Bright YELLOW headlights?!

pioneer2000 · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:33

Just saw some plonker in a VW polo with bright yellow headlights... Never seen something so absurd in my life.

Is this actually a "thing" that people do nowadays?!

Not particularly surprised the police have been as useless as ever in stopping this kind of thing.

Conscript · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:35

Didn't yellow headlights used to be quite common on old renaults? Maybe it's a retro 'scene' thing.

mattyfez · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:36

Didn't it used to be a European thing, for driving in France or something? where the cars are made from wood.

acemastr · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:38

Yellow and green are the 'in thing', personally I think it looks awful

Hades · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:39

Yes European headlights used to be yellow. The theory behind them is that they make it easier to see at night.

Clarkey · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:45

Rather this than those stupid blue HIDs. What do you expect the police to do about it anyway, yellow lights are not illegal.

Muffin` · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:47

I've got mixed feelings

Saw a cracking M3 in Estorial Blue today, and it had blue as blue can be HIDs

Clarkey · 21 Jun 2013 at 23:52

That style is the usual racer wannabe stuff. Yellow lights are used in LMS racing to differentiate classes.

acemastr · 22 Jun 2013 at 00:11

Those fins on the front bumper of that Teg are fantastic, I generally hate Integras but that is really nice!

Freefaller · 22 Jun 2013 at 08:00

In Europe (maybe just France) a few years ago used to have road markings and signs painted in yellow, as such headlights with a yellow light brought up these markings better. They're called Selective Yellow. I think they were more specifically designed as being better for adverse weather conditions.

I guess this is just a retro thing.

eidolon · 22 Jun 2013 at 08:08

I've seen a couple of cars with yellow lights lately, quite liked them actually but then again I am of that R5GTT era so that probably explains it.

Relentless81 · 22 Jun 2013 at 08:50

I used to have them on my Renault 19 but that was in 1998/9

mjt · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:11

As above, it was introduced in France after the war but due to EU regs it was phased out in the 90s.

mattyprice4004 · 22 Jun 2013 at 14:28

Muffin` said:
Saw a cracking M3 in Estorial Blue today, and it had blue as blue can be HIDs :([/QUOTE]

*Estoril Blue

:p

Westyfield2 · 22 Jun 2013 at 15:35

It's a Euro thing. Same with having normal headlights but yellow fogs (was that a 205 thing IIRC?)

PobodY · 22 Jun 2013 at 16:55

mjt said:
As above, it was introduced in France after the war but due to EU regs it was phased out in the 90s.

This. - Is nobody else old enough to remember having to paint your headlights yellow when you went to France on holiday?

Finglonga · 22 Jun 2013 at 17:34

PobodY said:
This. - Is nobody else old enough to remember having to paint your headlights yellow when you went to France on holiday?

Er ..... Yes remember doing it and it was a pig to get off when you got back to the UK. :mad:

dessimpson · 22 Jun 2013 at 19:22

Hades said:
Yes European headlights used to be yellow. The theory behind them is that they make it easier to see at night.

I always thought it was so you didn't blind oncoming traffic?

Burnsy2023 · 22 Jun 2013 at 20:28

pioneer2000 said:
Not particularly surprised the police have been as useless as ever in stopping this kind of thing.

I'm pretty sure the RVLR allow for yellow headlights.

ince · 22 Jun 2013 at 20:29

Blame the French