Off-road fog lights have come a long way from the old days, making it easier than ever for your custom truck or SUV to enjoy the benefits of LED lights in adverse conditions. Custom fog lights give you more light right where you need it when fog, rain, or snow tries to derail your outing. Let’s take a look at how LED technology is changing the game and your options for adding aftermarket lighting to your off-road beast.
Why Fog Lights Are a Must-Have Upgrade
Even if you’re running a lightbar on your bumper or roof, off-road fog lights have a place on your build. Fog lights sit low and wide, usually near the lowest part of your bumper. This position helps keep the light directed close to the ground, underneath fog that can hang in the air at the perfect height to interfere with normal off-road lights. This gets your light under the fog for driving but also offers up-close ground lighting for better navigation of obstacles. Custom fog lights are available in a wide range of styles with plenty of lighting options to give almost any build–from stock to heavily modded–the extra light you need when weather is encroaching on your fun.
Powerful, Efficient LED Lights
LED lights are quickly becoming the standard in off-road fog lights, driving lights, household lights, commercial lights, and more. They use less electricity than fluorescent or incandescent bulbs, offer equal light output, produce less heat, and give you a longer service life before replacement is needed. There are several LED light benefits when applied to custom fog lights:
- Reliability - LED bulls can give you a service life that extends into the tens of thousands of hours, meaning they’re there when you need them.
- Durability - LED lights are solid-state electronic components that produce a clean, crisp light when current is passed through them. There’s no vacuum bulb with gas to excite or delicate filament. That makes them perfect for rough trails and big obstacles.
- Low Power Drain - LED off-road fog lights use less electricity to create light, putting less strain on your electrical system and giving you more capacity for additional lighting upgrades.
- Lower Cost Over Time - While LED lights often have a higher price tag at checkout, due to their long service lives and durability, they require fewer replacements, saving you money in the long run.
- Bright and Versatile - Quality LED lights are available in a range of patterns, sizes, and lens colors with multiple mounting options, making them a versatile addition to your build plan.
Off-Roading and Aftermarket Lighting
Big lights have long been a part of off-roading, including custom fog lights. When you get away from the city streets and need to navigate over, around, and through obstacles, you need plenty of light directed and focused to give you the coverage you need for safer wheeling, from long drives to finding lines down a rocky pass. That’s why the image of the big SUV or off-road truck with light bars, pods, rock lights, and scene lights has become an indelible part of what the public thinks of when off-roading comes up.
Don’t Forget About the Fog Lights
While off-road fog lights may not be the most noticeable of that iconic look, they play an important role in safer off-roading. While fog can appear anywhere along the ground, the cool moist, wild terrain we cross on cool fall evenings or spring mornings can be especially prone to ground-covering clouds that can hide drops, bumps, and hazards that should be avoided. Even in perfect weather, off-road fog lights can give you a better picture of the ground directly in front of your vehicle so you and your spotter can make better route choices.
Our Top Off-Road Fog Light Picks
- OffroadAlliance.com Triple Bezel Fog Light Kits for the Ford Raptor - We began our business because there just weren’t really good fog light options for the truck we love. Now we offer our custom off-road fog light kits for Gen 1, Gen2, and Gen 3 Ford Raptors powered by premium Baja Designs Squadron Lights or comparable pods from Diode Dynamics, RIGID Industries, or KC Hi-Lites. These give you the full benefits of LED lights with a custom-length, pre-terminated wiring harness, tough hardware, and beautiful bezels to give your new fog lights a finished OEM-quality appearance.
- Baja Designs LP4 Light Pods - The LP4 series gives you small but powerful light pods with four bright LED projectors that produce light with the same qualities as real daylight for less eye strain. You can change the color and pattern of your light by swapping out lenses, and the whole unit is shock-resistant and waterproof to the point of submersion. The included hardware makes mounting your extra lights easy to create the right look and supplemental lighting for any build.
- RIGID Industries 360 Series 4-inc J583 Fog Light Pair - These powerful universal-fit fog lights are made by one of the most innovative lighting brands on or off the road. With a bright 3100 lumens of total output, backlighting, and the ability to color-match the bezel, they’re a popular choice due to both their function and appearance.
- Diode Dynamics SS3 Type X Pro - If you want to get the full benefits of LED light for your vehicle, choose an innovator that’s specialized in LED technology from the beginning. Diode Dynamics makes well-engineered off-road fog lights that bring you the latest developments in applied LED and optical research. Their Type X Pro universal fit fog lights have a peak beam intensity of almost 11,000 candelas from four powerful emitters. With over a decade focused on automotive lighting upgrades, they’ve made a name for themselves with reliable and tough custom fog lights, light pods, and kits.
Get the Fog Light Upgrade You Need
We have the top LED lights from leading brands who know how to build reliable systems for the toughest terrain around. Call and talk to one of our specialists anytime you need help finding the right upgrades for your build or need more information. Order your off-road fog lights from Offroad Alliance today.
