Blinker Solution with Eurolights...

Sat Jan 12 20:57:37 EST 2002

Wow, you can use High's within 500 feet of someone!!? That's obnoxious
and annoying! (what were the law makers thinking!?!?) To put that into
perspective, thats only about 1 2/3 US football fields, not including the
ones. I think it's more reasonable to have my high's off if within
1000 ft minimum, preferably off whenever the tailights of the leading car
are in line of site. (rant off).

Now, about those Micro DE's, how are they in the fog or snow?

LL - NY

On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 06:08:32 -0800 Mike Robinson <fastaudi90 at yahoo.com>
writes:
>I too think that 500 feet is extremely excessive.  In CA the law for
>low
>beams is 300 feet, you can not use your high beams if you are within
>500
>feet.  This is all according to the 1999 California Vehicle Code.
>There
>is no distance listed for front blinkers, i am not sure about the
>rears.  I have looked into this quite a bit because i added some
>selective yellow 85W H3 bulbs in some Hella Micro DF fog lights.
>Believe it or not, it is legal to run the fogs only as long as the
>city
>lights are on (comes in very handy in snow).  I haven't been pulled
>over
>for it yet, but I carry the VC book just in case.  Take care.
>
>Mike Robinson
>
>On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 08:12 PM, Richard Hoffman wrote:
>
>> As a washingtonian....I think that is a bogus rule!  All the better
>> that I
>> am using my stock fogs as turn signals for my Euro H4/H1
>> conversion :)  I
>> know A) a lot of cars that aren't visible from 500 feet and B) a lot
>of
>> drivers who can't see 500 feet in this state....
>>
>> Just my .02
>> Richard
>> 1990 CQ 198K
>>
>>
>>> From: "Q" <Q at intendedacceleration.com>
>>> To: "'Mike Robinson'" <fastaudi90 at yahoo.com>, <JShadzi at aol.com>
>>> CC: <quattro at audifans.com>, <urq at audifans.com>
>>> Subject: RE: Blinker Solution with Eurolights...
>>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2002 19:55:24 -0800
>>>
>>> Info from the State of Washington:
>>>
>>> RCW 46.37.200
>>> Stop lamps and electric turn signals.
>>>      (1) <. . .snip . . .>
>>>
>>>      (2) . . . Turn signal lamps shall be visible from a distance
>of
>>> not
>>> less than five hundred feet to the front and rear in normal
>sunlight. .
>>> .
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: quattro-admin at audifans.com
>[mailto:quattro-admin at audifans.com] On
>>> Behalf Of Mike Robinson
>>> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 6:10 PM
>>> To: JShadzi at aol.com
>>> Cc: quattro at audifans.com; urq at audifans.com
>>> Subject: Re: Blinker Solution with Eurolights...
>>>
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> This my first post back on the list in about 2 years.  I have an 88
>90q
>>> on which I added the H4/H1 Euro lights.  I was the first person,
>and
>>> maybe the only still, who relocated the blinkers to the existing
>fog
>>> lights.  It was a fairly simple and straight forward wiring job
>(basic
>>> wire extensions).  The only PITA was the elbow grease required in
>>> cutting out the back side of the fog light housings.  Basically, I
>used
>>> a dremel to cut out the backside of the fog light housings and a
>potion
>>> of the old turn signal housings, then i used some real strong epoxy
>to
>>> attach the the old part of the signal housing (which obviously
>>> contained
>>> the bulb socket) to the back of the hollowed out fog light housing.
> I
>>> replaced the clear signal lights with orange bulbs that i picked up
>at
>>> my local Kragen.  I even left the focusing lense for the H3 fog
>lights
>>> in.  This allowed the light to spread better.  After I extended the
>>> wiring for the blinkers (about 2 feet will do), i reinstalled the
>>> entire
>>> fog light assembly with the new orange blinker bulbs.  The end
>result
>>> was orange blinkers out of the stock fog lights.  It looks
>completely
>>> natural and has worked flawlessly for over 2 years.  I decided not
>to
>>> wire in the old parking lights; i did not think that having two
>orange
>>> lights below the bumper would look good.  The only problem with
>this
>>> setup is that the blinkers are not as bright during the day.  At
>night
>>> they are clearly visible.  You can actually boost the output by
>>> splicing
>>> the power wires into both the blinker and parking light inputs.
>The
>>> benefit of my system is that it is legal, which is very important
>>> around
>>> here since the cops will pull you over for having your license
>plate
>>> lights out.
>>>
>>> Just wanted to add my input.  Can't wait to be part of the list
>again!
>>>
>>> Mike Robinson
>>> 1988 Audi 90 quattro
>>> 225,000 miles lots of mods
>>>
>>>
>>> On Friday, January 11, 2002, at 05:22 PM, JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hey all, just remembered this part the other day from New
>Dimensions,
>>> > check the URL below:
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>http://www.vwaftermarket.com/catalog/electrical_acc/default.asp?product_
>>> group=3D
>>> > citylights&action=3Dstep_two&title=3DCity%20Lights
>>> >
>>> > Using the city light adaptor, a city light bulb can be fit
>underneath
>>> > an H4 bulb.  So, for most Eurolights this would add a second
>5watt
>>> city
>>> > light that, with a little red rubber cover, could be used as the
>>> > blinker in the cars where the side blinker is displaced.
>>> >
>>> > Javad
>>> > 80tq.com
>>> >
>>>
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