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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 2108.1 | what type of car? | OASS::FLASHE::BURDEN_D | This is a Studebaker Year | Thu Jun 24 1993 17:59 | 10 |
| If you drive a BMW then they're fog lamps....:-)
The flutes on the lens of the fog lamps will pretty much be straight up
and down all the way across the face. A driving lamp will have varying
flutes on the lense in order to focus the light in different patterns.
I don't believe there will be anything on the lense saying 'Fog' or
'Driving' to identify it.
Dave
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| 2108.2 | artificial additives | LARVAE::BALDOCK_I | I pity Inanimate Objects :-( | Thu Jun 24 1993 18:06 | 7 |
| They tend to have those 'E' numbers (Monosodium Glutamate :-) stamped
on the lens and I wondered if it the number differed for the type of
lens or if it was a standard approval number or what. I will check the
flutes on the lens...
Ian
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| 2108.3 | furry dice | LARVAE::BALDOCK_I | I pity Inanimate Objects :-( | Thu Jun 24 1993 18:07 | 7 |
| Oh and type of car, that's irrelevant; they're add on "Raydot" driving
lamps from my local boy racer shop.
Ian
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| 2108.4 | Trade descriptions Act. | CMOTEC::JASPER | | Fri Jun 25 1993 14:27 | 3 |
| Take'em back if they are not what they're supposed to be.
Tony.
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| 2108.5 | You can be "done" for using them! | CMOTEC::POWELL | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be, is it? | Mon Jun 28 1993 13:40 | 15 |
|
Not widely known, but it is specifically against the law to use any
lamp (driving, fog or spot) that is mounted with its' centre less than 24"
from the ground unless you are driving in fog or falling snow. Hence the
old "Frog-eyed" Austin-Healey Sprite! I don't know which laws, probably
the "Construction and Use" of one year or another.
To drive around after dark, one could easily be fooled into thinking
that it is OK, by the number of people who go around with their "under-bumper"
lamps on!
Please don't be another one who contributes to the dazzle problem on
the roads.
Malcolm.
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| 2108.6 | | WIZZER::FISCHER | I can always sleep standing up | Mon Jun 28 1993 15:19 | 7 |
| How high are a Calibra's headlamps? Most cars with front
ends as low as that have popups.
Has anyone got a Calibra and a tape measure handy?
Ian
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| 2108.7 | | BAHTAT::DODD | | Tue Jun 29 1993 09:28 | 5 |
| Roughly
24" to the bottom, 26" to the top.
Andrew
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| 2108.8 | The Frog | GUCCI::BBELL | | Thu Jul 08 1993 20:57 | 5 |
| Re: .5 I think the frog-eyed Sprite was originally intended to have
retracting headlamps and the additional cost squashed that idea so they
remained always up.
Bob
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| 2108.9 | | PLAYER::BROWNL | The match has gone out | Fri Jul 09 1993 09:43 | 5 |
| .8 is spot on, it was cost, and nothing more that squashed the idea of
"Elan-type" headlights. There was also an idea to use as many parts
from existing Austins as possible.
Laurie.
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| 2108.10 | going backwards | OASS::BURDEN_D | This is a Studebaker Year | Fri Jul 09 1993 15:28 | 4 |
| Another agreement for .8 - Now you can buy a conversion kit for the Mazda Miata
(MX-5) that will replace the retractable headlights with frogeye type lights!
Dave
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| 2108.11 | 24" ? | LARVAE::BALDOCK_I | I pity Inanimate Objects :-( | Mon Jul 12 1993 12:16 | 15 |
| .5 : They're fitted in the bumper, I shall take a tape measure to them
tonight and check their height. I wasn't aware of the 24" law, but I
always avoid dazzling; I only tend to use them late at night on very
quiet (and unlit) roads when it's nice to see more than a few feet in
front of me.
Though at present, they don't help much because of the beam pattern,
and probably the angle they're mounted at. Because of this, the
possibility of dazzling anyone is very small anyway.
If they're below 24" I'll change them for fogs and fit the current ones
somewhere else.
Ian
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