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I am thinking of fitting a fog light into the gap where the high level brake light was fitted in the boot flap
I was thinking I could use thie Super Intelligent High Spec LED Stop Beam I found on eBay. It seems a bargain at £1.29 but will it be legal as a fog light and in that position?
According to evenrything I have read it should be okay but not sure about the LED brightness bit or if it needs a specific stamp oin the lens
Think under IVA (or C&U) regs you need either a fog light on the RHS, or a oair of foglights. Also is it too high? I know the car isn't subject to IVA, but it's worth aiming for that anyway. Certainly is subject to C&U
Motor vehicles first used on or after 1 April 1980 and trailers manufactured on or after 1 April 1980 must have rear fog lamps.
One rear fog lamp must be fitted (not more than two may be fitted):
at or near the rear of the vehicle;
on the vehicle centre line or on the offside if one lamp only is fitted;
not less than 250 millimetres or more than 1,000mm from the ground (2,100 millimetres for agricultural vehicles, engineering plant and motor tractors);
at least 100 millimetres from any stop lamp.
So if I put the fog light on the left of the grill and a reversing light on the right?
Just spent d=some time googling and re-reading this line
on the vehicle centre line or on the offside if one lamp only is fitted;
Originally I read that as meaning it had to be on the offside if one lamp only is fitted.
Now I am thinking it says it can also be on the centre line because it doesn't make sense to say it can be on the centre line if two lights are fitted.
I think this means I can stick the fog light in the centre of the gap with a mesh grill over it.
Reversing lights could be a pair of LEDs pointed at each end pointing slightly inwards. If I was clever and careful I could make the two lights focus on the same point when they were a set distance from a wall. That way when I reversed towards a wall I would start with two separate beams of light and as I got closer to the wall the cetre of each beam would move closer together. When they converged I would know I had reversed back far enough.
Dam busters! I new I could have thought up something like that on my own. I have watched the film but I don't remember them reversing the planes against lulls in the book...
Dog called trigger huh? Was is a dog of a certain colour?
Gives me a thought for renaming my car to please the police though -
Izit Cossi Black
The first bit looks a bit Italian and the car will have black wheels.
Scottie22, I can not believe you did this, it is offensive and against the culture of this site, it puts your personality and mentality on show, you have only embaresed yourself, continue to photoshop members cars in this way will result in a request to get you removed. I can say that things of late have included items of a humerous nature (Think it started with the gas masks) but fellers lets keep it frendly.
Chillax Tony the Tiger , its only banter.reads friendly enuf to me. I expect a request to get anyone to be removed will be taking and reviewed quite seriously. a warning issued first etc.
i would think that maybe some people would think that its not just scottie whos embarassed himself. but like you said , keep it friendly and lets move on. theres nothing to see here!
Tonyt, It was not my intention to offend anyone, and I apologise to anybody who feels that way.
It was a failed attempt at humour. I have the greatest of respect for Mr Towed ,and I suppose all of you, and I feel awful that it has upset you.
please accept my apology.
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