

| Subject: | Re: Upgrading Projectzwo Bulbs to 100w and/or Yellow |
| From: | Christopher Gronski |
| Date: | Thu, 22 Dec 2005 17:38:50 -0500 |
OK so I don't get a brighter bulb, any idea on where to get yellow H2 bulbs or yellow lens protectors? Chris On 12/22/05, Jon Brown <jbrown510@gmail.com> wrote: > > >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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