Tail Light Amber Lense Delete
08-31-2014, 09:23 AM
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I was referring to rear lenses. We had made clear replacements for the amber sections of the early style tail light lenses. You could then put amber LEDs underneath, for an amber turn signal light.
Or you could use a thin layer of red translucent paint, to match them to the other red sections.
It was just to give owners some additional options. But it never caught on. AFAIK, Jim can still order them, if anybody wants them. I think he even got a pair or two of these when I transferred the remaining inventory. Just ask him!
Or you could use a thin layer of red translucent paint, to match them to the other red sections.
It was just to give owners some additional options. But it never caught on. AFAIK, Jim can still order them, if anybody wants them. I think he even got a pair or two of these when I transferred the remaining inventory. Just ask him!
09-01-2014, 11:46 PM
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Jim Mayzuk, about 7-8 years ago converted the amber turn signal lens in his '93 GTS to red. Following his lead, I've done the same to my '94 GTS. He lightly sanded the amber area, masked everything else, then painted the amber portion with Testors Candy Apple Red paint (hobby shop sourced). I did not sand, but carefully cleaned the amber on my car, then found that alternative coats (2 of each) of Testors Candy Apple and Hot Rod reds looked about right.
These colors should probably work for the pre-S4/GT/GTS cars as well.
These colors should probably work for the pre-S4/GT/GTS cars as well.
09-02-2014, 01:15 AM
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09-02-2014, 08:45 AM
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WHAT ON EARTH IS IT WITH PPL WHO WANT TO CHANGE THEIR AMBER LENS COLOR TO "CLEAR" OR SOME OTHER DOPEY COLOR?????????????
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
Damn tell us how you really feel!...LOL
09-02-2014, 11:06 AM
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WHAT ON EARTH IS IT WITH PPL WHO WANT TO CHANGE THEIR AMBER LENS COLOR TO "CLEAR" OR SOME OTHER DOPEY COLOR????????????? HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!! YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL. WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL. FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T. U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T. U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
09-02-2014, 12:39 PM
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WHAT ON EARTH IS IT WITH PPL WHO WANT TO CHANGE THEIR AMBER LENS COLOR TO "CLEAR" OR SOME OTHER DOPEY COLOR?????????????
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
09-02-2014, 01:22 PM
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There are a few cases where US safety regulations mandate safer vehicles in the US - but lighting has long been the area where the US regulations are the wierdest - with odd ball rule rationales and sub-standard end results. The DOT regs were the reason for sealed beam headlamps and the later nice looking, but horribly ineffective 8" DOT H5 lamps...
For me changing the lighting on a USA car to be more like an ROW car makes more sense than going the other way.
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09-02-2014, 01:51 PM
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WHAT ON EARTH IS IT WITH PPL WHO WANT TO CHANGE THEIR AMBER LENS COLOR TO "CLEAR" OR SOME OTHER DOPEY COLOR?????????????
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
HAVE U LOT AND INSURANCE COMPANIES TOTALLY LOST THE PLOT AS TO WHY "AMBER" WAS FIRST INTRODUCED??? MAYBE IT WAS 'COS OF IT'S DISTINCTIVE, EASY-TO-SEE COLOR. DOOOO - OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHHHHHH !!!!!
YES! I AM SHOUTING LOUDLY - IF ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT THE BONE-HEADED ONLY-IN-AMERICA MENTALITY OF SLAVISH FASHION-FOLLOWING AIRHEADED HIGH-IQ IDIOTS WHO - BETWEEN GETTING OUT OF BED IN THE MORNING AND GETTING HOME AT NIGHT, HAVE NOT MANAGED TO (A) GET RUN OVER (B) FALL OFF A CLIFF (C) SELF-IMMOLATE (D) DROWN (E) SHOOT THEMSELVES (F) DRINK BATTERY ACID ... AND HAVE NOT CONNECTED THE REALITY OF DOO-OOOH AND THEIR SURVIVAL.
WHAT I FIND MOST DISTURBING IS OBSERVING THIS TREND GAINING CURRENCY HERE - WHERE ONE WOULD EXPECT TO FIND LOGIC AN THOUGHTFULNESS TO PREVAIL.
FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF A PROFESSIONAL TRANSPORT CONTRACTOR, WHO OVER THE YEARS WHAT WORKS AND THE BOOFHEAD STUPIDITY OF WHAT DOESN'T.
U R STUPID STUPID STUPID ...
09-03-2014, 01:41 AM
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Why does the color of the lens matter? The lens doesn't do anything!
It's the color of the illumination that makes turn signals obvious. A red looking lens does not necessarily prevent the turn signal from illuminating in Amber color.
It's the color of the illumination that makes turn signals obvious. A red looking lens does not necessarily prevent the turn signal from illuminating in Amber color.
09-03-2014, 10:00 AM
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There can be much more of a problem with narrow spectrum emission sources such as an amber LED.
What is it with the trend to non-stock, extra bright headlights and extra dim tail lights and indicators...
