I believe it means having the fog lights on with the high beams which I don't know if it's legal in all jurisdictions. Personally I can't stand drivers that use both fogs and low beams when conditions are clear. I travel on unlit country roads quite often and since I just got my Platinum a couple months ago I thought I'd try turning on my LED fogs along with my LED low beams and they made absolutely no difference to the light shining to the front. The only thing they did improve was the lighting immediately to the right and left of the vehicle which was already illuminated by the low beams anyway. If using that light to avoid running off the road you'd have to be travelling at about 10-15 mph.
Not too sure of what you want here. The LED strips (Signature Lighting) come on with the LED lows during the day in Canada as DRL are mandatory. Apparently you can turn the low beam off and leave the Signature Lights on. One member 613GT500 has done it but I'm not sure of the legality of that. I believe he used Forscan.
For about $7 I added 2" convex mirrors. I've used those about 50 years or more. No need to tilt and no loss of other vision due to the tilt. Lets you even see the rear tires.
The automatically turn off here as soon as you put the high beams on.
I believe someone had said it, but the NHTSA limits forward facing white light to 4 lights. In this case it is usually your low beam and fog beam. So when you activate your high beams it turns off your fog lights and turns on your highs in addition to the lows. The concurrent lights enables you to turn on your high beams while leaving your low beams and fog lights on. I saw one person say that having fog lights on all the time is pointless, I would personally beg to differ. Fogs illuminate directly in front of the vehicle and off to the sides (aka past the fog lines marked on the roadway). It is legal at a base level throughout the US unless there is a jurisdiction with a stricter bylaw.
That was likely me (post 203). I switched the fogs on and off with the low beams on several times to check this out and as I mentioned and there was absolutely no difference to the front that I could see from the driver's seat. Even if there was there would be no need as the LED lows already do an excellent job there. The did brighten up the sides but that areas was already covered by the low beams anyway at a lower intensity and were useless in my opinion unless driving very slowly or wanting to check for empties in the ditch.
If not, I suggest sending him a PM. That way you'll be sure to reach him.
Here in Canada, without the mod that 613GT500 did, the Explorer comes from the factory with LED low beam + signature lighting when in 'Auto' mode during the day.Thanks for reply. I saw the spreadsheet but I was not able to do it.
It would be great if you could make a step by step guide.
Also, could you inform what was on when you where in Auto mode during the day?
LED lows + signature lighting or the halogen lamp (that also works as highs) like on mines (see photo below)?
