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Subject:Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow
From:Jon Brown
Date:Thu, 22 Dec 2005 14:23:22 -0800

> >From: Christopher Gronski
> >My plan is this: Wire the Projectzwo fog lights to the second lamp
> >position (the driving lights position) so that they come on sans
> >headlights for use in fog. My question is:
If you follow the factory wiring diagram (Bentley) and use the VW factory
Fog light switch you will accomplish this.   You'll be able to turn the fog
lights on so long as the parking lights are on.

Also, FYI, the factory fog light switch has two positions, I thought this
might have something to do with being turned on with/without low beams...
however, I'm now fairly sure that it was for the wiring of rear fog lights
used in some countries.  I've never heard of them in the US, but I've seen
something about the tail light lens accommodating them.

>From: "Bruce Nadig"
> I am currently running 100w bulbs in my ProjektZwo fog lights. The results
> are amazing. Very low flat beam of light spread far to both the left and
> right. Low enough to stay out of eyes.

Not to belabor the point, but your wrong.  The PZ fog lights DO blind
oncoming cars, regardless of what bulbs you have installed.

Park you car on a flat road.  Turn on your low-beams and your fog lights.
Walk 50 meters down the road, turn around and tell me just how bright your
fog lights look compared to your low-beams.   I've done it, it's not good.
My low-beams are fed via a really so they are nice and bright and properly
aimed, but the PZ fogs will "look" brighter and cast more glare.  FYI, I
have the stock bulbs in the PZ's and they are plenty bright I can't imagine
the 100W bulbs.

In short the PZ fog lights do bleed light into the eyes of on coming cars.
The fundemental problems with the PZ's are: 1) there is no proper way to aim
them and 2) the lens housing is too shallow to generate a "proper" fog light
beam and 3) they are mounted higher than the typical HEADLIGHT on a typical
car, let alone where fog lights belong.

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