Thread: Front Fog Lights

Quote: Originally Posted by Dan@dms I'm not disputing it or saying your wrong. I just think that its flawed because the manufacturer is saying one thing and the Police saying another. I think it comes under the 10% error rule that ADR allows for speedos but the police only have 3KPH for speeding, I suppose the warning light on the dash could be a give away that you should not have them on all the time? BobZ

Quote: Originally Posted by bobz I think it comes under the 10% error rule that ADR allows for speedos but the police only have 3KPH for speeding, I suppose the warning light on the dash could be a give away that you should not have them on all the time? BobZ Yeah i suppose. I dont actually have them lol so i never have mine on. I think its probably one of those laws that just dosnt take into account real circumstances. The driving lights on...

Quote: Originally Posted by matt_dumesny god they're ugly. I get a fair few HSV's going past my window at work. They look shit house. They look like those LED lamps that mechanics use, and have just been stuck onto the bumper bar. Really cheapen the look (even more) of the HSV, IMO.

Quote: Originally Posted by jps323 http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2009...g-lights-17445 Interesting that the authorities aren't up to speed mistaking DRLs for fog lights. god they're ugly. I get a fair few HSV's going past my window at work. They look shit house.

Quote: Originally Posted by Dan@dms In the BA XR8 and the VE handbook they are referred to as Driving Lights. So if you have them on and get pulled over IMO you should be let off Well that’s what the guy at Supercr@p Auto said; if you get pulled over just say you have “driving lights” not “fog lights”! How would they know the difference between factory fitted “fog lights” and aftermarket/retro fitted “driving lights”? Fog lights...

Quote: Originally Posted by Hoadie I find them annoying and unnecessary and a load of wank. Better turn them off when you next update your sig pic, hoadie!! (just kidding, it looks kinda rainy in that pic. Plus putting them on for pics is all sweet hehe)

http://www.carsales.com.au/news/2009...g-lights-17445 Interesting that the authorities aren't up to speed mistaking DRLs for fog lights.

Quote: Originally Posted by matt_dumesny god they're ugly. I get a fair few HSV's going past my window at work. They look shit house. Beuty is in the eye of the beholder. Mirror mirror on the wall etc etc

I visited BMW's engineering centre years ago and there they had a lab where the headlights were tested. Was a black room, entirely black and they had a horizontal line about 1m up which hooked up about 30 degrees out towards the right. The idea was the beam of light should not penetrate above the line at all so as not to dazzle other drivers. They had a number of racks of headlight arrangements: was the e36 on display at the time and they...

i constanely have my factory fog lights on my e28 at night or when i have my lights on, they are those small square ones and improve night vision a lot, would i get book for have these on? i havent had any trouble yet not sure what the laws are in vic, im pretty sure its just rear foggy they are picky about I'm pretty sure the manual calls them fog lights but they are more light driving lights to me, they are not very bright, but i...