I have the euro tail lights. As for brightness/visibility, the Euros use a different lense that provides a more uniform dispersement of light, 3without the bright spot created by the bulb/reflector in the usa version. The Euros are very visible, BTW, without the glare. steve p.s. what watt is the fog bulb? Is there a number on it?
Alistair Bell wrote: > <<<...>>> > The tail lights were in fairly good condition, I removed one and popped the > bulbholder out. It had the european set up with the "fog tail light" bulb > in place. The bulb holder itself had the word "EUROPA" stamped on it. > > I bought both tailights (and one bumper cap!). At home I was able to compare > the tailights to my USA spec versions. (Both had the same part numbers0 > > The first difference was the absence of a parking light on the Euro one. > That's the little single (10W?) lamp at the outboard end of the lights. The > hole was there of course, but it wasn't "wired" for a bulb - just like the > empty bulb socket for the "fog tail light" on the US version. > > The second difference was the absence (on the Euro version) of reflectors in > the lens assembly for both the brake light and the turn signal. > > The third difference was a slightly different fresnel pattern on some of the > lenses. > > I installed one of each on the van and compared. > > The US spec units had a much, much brighter brake light and turn signal, due > to the built in reflector. > > Earthshaking info, eh? > > Alistair |
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