Are these stock or what? I have never seen them before! I think I like em!?!?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Porsc...21630295QQrdZ1

 

Hi Llew

I noticed them as well

I think you will find they are illegal to use in the UK..you are not allowed red indicators...etc

All the best Brett

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No they're not stock.Most new cars have red rear turn signals.

 

"Most new cars have red rear turn signals."
Maybe in the States!

 

Matt - As Roger says - certainly not in Europe...

You will never find red indicators on models for sale in Europe - just not allowed - they must be orange/amber. Thats why the 928 is the way it is - many other cars have reworked lights just for the USA.... OR USA models sold in Europe have adaptation for the European market. Often of course European cars just maintain the amber indicators on USA cars for ease of manufacture...

Typically in Europe you will not see the central brake light either - although some models sold elsewhere still have it (just to save on versions) - it is not required in Europe.

Similarly in Europe orange marker lights are not allowed - orange is strictly reserved for indicators - so USA model 928's technically would be illegal due to the orange front/side marker... The side illumination on Euro 928's is an indicator only... as is the front indicator....

Alan

 

I thought the rules had changed in Europe. I guess car makers have gone to clear lens/amber bulb which makes it less noticable.

 

Actually, you do find tail light lenses that look all red in Europe nowadays - but they are done in a way that when the thing illuminates, it still looks amber. Not quite sure how that works, though. I've even heard that they now come in green and blue look, but still illuminate in the correct colors.

AFAIK, center brake light is pretty much standard on all European cars nowadays - at least on the continent. Not sure, if ti's required or just put in by the manufacturers for standardization.

Anyway, the lenese on ebay are not stock; most likely they have been painted.

 

Some Rennlisters have attained this look by painting the orange part with Testors Candy-Apple Red Transparent modellers spray-paint

 

It's a local guy for me, so i'll check them out to see how they work. And BTW, lot's of new cars in EU with red ligths on rear - no problem.

 

Just spoke to the guy. It's actually the him who was hit last monday by a truck and his 928 smashed. A blue eye from hitting the steeringwheel was all that happend to him. He lives 2 miles from me, so I'll check the tail ligths tonight.

 

Wait, wait - you are saying someone in an accident with a 928 hit the steering wheel? Was he buckled up at the time of the accident?

In our recent steering wheel thread quite a few owners claimed that could never happen to someone who is buckled up. I disagreed...

 

Of course you can hit the steering wheel with 3 point belt, your face just won't hit the hub.

 

Yep! See my sig line! A whopping $4.99!

 

It all depends on how close or how far you sit from the wheel. It amazes me when I see little old ladies driving their Buick Century with their belly almost touching the airbag equipped wheel, and I think, "If they ever get into an accident where that bag deploys... their dead - or at least seriously injured."

 

What?

Paul Tracy hit the steering wheel in his Champ Car a few years ago wearing a 6-point harness. It's amazing how far the neck will stretch when pushed to the limit - this was a pre-HANS accident. He went airborn at RA - came down very hard on all 4-wheels. Weight of his helmet stretched his neck down, slammed into the wheel. Very painfull for PT.