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#328447 - 01/07/11 05:22 PM side lights
STASON Offline


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is there any high beam bulbs i can use, call me gay.

but I've been driving with my side lights on during day time as obviously cars are being fitted with the LEDs which I think look great.

I've seen a lot of other drives now also driving with their side lights on i noticed in particular a 09 plate VW golf with a white/blueish side light. small bulb looked like LED's it was definitely a bulb.

Are these available?

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#328448 - 01/07/11 07:59 PM Re: side lights [Re: STASON]
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Just trawl eBay! You just after some led 501's?
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#328449 - 01/07/11 08:29 PM Re: side lights [Re: smithyloz]
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Get these stason! http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/New-Side-Light...=item3f059c6d4b
I got all my led lighting from them and they're just like you wanted bluey white. they look ace
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#328450 - 01/07/11 08:36 PM Re: side lights [Re: DanRedSt]
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#328451 - 01/07/11 08:40 PM Re: side lights [Re: ROB IS THE STIG]
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So those bulbs are a straight swap with the standard ones?

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#328452 - 02/07/11 04:44 AM Re: side lights [Re: matt22]
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Yep!
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#328453 - 02/07/11 11:02 AM Re: side lights [Re: DanRedSt]
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the lower spec cars use bright side lights instead of the drl leds, its a good idea, but why not just say you have to have your side lights on all the time?
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#328454 - 03/07/11 08:13 PM Re: side lights [Re: Dan_The_Man]
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The golf I had as a hire car had DRLs that where brighter than the side lights Also new cars seem to put on one fog light as your turning a corner when your lights are on
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#328455 - 03/07/11 08:19 PM Re: side lights [Re: Alex_H]
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yeah i noticed that with the foglights on some cars
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#328456 - 03/07/11 08:19 PM Re: side lights [Re: Alex_H]
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out of curiosity, bit off topic but are the fiesta ST fog lights actually fog lights?

i find they are not as bright as my main head lights (not full beam)

Another thing i do i always put my fogs on when it rains... i love my lights im not going to lie haha.

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#328457 - 03/07/11 08:20 PM Re: side lights [Re: STASON]
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I got osram nightbreakers in my old and got the same for fogs so they matched
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#328458 - 03/07/11 08:46 PM Re: side lights [Re: STASON]
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out of curiosity, bit off topic but are the fiesta ST fog lights actually fog lights?

i find they are not as bright as my main head lights (not full beam)

Another thing i do i always put my fogs on when it rains... i love my lights im not going to lie haha.




They are given in the manual as fog lights not driving lights and if you get caught you will get done for using them when it's not foggy.
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#328459 - 04/07/11 06:07 AM Re: side lights [Re: ChrisCumbria]
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out of curiosity, bit off topic but are the fiesta ST fog lights actually fog lights?

i find they are not as bright as my main head lights (not full beam)

Another thing i do i always put my fogs on when it rains... i love my lights im not going to lie haha.




They are given in the manual as fog lights not driving lights and if you get caught you will get done for using them when it's not foggy.







I see so many people get away with it where im from even the old coppers sometimes have their on!

I dug around on the directgov wbesite and found this

Quote:

You MUST use headlights when visibility is seriously reduced, generally when you cannot see for more than 100 metres (328 feet). You may also use front or rear fog lights but you MUST switch them off when visibility improves (see Rule 236).

You MUST NOT use front or rear fog lights unless visibility is seriously reduced (see Rule 226) as they dazzle other road users and can obscure your brake lights. You MUST switch them off when visibility improves.




so if it is raining, i should be within law alowed to use them or is it the police officers disgression?

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