Any non-US drivers use these rear lenses

soup dragon · 01-07-2005, 01:53 PM

Just wondered as i think they would look quite nice on my red carrera !
If i used orange bulbs would they flash orange ok or would i be pulled over by the law!!?

steve911 · steve911's Garage

Funny (to me) - we in the US put the European rear lenses on our non-ROW cars...

Don't think an orange bulb will flash orange - think the red lens is too dark.
just my .02

thabaer · thabaer's Garage

Your results will depend on how effective of a filter the red lens is, since red filters try to pass only >600nm light. If you can get a strong enough yellow-green lamp to transmit from behind it, that might combine (red light + green light => yellow) to pass as a legal indicator. There are some high-output LEDs available that might be what you need, putting them in a lamp socket is the trick but not a big problem.

It boils down to how good of a filter the tail lens really is. ( and how long it takes for a hot bulb to melt it

)

The look-red/blink-orange parts have an orange lens behind a thin veneer of red to reflect ambient light. I'm glad the federalizers swapped (sold for profit) my orange/red tails and put on US-style red ones, they look much better on my red car. I'm now lusting after the clear fronts recently posted to another PP thread so I can lose the last of my orange plastic!

thabaer · thabaer's Garage

Just checked the clear front thread and it has a link to another thread that links to LED parts showing 1156 and 1157 amber units:

http://superbrightleds.com/1157.htm

They have a pessimistic caveat about the red lenses blocking other colors

the clear lens threads:
Looking for clear signal & side marker lenses...
Where can I get clear front marker lights?

soup dragon · 01-08-2005, 08:24 AM

thanks for the info-ill have a look into it

yeah the clear front indicator lenses are on my list as well !

Wil Ferch · 01-08-2005, 04:09 PM

Funny....when you see pics of RUF's test cars in Germany...he has all-red lenses ( at least for the pre 964 series....look at the road tests !!) ..

Wil

bill3667 · 01-09-2005, 12:16 AM

I guess it's a matter of taste, on my Guards Red Cab I swapped out the US spec. mostly red tail light lens for the Euro. Amber/red/clear lens. I like the turn sigs. better differentiated from the brake lights.

Each to our own...
Bill W.

randywebb · 01-09-2005, 11:36 AM

If the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence,
then
the lenses are always redder or more amber on the other side of the pond.

drl911 · drl911's Garage

Red on Red!!!

thabaer · thabaer's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by bill3667
... I like the turn sigs. better differentiated from the brake lights.

as do I, and all of the euro lenses I put on my quattros blink orange even though they look red or smoked ( I tink dats be de law in most countries ? ). I'd rather have blink-orange signals on the SC but I've just left what der federalizers did on the car. All the same, I spent money to get rid of the ugly orange segments on the back of some of my cars as I never liked the wanna-euro look of the orange lenses.

I'll be interested to see how this turns out, I might even pull one of my rears and do some bench testing.

Wil Ferch · 01-10-2005, 08:15 AM

Too bad the orange signal lenses are *still* illegal for the US...even though more and more cars show up this way. I found out why:
- today's cars have both a portion of the orange and red as "wrap-around"...so it also qualifies as red side marker lights for the rear. The orange for the 911 lens is totally orange ( top-to-bottom) on the wrap-around...there is no red top and orange bottom, for instance....

Wil

soup dragon · 01-10-2005, 08:17 AM

Misssed out on a set on ebay by a couple quid...gutted (my fault but had to go out partying!)
a brand new pair went for £27
ummm ....i could always get the red look light spray and go over the orange bits !

Glasgow 911SC · Glasgow 911SC's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by soup dragon
Misssed out on a set on ebay by a couple quid...gutted

I missed out on that same pair! I was gazumpted at literally, the very last second. That always happens to me. I've no idea how someone can time an auction so accurately

Britwrench · 01-10-2005, 10:39 AM

I can't remember for sure, but it used to be in the UK that red turn signal lenses were an MOT test failure. I certainly remember swapping lenses from US spec cars that were inported into the UK. That also means if the police get in the mood, you might get stopped.

RickM · RickM's Garage

Euro here too...

soup dragon · 01-11-2005, 04:32 AM

Cool car Rick,looks like youve got some "serious" rubber on those rears!
275`s ?

RickM · RickM's Garage

TY Soup....345 35 15

MrKJBlue · MrKJBlue's Garage

Quote:

Originally posted by Glasgow 911SC
I missed out on that same pair! I was gazumpted at literally, the very last second. That always happens to me. I've no idea how someone can time an auction so accurately

Power Sniper

I havent used this particular software as there is a lot of free ones floating around. Very handy when bidding on auctions in different time zones.

Back on topic. I have seen these for sale as a kit with bulbs in the UK think it was Design 911, they also had the clear lenses thought, also the 964 lights work and they are all red.