Date:         Thu, 12 Apr 2001 13:17:03 -0700
Reply-To:     Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Graham Challis <centumg@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Bright tail lights
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I think rear fogs are legal on both sides - I have
them on my US spec. 88 Jaguar.  However they're down
low in the bumper, separate from the main taillights
so less likely to be confused with brake lights.  I
think manufacturers usually only put one rear fog in
when they are integrated into the main taillight
assemblies.  In England (where fog is not unknown)
it's a real pain when the rear fog is in with the main
taillights because you don't notice the brake lights -
they ought to have the centre brake light like the US.

Graham
90 GL country homes camper (with no foglights, period)
--- Jennifer <ncc876@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> At 12:20 PM -0700 4/12/01, Patrick Bryson rearranged
> electrons to say:
>
> >However, I'd like to offer one correction.  In
> America, low beams are 55W
> >(and hi beams are 60W), not 35.
>
> Is this a federal standard? I had thought the
> wattage varied by make
> and model due to the installed wiring systems.
>
> The Golf IV (like mine) has the rear fog setup, but
> in the US (North
> America, really) it's not enabled. You can wire it
> up yourself,
> though, and add the European headlight switch to
> control it. Rear
> fogs are legal here as long as it's left side only
> (not both).
>
> Why it is connected in Europe and not NA makes no
> sense to me,
> especially since it's not hard to do it yourself.
> --
>
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>
> Jennifer - ncc876@yahoo.com
> ... knee-deep in the hoopla ...
>
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