Front Bumper Lighting - Looking for some advice

[Sajan]

On my CBI bumper I have some Baja lights.

S2 Pro - Wide Cornering - 2x Pairs
S8 10” Light Bar (Driving/Combo)
S2 Pro - Driving Combo - 2x Pairs

They are all amber right now. How would you wire this up in terms of what turns on together?
Right now the 10" light bar is on its own switch and the other S2 pairs are controlled by the factory fog like switch (don't like that...).
I have another switch free on the SPOD.

Questions:
1. What's a good way to pair these lights if I have two switches to control them..
2. Should I leave all these amber or change some of them (like the 10") to white..

 

[doru]

I hate people driving on roads with a light bar on. I would leave that on a separate switch and use it for off road driving.

I don't get it why there are yellow driving lights available - looks? Driving lights are for driving at speed and should be white. They should be on a different switch.

The wide cornering lights are driving aids and are useful when driving at lower than highway speeds. I would leave them hooked with the fog lights.

 

[gasman4u]

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I hate people driving on roads with a light bar on. I would leave that on a separate switch and use it for off road driving.

I don't get it why there are yellow driving lights available - looks? Driving lights are for driving at speed and should be white. They should be on a different switch.

The wide cornering lights are driving aids and are useful when driving at lower than highway speeds. I would leave them hooked with the fog lights.

Yellow lights have benefits white wavelength does not. Better for snow, dust, etc.

There’s a ton of research that goes into light design. This includes all sorts of whiz bang science beyond me, but there’s all sorts of websites that can explain it in depth.

 

[doru]

Here is a little bit more info why I made the recommendations above...
The human eye max sensitivity is around 507 nm (night vision) to 555 nm (day vision).
If you translate that into temperature, 507nm comes to 5700K.
The OEM are not using those color temps just to be "cool". There is science behind it all. This is also why the OEM are not using 6K lights that the aftermarket so much loves.
As for the old debate about yellow lights made popular in France back in the day, we know that yellow light increases contrast in poor weather. I have never read a study that shows that yellow light is better for driving at speed on clear nights. BTW yellow light is 2k-3k and 570-590nm.
Poor visibility conditions when the yellow lights are beneficial require lower speeds and thus you can use fog lights. Poor vis (fog/dust/snow) also means higher density of particles in the air and thus higher reflection of the light back into the driver's eyes. Driving lamps are designed to project light further ahead not unlike low beams or high beams, thus making them less suitable for driving in poor vis where again fog lights are meant to be used.
Driving lights were "invented" to suplement the headlights that before HID and LED were very limited. With the modern headlights, driving lights are not needed for road driving. Their only reasons to exist is off road.
I know we can split the hairs here and ask what exactly is the beam patern of those particular lights? They come with such vague names as "driving" or "cornering". Where are they intended to be mounted? What height? What's the aiming? Where is the hotspot? Etc. When all details are in OP can make a more informed decision of each light usefulness. Add to that his own preferences as most people care about what they can/cannot see due to their eyes particularities, or just what they like, rather than what the physics/science says, and that is fine to as long as the lights are correctly aimed and do not blind other people.