Blinker Solution with Eurolights...

Larry C Leung l.leung at juno.com
Sun Jan 13 14:50:17 EST 2002


Yeah, but their back glare is even worse, which means al lot of light is
"up". That's even worse.

LL - NY

On Sun, 13 Jan 2002 12:16:42 -0500 Robert Myers <robert at s-cars.org>
writes:
>At 08:57 PM 1/12/02, Larry C Leung wrote:
>
>>Wow, you can use High's within 500 feet of someone!!? That's
>obnoxious
>>and annoying! (what were the law makers thinking!?!?)
>
>Simple, Larry.  They were thinking of DOT approved "Prince of
>Darkness"
>lights. :-(
>
>
>>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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