[urq] Re: Blinker Solution with Eurolights...

[Larry C Leung]

On my GTi, my city lights work with the P-lights, as do my fogs. In NYS,
it's not legal, but it has proven very useful in snow and fog.
Unfortunately couldn't pull that off in my 84 4KQ, (no city lights
availible in my 4 x 6 Bosch H4's) and since I haven't the dough, I still
have DOT in my 200Q.

LL - NY

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 07:22:58 -0800 urq <urq at pacbell.net> writes:
>... methinks that you are thinking about how far ahead the headlights
>illuminate the road ... the law that Ned brings up is related to
>*visibility* ... i.e. how far away others can see the light.  It looks
>like
>CA is slightly different from WA ... here's a snippet from the VC ...
>you
>can see that there *is* a requirement for front signals here too:
>
>24952.  A lamp-type turn signal shall be plainly visible and
>understandable in normal sunlight and at nighttime from a distance of
>at least 300 feet to the front and rear of the vehicle, except that
>turn signal lamps on vehicles of a size required to be equipped with
>clearance lamps shall be visible from a distance of 500 feet during
>such times.
>
>... all that said, it sounds as though the suggested lights make use
>of the
>high current filament on a yellow bulb ... I'm sure that would meet
>the
>requirements because that is the same bulb that is used for many turn
>signals.  The "fog light" lens should be sufficient for focusing the
>light
>in a way to make them visible ... city lights too I'd suspect.
>
>Are you still down here in the south bay Mike?  I had to chuckle when
>I saw
>the comment about the license plate lights because I see so many cars
>on the
>road with non-functional ones.  One thing I noticed many years ago was
>that
>it seems that Toyotas are notorious in that regard ... and that seems
>to
>continue to this day.  When you see a car that doesn't have the
>license
>plate illuminated make a note of the marque ... I'll bet over 50% of
>the
>cars you'll see are Toyotas.  I think the actual percentage is much
>higher
>than that ...
>
>I've got the city lights on the urq's Cibies hooked up to come on with
>the
>"marker lights" myself.  I suppose if I ever find a euro bumper for my
>car I
>may have to figure out some alternative like what is being discussed
>...
>
>BTW, welcome back Mike!  Good to see you here again!
>
>Steve Buchholz
>San Jose, CA (USA)
>
>