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hella 500 help

ok im looking into buying quite a few lights for my truck in the near future and i dont really have the budget for KCs here is the link to where im probably going to order from, clicky, but i have a few questions before i start ordering.

What is the difference between the driving lights and fog lights?

What is the difference between the driving lights with parabolic reflectors and the driving lights with free-form reflectors?

I tried checking the hella website and i cant find a difference so any help would be great thanks.
 
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The fog lights are not going to put light out as far as the driving lights. and hella's with KC covers...the hella covers look retarded

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ok but will the fogs put out a wider beam?

and yeah i planned on getting the kc cover to make them look better
 
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ok but will the fogs put out a wider beam?

and yeah i planned on getting the kc cover to make them look better

Yes
 
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ok the last question is whats the differenc in the reflectors on the driving lights?
 
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anybody?
 
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From what I researched the free-form lights just have a better pattern and are more precise.

Originally Posted by Hella Website
Free-Form Technology - Free Form reflectors use as many as 50,000 points to precisely direct light producing up to three times more illumination than ordinary lights with even spread and almost no stray light.
 
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Free form is the newer technology, you find it in the HellaFF series (basically all new ones). The older regular Hellas use a parabolic reflector.

I have the driving lights, and since I installed them last year, I have no used my high-beams once. I find lows with driving lights is the best combination.

I just make sure I am uber quick to turn them off if I see a car coming in my direction.

Ohh, pop the extra $30 or $40 and get the clear covers too. Then you don't have to change covers when you want to use the lights.
 
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go check your nearest autozone for em. thats what i did. and the covers are useless lol. i dont run mine at all. they just sit in the truck.
 
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thanks a lot guys i looked everywhere but i couldn't find the answers i was looking for. im looking to mount 4 of these above the cab and 2 maybe 4 on the grille guard any suggestions what to get for where and why?
 
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