Brighter parking lights?
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Brighter parking lights?
Do LED parking lights illuminate any better than the stock incandescent bulbs? The parking light setting is basically useless as it is now. I have a dark driveway so I need some light but my neighbor's bedroom window gets lit up by the HIDs when I pull in.
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From: Land of Cincinnati Chili
That's not what "parking lights" are for. They are so that others can see your car. You need some sort of lower wattage driving lights perhaps in the grille or the faux brake inlet location.
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Huh, well I learned something today. My previous cars had brighter parking lights that I assumed were to be used as low intensity headlights when maneuvering into dark parking spaces without disturbing others.
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Your question is in regards to back up lights, not "parking lights". The S has a "brake/tail light" bulb when " parking". Parking defined as light switch on first notch not car in reverse. in reverse the "back up bulb" is in play
Brighter back up bulbs can be had at www.JS2K.com
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Brighter back up bulbs can be had at www.JS2K.com
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I don't believe it's legal to drive with just the parking lights in most jurisdictions although it's very common in the campgrounds we frequent to avoid annoying sleeping neighbors.
I recall years ago in France having to extinguish the main headlights going thru villages at night and just running the small lights.
Front position lamps (parking lamps, standing lamps)
ISO symbol for position lamps[sup][4][/sup] "Front position lamps",[sup][18][/sup] known as "parking lamps" or "parking lights" in the US and Canada,[sup][7][/sup] "parkers" in Australia and "front sidelights" in British English provide nighttime standing-vehicle conspicuity.[sup][22][/sup] They were designed to use little electricity, so they could be left on for periods of time while parked. Despite the UK term, these are not the same as the side marker lights described below.
The front position lamps may emit white or amber light in the United States and Canada;[sup][7][/sup] elsewhere in the world they must emit only white light.[sup][18][/sup] Colloquial city light terminology for front position lamps[sup][23][/sup] derives from the practice, formerly adhered to in cities like Moscow, London and Paris, of driving at night in built-up areas using these low-intensity lights rather than headlamps.[sup][24][/sup]
In Germany, the StVZO (Road Traffic Licensing Regulations) calls for a different function also known as parking lamps: With the vehicle's ignition switched off, the operator may activate a low-intensity light at the front (white) and rear (red) on either the left or the right side of the car. This function is used when parking in narrow unlit streets to provide parked-vehicle conspicuity to approaching drivers.[sup][25][/sup] This function, which is optional under UN and US regulations, is served passively and without power consumption in the United States by the mandatory side marker retroreflectors.[sup][7]
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-- Chuck
I recall years ago in France having to extinguish the main headlights going thru villages at night and just running the small lights.
Front position lamps (parking lamps, standing lamps)
ISO symbol for position lamps[sup][4][/sup] "Front position lamps",[sup][18][/sup] known as "parking lamps" or "parking lights" in the US and Canada,[sup][7][/sup] "parkers" in Australia and "front sidelights" in British English provide nighttime standing-vehicle conspicuity.[sup][22][/sup] They were designed to use little electricity, so they could be left on for periods of time while parked. Despite the UK term, these are not the same as the side marker lights described below.The front position lamps may emit white or amber light in the United States and Canada;[sup][7][/sup] elsewhere in the world they must emit only white light.[sup][18][/sup] Colloquial city light terminology for front position lamps[sup][23][/sup] derives from the practice, formerly adhered to in cities like Moscow, London and Paris, of driving at night in built-up areas using these low-intensity lights rather than headlamps.[sup][24][/sup]
In Germany, the StVZO (Road Traffic Licensing Regulations) calls for a different function also known as parking lamps: With the vehicle's ignition switched off, the operator may activate a low-intensity light at the front (white) and rear (red) on either the left or the right side of the car. This function is used when parking in narrow unlit streets to provide parked-vehicle conspicuity to approaching drivers.[sup][25][/sup] This function, which is optional under UN and US regulations, is served passively and without power consumption in the United States by the mandatory side marker retroreflectors.[sup][7]
(Emphasis added.)
-- Chuck
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My previous cars had brighter parking lights that I assumed were to be used as low intensity headlights
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