bretti_kivi
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The rules which apply for DRL / TFL state clearly the beam pattern, distances and brightness required. Following the rules (and I suspect very, very strongly that these will also be applied far more stringently in the UK in the near future):
The Fog beam is also completely wrong and illegal.
- Bret.
Illegal. You are altering a system which has an E-Mark in its present form and *only* in that form. The light source requirements are the first step towards enforcing this; it was certified in a particular way and only that is certified. For us it would mean no insurance cover if an accident occurred where the lights could be blamed (and since they're on all the time here...).No, everything is just as I have described ..... no difference in routing or method! Using the correct "DFL" pin nmeans that operation is correct and legal .... i.e., the DRL's go off when normal lighting is switched on! You have a lot of work ahead, but just be patient! What are your DRL's and where are you going to locate them? The very best position is INSIDE the headlights ... however, since ~ 2001, the headlights are sealed (although I recon that I might be able to devise a way to split them and reseal!) Earlier headlights were splitable and held together with steel c-clips ...
SMDs are also not E-marked and the light source type is clearly marked on all vehicle parts. If it's not on there, you can be pulled up for it. I don't know the code for LED, I haven't looked at an LED headlight close up yet.If I were to go down the DRL route (not for me, not legally required for older cars and I'm technically incompetent!) I'd pop some of these LED bulbs into my foglights and see what they look like. And then wire the foglight to the TFL fandango on the switch (or however its done). Hardly ever use foglights nowadays and they're pretty irrelevant with modern headlights.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/120-SMD-Hea...MOGM/ref=sr_1_9?ie=UTF8&qid=1339844844&sr=8-9
Might be a bit bright but just a thought.
The Fog beam is also completely wrong and illegal.
Which is sort-of OK, but not really...because they're not OK'd for use as fog lights. I dare say the beam isn't too bad in fog and I see this as being a lesser evil. I know foglights are "tolerated" as DRLs here, but they're still frowned upon because of the beam pattern. I suspect it would actually pass the DRL test but because it's not certified, it's not OK.I have done DRL's on mine.
All I did was wire the existing fog lights to the switched plus from the ignition, so they come on when the ignition is on etc etc, removed the fogs and put Ring Arora 5x1watt LED lights into the lower grill.
Then what I did, using a relay connected to the original fog terminals on the light switch and also the headlight feed I wired it up so they go off when the headlights are on and then also when the fog switch is pulled they can come on as fog lights
John
- Bret.