[s-cars] Group Buy for Hella Smoked Rear Tail Lights

[Emre Washburn]

The Hella smoked lights retain the proper colors in the proper areas. The
amount of light that is blocked out by the smoked plastic is minimal. My
buddy has set on his 92, they operate just fine.

Emre
92 S4

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Forgie" <forgied at direct.ca>
To: <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 11:20 AM
Subject: [s-cars] Group Buy for Hella Smoked Rear Tail Lights


> Just remember that, while going with the smoked taillights might look
> cool, in fact you will be cutting down the visibility of your car.  What
> many North Americans forget is that in order for the smoked taillights
> to be German TUV-approved, you have to add passive red reflectors on
> your bumper, etc.  to maintain the same level of night visibility as
> with the OEM taillights.  These reflectors strips are often left off
> here (N Am.) because they are "dorky" (or whatever).  In fact they are
> required.  I think it would be interesting if your car was rear-ended
> and a savvy insurance adjuster figured out what was going on.  I suspect
> that you would be SOL.
>
> But, hey, that's just me and my paranoid mind.  Personally, I converted
> my rear foglights (both sides) to run two filament 5/21W bulbs so I have
> 3 x 5W x 2 = 30 W for running lights (versus 1 x 5W x 2 = 10 W for Euro
> taillights)  and 42 W per side for signal lights.
>
> Dave F.
>
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