LED Lightbar on a 2008 prius

If it measure up, it will fit and should work great.

I too have considered an LED bar for the cool factor

 

Let's See a picture when you are done?


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I think that you're going to find that they won't "cut through" the fog as much as simply reflect the water droplets with a higher intensity. If you can find a yellow tint to cover them, it might help. But don't get your hopes up too much. For $50, it's certainly worth a try.

I don't know if this is the final word regarding fog lights, but it's a word.

Daniel Stern Lighting Consultancy and Supply

I think he's been an expert ever since Macauley Caulkin shot him in the face with that BB gun.

 

Have you heard of Younger Optics "Drivewear" lenses? You'll find fog lenses much more effective than fog lamps and if you are over 50 the increased contrast may save a life. I hear Costco has them now under $200


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The fog is usually less dense just above the ground, and is more dense at your eye level. That's why the for lights are located low. To see better in fog you need fog lights that would shine DOWN along the road but not UP (the up portion would just reflect from dense fog to your eyes and blind you).
The same logic would also tell us to use fog lights WITHOUT headlights to see better in fog. Unfortunately Toyota wired the fog lights to come with headlights that makes them pretty much useless in fog. (I have changed the wiring in my car so fogs will come without headlights but with marker lights).

LED strips would look cool and work good as Daytime Running lights, but not good in fog for 2 reasons. 1) they are not producing narrow, flat beam with defined cutoff and 2) they are usually cool white light, >5000 K which is being scattered strongly by water droplets.

The best fog light would be yellow (~3800...4000K) HID (high intensity discharge, the ones that require ballasts) with wide beam and sharp cutoff. For real fog driving I would recommend aftermarket projector fog lights (e.g. by HELLA), and I would put yellow HID bulb set in it.

Thanks,
- Alex

 

I added a 8" LED light bar to assist with reversing as my limo tint and tinted taillights made it hard to see in reverse even with the backup camera... so



As mentioned you may need to look into painting the lens yellow to assist with actual assisting with viability. I've painted lenses with yellow metalcast before with a fog light retrofit and it turned out great. You may want to also look for the spot version. Mine is a flood version LED bar.

 

Maybe, get some clear stuff to protect the tint too.

 

This was the best fog lights upgrade option I've done so far. This was on my 2008. I still have yet to upgrade my fog lights on my current 2007.

 

Funny I've got the same DIY led bar backup setup on my 2005... Which is blue Prius same (?) as yours
Alex

 

Mines a 2007 gray. The next thing i want to do is wire in a switch so i can turn it on whenever I want instead of only reverse.

 

Seen this on a forum...

 

Haha! Thats awesome!... completely not necessary. lol - off-road allowed ONLY!

 

I totally hate these things when people are driving on the road with them on- they completely blind oncoming traffic. But these things are GREAT when used off-road or when used only with the high beams (i.e. no other drivers in front of you, facing either way)

 

Looks like the DDM 30" SW SERIES SPOT LIGHT LED BAR

http://www.ddmtuning.com/Products/SW-LED



30 Inch: 108W Spot: 6,000 Lumens

Description
108W Hi Output LED Bar, 6000 Lumens. Uses 36 Hi Power LEDs.
Size: 29.5 inch wide x 3.8 inch tall and 4 inch deep. 12.3 lbs
Comes with fully adjustable mounting brackets and 18 inch power wire.
Works from 10V - 30V
Waterproof Rating: IP67
Beam Pattern - Spot (10 Degree)
Price: $100.00

 

Its on the right beside/behind the inverter on the driver side. Right below the wiper assembly.