quattro digest, Vol 1 #4637 - Rear Fogs

[Larry C Leung]

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A few clarifications. The rear fog is a single lamp on
the driver's side of the car. Therefore, outside of
Japan and UK affiliates, it is on the left. For those
on the island nations (and Australia) it is on the
right. It is a single lamp so that it is NOT confused
with lit brake lamps, which are separate, also to
avoid confusion. The primary purpose is to aid
in visibility of the car in poor visibility conditions
such as fog, heavy rain or snow. They were integrated
into the taillight clusters of many a late 80's and later
European cars, but they are often separate lamps on
earlier cars (probably the most common example
is the small square lamp under the driver's side
rear bumper of many a Porsche 911. Anyway, if
your car doesn't have a rear fog, Hella makes a
fairly nice one, black plastic housing, VERY
similar to the 911 unit but with a more universal
mount. I don't know if it's availible in chrome, which
might work better with some older, chrome laden
cars.

As far as rigging them, they should work with
at least your parking lights, Audi makes them function
only if the front fogs are on, which only work with
the lights are on. Ideally, if the fog is super thick,
the ideal set-up is to have the front and rear fogs work
when the parking lights are on, so that the low
beams don't cause added glare.

As far as legality in the states, I actually don't
know, but I don't believe that there are any
US national provisions for rear fogs. It would
seem, that it's a state to state thing. Not like
I'd expect that it's one of those strongly
enforced laws out there for using one.

LL - NY

BTW, those late model Audi owners whom are looking
for a rear fog should note, 88 on up 80-90-Coupe Q have 'em,
'89 up (maybe earlier) type 44 turbos have em (possibly even
the aspros, it's under the reverse lamp), V8's (all) and ALL
later models.



> From: "Richard Hoffman" <billzcat1 at hotmail.com>
> To: jester at cfnson.com, quattro at audifans.com
> Subject: Re: Rear Fog Lights
> Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 22:03:07 -0800
>
> Actually, they are a stock feature on most 88- and newer Audis (I'm
> not sure
> what models and years exactly)  It's a single lamp integrated into
> the
> taillight housing that is really bright about like brake lights, yes
> its all
> red and it had darn well better be legal in all the states if it got
> federal
> DOT approval!
> Another time I use mine (other than fog) is in snowy conditions -
> there are
> WAY too many moron drivers who are totally out of control and I want
> to make
> sure they see me when they come up behind me.  As if a black car on
> a white
> background weren't contrast enough...
> Hope this helps!
> Richard
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