City lights

[az3579]

I have the holes on my ZKW's and am looking into this and taking out the AE's. Would activating daytime running lamps just use the halogen (bright) bulb that's already in there? I like the look of the city lights, and why do we have that hole if we can't use it?

Activating the DRLs would just use the highbeam bulb that's already in there. The hole is there to reduce cost between the US and euro models, so they just use the same housing and don't bother making a special one without the hole for cars without the city lights.

I think I saw options in NCS Expert to reduce the brightness of the DRL even further to a lower percentage, which could potentially make it look like city lights. I'll have to play with it to be sure, but if it works, it's a route you can take that'll make it cheaper (free) for a similar effect.

[johnrando]

Activating the DRLs would just use the highbeam bulb that's already in there. The hole is there to reduce cost between the US and euro models, so they just use the same housing and don't bother making a special one without the hole for cars without the city lights.

I think I saw options in NCS Expert to reduce the brightness of the DRL even further to a lower percentage, which could potentially make it look like city lights. I'll have to play with it to be sure, but if it works, it's a route you can take that'll make it cheaper (free) for a similar effect.

I'm very curious to see how that works out.

[bullfrogs_M3]

There is another discussion some city lights here. Just FYI: http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showt...o-only-options

[az3579]

I'm very curious to see how that works out.

I wasn't going to do this, but now curiosity has me by the ear...

[Crestwood1001]

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...5&aff=national

Is it just me or does that ZHP have city lights? I would have overlooked that but I just read this thread and noticed that, maybe im crazy lol

[az3579]

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail...5&aff=national

Is it just me or does that ZHP have city lights? I would have overlooked that but I just read this thread and noticed that, maybe im crazy lol

Maybe; the brightness seems low enough to be city lights. Still looks like highbeam bulbs lit but at reduced brightness, though the angle of the shots makes it hard to determine.

If I had to put money on it, I would say they're just highbeam bulbs on with reduced brightness...

[Crestwood1001]

Yea, iv never seen that before and immediately thought of you guys and this thread when I saw it lol

[az3579]

Here's another though.

The Daytime Running Lights look pretty dim when viewed from an angle, but if you look at them head on, they are BRIGHT! If you are planning on looking at this car, that's how you can determine what they are. Probably just DRLs at an angle.

[Crestwood1001]

That's not the one I'm looking at, just noticed that and thought I'd share