4 Types of Auxiliary Lights
There are a lot of different auxiliary lights available for your vehicle. An easy way to figure out which lights you should purchase is by asking yourself, “What am I going to be using these lights for?” Once you’ve figured that out, it should be fairly clear into which category your lights fall. Our experts at 4 Wheel Parts have divided them into 4 basic types of auxiliary lights to help make your purchasing decision as easy as possible.
4 Main Types of Auxiliary Lights
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- Driving Lights
- Long range, pencil-style beam
- Great for illuminating objects far down the road
- Best for seeing long distances
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- Fog Lights
- Yellow lens
- Gradual, spread out beam that gets underneath the fog and lifts it up to help illuminate the road right in front of you
- Best for evenings
- Not intrusive to oncoming traffic
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- 9 Inch Round Lights
- Great for front light bars or overhead roof racks
- The brightest option. Best used for lighting up large areas
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- Flood Lights
- White lens
- Cast a broad light on everything behind your vehicle
- Not something you want to have on while you’re driving, but gives you some extra light if you’re hooking up a trailer, unloading your truck bed, etc
