On the Last Chance Saloon I fitted some reflectors (with the reflector pealed
off) within the fog lights - they only mask 1/2 of the fog light, and the
reflector is provided by the fog light reflector (I nicked the idea from an old
Quantum Mechanics - my apoologies for not knowing the author). Anyway they work
well and were passed at SVA.
Martin
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From: Jim Hearne
To: [email protected]
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights
My Saloon passed an MOT with no rear reflectors.
I fitted clear MK2 fiesta lights with coloured bulbs. (Mk1 Fiesta lights have
the reflector in the centre of the light cluster, Mk2 have the reversing lights
there and reflectors on the bumper).
Use a clear bulb in the centre of the cluster on one side for a reversing
light and a red one on the other side for the fog light.
Jim
From: Mark Miles
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2012 4:38 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights
I am not sure that you could do that and remain legal. I have a spare set
of taillights that I was planning to do the same thing with.... I like the look
of leds. All electrical equipment fitted to cars is supposed to be E approved.
How this applies to our cars I don't know nor do I know whether it is something
that an MOT would check. My perfect solution would be to be able to get a
smoked acrylic moulding the same as the sierra taillight cluster and to build
the LED cluster myself. As the sierra lenses are tinted you would be limited on
any changes you would want to make to the layout. You also need to have
reflectors showing to the rear, this is usually built into the light cluster.
It would look quite unpleasant having an extra reflector stuck on somewhere
IMHO.
Mark Miles
Manager
Bar Square
8 Market Place
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG40 1AL
07565 110439
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From: MatthewG <[email protected]>
To: Quantum Owners Group <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, 21 February 2012, 15:01
Subject: [Quantum Owners] Re: More lights
Jim is right that the brake lights must be separate and some way apart
from the rear fog lights. I have a figure of them needing to be 10cm
apart in my head (but I could well have made that up...).
The third-brake flasher idea seems quite nifty. I'd just need to add a
third brake light to my 2+2 first...
Going back to the original point about using LEDs though, I was always
a fan of Maserati's 'boomerang-style' LED rear lights. I'm sure that
we could come up with something along those lines that both meets the
regulations and gives our cars a bit more individuality. I'd bought
myself a couple of flexible LED strips to play with and was thinking
of tracking down a set of Sierra lights to use as a template for
holding them (that would still fit if my tinkering worked). I bet that
someone with more skill than me can come up with something far
prettier and more cheaply.
Matthew
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