FlyinHawaiian
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Good eye. The lip splitter was on the car at the time, but was still black, so I photoshopped it white to match the car. Unfortunately, I never got many photos of the car with it actually painted white so that's the best I can do.
There are days when I think the 2000 with the Sport20 bumper is the best on a Protege, then I have days where the MSP wins...
Guess someday I'll just need to have both!
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Mmm, I want the air dam.....
Yep, I registered so I plan to be there, stock or not...
LOL, I just had to quote this!
I should note I not only have yellow overlays, but also MTEC ION Yellow fog light bulbs.
Yes, "fog" lights are better yellow. "Driving" lights are white.
My understanding is that it is important for fog lights to be one color (rather than white, which is all colors) because the different wavelengths(colors) of visible light scatter off the fog droplets differently. This phenomenon is known as "dispersion," because the different colors of light in an image will separate from each other, causing the image to "disperse." If you illuminate the road with only one wavelength (color) of light, the images of the objects you see will still become somewhat blurry because of the scattering of light by the fog, but at least you won't have extra problems from dispersion. So, if we want to use just one wavelength of light, which wavelength should we use? It turns out that light with short wavelengths scatters more than light with long wavelengths (short to long: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red). So, a long wavelength light will be best. There's another thing to consider, too: our eyes are not equally sensitive to all colors. It turns out that we are most sensitive to yellow and green light. So, our best compromise between sensitivity for our eyes and a long wavelength for least scattering is yellow light.
Yes, "fog" lights are better yellow. "Driving" lights are white.
My understanding is that it is important for fog lights to be one color (rather than white, which is all colors) because the different wavelengths(colors) of visible light scatter off the fog droplets differently. This phenomenon is known as "dispersion," because the different colors of light in an image will separate from each other, causing the image to "disperse." If you illuminate the road with only one wavelength (color) of light, the images of the objects you see will still become somewhat blurry because of the scattering of light by the fog, but at least you won't have extra problems from dispersion. So, if we want to use just one wavelength of light, which wavelength should we use? It turns out that light with short wavelengths scatters more than light with long wavelengths (short to long: violet, indigo, blue, green, yellow, orange, red). So, a long wavelength light will be best. There's another thing to consider, too: our eyes are not equally sensitive to all colors. It turns out that we are most sensitive to yellow and green light. So, our best compromise between sensitivity for our eyes and a long wavelength for least scattering is yellow light.
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