City Lights

[sciroccos at earthlink.net (Jim Ruffi)]

This is interesting, as I'm just about to wire/mount euro lights and turns.
My clear turns have extra W5W bulbs in them and the euro mains have the
extra T4W's

We should have a discussion on possibly lighting configurations.

My proposed config:
Headlamps wired conventionally
(1)Headlamp city light wired to go on with the parking lights or
(2)wired to come on with the ignition, as a daytime running light

(1)Turns (clear lenses) only wired to work as turn signals
  Extra lamp in turns wired as a parking lamp, which will be clear, albeit,
a little dim (do I need to have an amber parking lamp in the front of my
car???)
or
(2)Turns/parking lamps wired normally
  Extra lamp in turns wired to come on with ignition (relayed to go off with
parking lamps/turns (with diode), so there's no clear bulb at the same time
as the amber parking or turn signals.

OR:
Wire the extra lamps to a fog lamp switch and use them whenever I please

Then there's the rear lamps....

Jim

>-----Original Message-----
>From: scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org
>[mailto:scirocco-l-bounces+sciroccos=earthlink.net@scirocco.org]On
>Behalf Of Lars Bruchmann
>Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2005 11:02 PM
>To: Don Walter; Scourge
>Cc: Scirocco List
>Subject: Re: City Lights
>
>
>until recently, T4W bulbs were used, these have round
>metal sockets.  they may be the same as license plate
>lights.  currently, most german cars use W5W bulbs,
>these have flat, glass sockets, side marker bulbs are
>normally W3W or W4W bulbs.  this 'city light' that
>everyone in USA talks about is the parking light.  in
>european cars, and some japanese cars, this is the
>only parking light on the front.  nothing on the
>sides, and definately nothing yellow illuminates.
>
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