Re[9]: tail lights.

[coutinho.ka@pg.com]

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At 03:53 PM 1/26/97 -0500, you wrote: 

>>Rick/Chris,
>>
>>     It is brighter that the regular tail light with the #67 bulb but I have 
>>seen one other Rocco and a few golf's with REALLY bright "fogs".  Was thinking
>>of using the brake light bulbs but it might end up melting the plastic.

>APS has the Hella Quartz brake light conversion, and it's not meant for 
>CONTINUOUS USE, meaning that it will melt the plastic.  If you do this, 
>and your'e in stop/go traffic, you would have to do a lot of 
>downshifting/emer. braking to avoid overuse of the brake lights.  Plus, 

Nah, too much trouble for a car I use daily.

>they are annoyingly bright to whoever is behind you.  Think about it--are 
>people that blind? Has anyone been rear-ended, and the person's excuse 
>was, "I didn't see you--your tail lights are too dim"?  It's not exactly a 
>necessary or even

Actually I've been rear ended 3 times!  Twice the excuse was "I didn't 
notice you slowing down!"  and the one time that there really was damage, a 
17yr hit me with a '96 Accord Ex-R and says "oh, my ABS didn't work shit!".

>neat mod.  Just drill out your side ones, and put those #67's in and call 
>it a day.

Done that already!

Kevin.

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