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Subject:Re: Any one activated rear fog in back light cluster?
From:Robert Steven Fish
Date:Sun, 31 Mar 2002 00:22:59 +0100

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The position in the USA spec light cluster for the fog  has a reflector lens
on the outside, and I don't think the concave bulb reflector on the inside
is mirrored. Put a bulb behind it and the result is scattered all over,
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I think that is actually the point of these rear "fog lights".  Unless you
are planning on driving quite a bit in reverse, in foggy weather, you really
do not want or need any sort of a "beam" back there.

If there were to be a reflector, and higher wattage than the 21 watt OEM
lamp, they my assumption is that it would be highly unsafe and incourteous
to those driving behind you.

I have both "converted" to the Europe specification, and they are just what
tha doctor ordered... a nice solid red "glow" for those ultra foggy
conditions, when folks just can't see the car in front of them.

Or am I missing something in your master plan??

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Robert S. Fish
Salzburg, Austria
1987 Wolfsburg Vanagon 2.1 GL Weekender
1987 Golf Cabriolet
1991 Golf