I think the idea is that in FOG you need a bright light to be seen. A regular tail-light wattage bulb won't do.. I've seen Volvos with their rear foglights operating, and it looks the same as the brake-light in brightness - and yes it is annoying when it is not foggy. In any case, I have both an American and European rear light. The European has an installed reflector and a different pattern on the lense that has the fog light. A number of the lenses have different patterns. The turn signal for example. Todd '88 Westy Robert Steven Fish wrote: >snipped--------- >The position in the USA spec light cluster for the fog has a reflector lens >on the outside, and I don't think the concave bulb reflector on the inside >is mirrored. Put a bulb behind it and the result is scattered all over, >end sniped-------------- > >I think that is actually the point of these rear "fog lights". Unless you >are planning on driving quite a bit in reverse, in foggy weather, you really >do not want or need any sort of a "beam" back there. > >If there were to be a reflector, and higher wattage than the 21 watt OEM >lamp, they my assumption is that it would be highly unsafe and incourteous >to those driving behind you. > >I have both "converted" to the Europe specification, and they are just what >tha doctor ordered... a nice solid red "glow" for those ultra foggy >conditions, when folks just can't see the car in front of them. > >Or am I missing something in your master plan?? > > ><º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ <º)))>{ > >Robert S. Fish >Salzburg, Austria >1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender >1987 Golf Cabriolet >1991 Golf > |
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