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Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

01-10-2007, 09:58 PM

Hey guys just wondering if you guys know what the little orange colored bulb in the headlight housing is for since I have not seen it flash for the signals???

Thanks
-Rick

Chris07LB

01-10-2007, 10:26 PM

You mean these? - http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12509&postcount=1

hasher22

01-10-2007, 10:27 PM

your sayin the blinker/repeaters doesnt work on ur car?

paultyler_82

01-11-2007, 05:55 AM

US and Canadian law require side amber reflex reflectors whereas other countries do not, that is why only US and Canadian vehicles have them.

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

01-17-2007, 04:19 PM

Sorry guys .. been to busy to read this since I posted this.... and now feel like an idiot as I know what all those signal bulbs are for... I mean in the headlight housing under the head light bulb there is a tiny bulb upon closer inspection it is not orange... but not clear either.. Is this just cosmetic ... btw it does light up I found when the full headlight system is on it lights up.

-Rick

Chris07LB

01-17-2007, 06:29 PM

Like so...... http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/showpost.php?p=17996&postcount=1

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

01-18-2007, 12:36 AM

paultyler_82

01-18-2007, 12:45 AM

Yes ^^^ Those are the ones!... Okay so they are called parking lights... but whats the piont of them? Never had them on any other car b4.. Also how did you just turn them on and nothing else in those pics?

Sorry so many questions... But if any one has questions reguarding the Toyota Solara I'm the man haha

-Rick

In a few countries, parking lights of this type, also known as locator lights or city lights are a legal requirement, you should notice that they come on when you switch to parking light setting on the stalk, and will, as you've said, stay on with the headlights. I'm not sure of the exact reasons that they are used, but in many countries, they're used during certain hours in well lit urban areas instead of headlights, in order to reduce glare but to still be able to tell where the other cars are, thus the name Locator or City lights.

SmellyTofu

01-18-2007, 04:22 AM

Umm.. you'll find going back in history.. it's actually a light you leave on in dark areas where it helps other motorist to see your car parked to the side (hence the reason why it's called "parking light"). In Europe, you'll see many LHD vehicles when parked with the set of left hand side lights to be lit only. RHD, the right side as it's the bit of the car that is closer to the centre of the road.

It is not a light that you use to reduce glare. In the city, you still should have low beam on at nights. (I haven't seen any cars in the big cities of Japan without their low beams not turned on at night).

eTiMaGo

01-18-2007, 04:41 AM

Hmm interesting, here people just turn those on in the late afternoon as dusk falls... As soon as it's getting dark, the low beams come on

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

01-18-2007, 11:12 PM

TrancosRt

01-18-2007, 11:48 PM

So far the only way I can just turn those lights on is when the hand brake is pulled up and I turn the switch one notch and then those come on but as soon as the hand brake is down or off the day light running lights come on....

-Rick
Prolly that's because of the DRLs. When you take the hand brake off you're supposed to be ready to drive, hence the DRLs come one. With the brake on, you're parked, hence the parking lights turn on... Maybe?? I dunno!!!

Chris07LB

01-19-2007, 11:31 AM

Hand Brake ON; car running = No lights inside the headlight housing will be on.

Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights OFF = DRL's and parking lights will be on.

Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights ON = Low beams and Parking lights ON.

As you know, the DRL's are just a lower wattage being sent to your low/high beam bulb. There is no seperate DRL bulb.