y_p_w wrote:
> Ulf wrote:
>
>>y_p_w wrote:
>>
>>>Ulf wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Nate Nagel wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Is there any legitimate method for turning a clear glass bulb into an
>>>>>amber one? I'm not nuts about the lack of contrast between the turn
>>>>>signals and headlights, but I'm also not prepared to modify the very
>>>>>rare and expensive parking light housings with a different socket...
>>>>
>>>>Actually, white parking lights/turn signals work pretty good, at least
>>>>as long as they're not too close to the headlights. I put clear turn
>>>>signal/parking/DRL bulbs on my Camaro (as a temporary fix after the
>>>>inspection) last spring, and I almost prefer having white DRLs, seem to
>>>>be less confusing IME.
>>>
>>>
>>>Probably not legal. For some strange reason, the front turn signals
>>>bulbs in my car are clear behind an amber lens (in the headlight
>>>assembly). The rears are amber bulbs in a clear lens. The assemblies
>>>are made by different manufacturers.
>>
>>Actually, it is. LOL, overengineered..?
>
>
> FMVSS section 108:
>
> <http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/12feb20041500/edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2004/octqtr/49cfr571.108.htm>
>
> "TABLE IV-LOCATION OF REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
> [All Passenger Cars and Motorcycles, and Multipurpose Passenger
> Vehicles, Trucks, Trailers, and Buses of Less than 80 (2032)
> Inches (MM) Overall Width]
>
> **Turn signal lamps - Passenger cars, multipurpose passenger vehicles,
> trucks, trailers, and buses:
> At or near the front-1 amber on each side of the vertical centerline,
> at the same height, and as far apart as practicable.
> On the rear-1 red or amber on each side of the vertical centerline,
> at the same height, and as far apart as practicable."
>
> Table III says the following, but says nothing about location per se:
>
> "Turn signal lamps 2 red or amber; 2 amber"
>
> My reading of European regulations is that currently, rear turn signals
> must be amber.

Okay, but I can legally have white or amber front, and red or amber
rear, turn signals.

>
>
>>BTW, saw a new Saab wagon with white taillight lenses today driving home
>>in the rain. The light was weird, kind of blurry, like it was filtered
>>somehow. The side markers were red LEDs though...
>
>
> Saw a Saab 9-2X - nicknamed the "Saabaru". Had a combination of white
> openings through a mostly red lens. Didn't see it on though.

It was the 9-3 wagon I saw.

http://www.edmunds.com/future/2006/s...8/photos.html#

>
Ulf