Noob Headlight Question
02-07-2018, 03:05 PM
#16
Guys, look at the photos. The bumper lights are on and the DRL are also on. Simultaneously. I have an entire folder of GT3 photos on my computer and plenty of additional examples. Shamoo, you're saying that on your car you can't get the DRL and bumper lights to be on at the same time?
When I turn on my lights to the 1st click (after Auto), I can see in the reflection of the car in front of me that the 4 "dots" disappear and only the bumper lights turn on. I assumed the halo area turned off.
I'll have to check again tonight and actually get out of the car and look.
Also I just found out I have a rear fog light. :P I knew the switch was there, but didn't know how to activate it. You have to pull on the **** after your headlights are on.
02-07-2018, 03:15 PM
#17
Instructor
After all this I'm still a bit confused as to what the point of the bumper lights are with the LED's. Sure... you CAN turn them on but what are they for? The dots and halo are the DRL's and the main beams are the main beams. Why have the bumper lights at all? Are they just vestigial lights from the base 911's that didn't used to have the 4-dot DRL's?
02-07-2018, 04:00 PM
#18
06-13-2018, 08:06 AM
#19
Sorry to resurrect an old thread. For the 991.2's either LED or bi-xenons, do the DRLs, bumper light bars, and/or main lamps deactivate when the turn signal is on?
Also, what is your opinion on this on other cars?
Also, what is your opinion on this on other cars?
06-13-2018, 08:43 AM
#20
FWIW, opinions are irrelevant. It's not an issue of aesthetics. There are laws about this. The ones that turn off when the signal comes on do so because of the proximity to one another or some such thing. There are regulations governing this.
06-13-2018, 09:52 AM
#21
I value rule of law just as much as anyone else, but just because something is a regulation doesn't render opinions on it invalid. Laws can be total crap, or at least sometimes can have unintended consequences, and not uncommonly in either case. Discussions on laws matter.
I'm sometimes concerned that disabling one DRL for an adjacent indicating turn light is distracting. Or, that it takes longer than normal to interpret in a split second situation, when split seconds matter. But thats just me, and I wasn't sure if I was way out on a limb with this, so I asked.
Also, it kind of is an aesthetic issue. It makes it look like the car had a stroke... no offense to anyone who's had one.
I'm sometimes concerned that disabling one DRL for an adjacent indicating turn light is distracting. Or, that it takes longer than normal to interpret in a split second situation, when split seconds matter. But thats just me, and I wasn't sure if I was way out on a limb with this, so I asked.
Also, it kind of is an aesthetic issue. It makes it look like the car had a stroke... no offense to anyone who's had one.
06-13-2018, 11:44 AM
#22
That's fair. I just meant to make the point that manufacturers don't do this because they think it looks cool. They do it because they have to.
09-09-2019, 05:50 PM
#23
Rennlist Member
I guess the photos answer my question. Maybe I'm just not communicating clearly, sorry about that. But I'm not asking about the nighttime headlights or brights or any of that. Just if the DRL + bumper lights can be on simultaneously, which it appears they can when the running lights are on. That was the thing I was missing.
09-09-2019, 06:00 PM
#24
Drifting
Thread Starter
09-09-2019, 06:24 PM
#25
Rennlist Member
09-09-2019, 07:06 PM
#26
Drifting
Thread Starter
Yeah not gonna bother lol. I see a lot of photos on the web of these cars where both lights are on simultaneously and it just made me wonder. It's gotta be a market-based thing.
09-09-2019, 07:20 PM
#27
09-09-2019, 07:39 PM
#28
Advanced
I have no idea how to have the bumper lights on at the same time as the 4 dots and halo while the car is running, but when you unlock the car in the dark with the lights on auto all of them come on. Just noticed that behavior last night.
09-09-2019, 08:16 PM
#29
Drifting
Thread Starter
Interesting. Maybe in photos that's all we're seeing then.