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| bradtho |
 Feb 7 2013, 12:02 AM
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looking through all the great pics in the air dam thread, I see a ton of you guys run these. I like the look of both, so don't really have a preference for one over the other. is there something beside aesthetics that makes so many people want them, or is it just for the looks?
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| brant |
Feb 7 2013, 07:38 AM
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Lets go back to the real reason for the euro lense... the reason the factory did it..
Having two bulbs on two seperate circuits allows for one to be a parking lamp, while the other a turn lamp. the Euro cars did not have the side marker warts. Those side marker round lamps are not so frowned upon these days... but 20years ago they were seen as an afterthought that the factory used to meet US laws. They were often considered to disrupt the look of the smooth side these cars have (the factory even smoothed the door handles and the whole side of the car was designed smoothlly) In europe the front parking light was adequate and changing to a front euro lense gave you the styling that the car was originally designed with. This is the reason for the euro front lights and after 30 years that reason is somewhat forgotten, and it has now morphed into a style thing. |
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| SirAndy |
Feb 7 2013, 12:11 PM
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QUOTE(brant @ Feb 7 2013, 05:38 AM)  the Euro cars did not have the side marker warts. Those side marker round lamps are not so frowned upon these days... but 20years ago they were seen as an afterthought that the factory used to meet US laws. They were often considered to disrupt the look of the smooth side these cars have (the factory even smoothed the door handles and the whole side of the car was designed smoothlly) In europe the front parking light was adequate and changing to a front euro lense gave you the styling that the car was originally designed with. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/agree.gif) The US warts are ugly ... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif) |
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[quote name='pcar916' post='1816208' date='Feb 7 ... Feb 7 2013, 04:48 PM edwin My car has both front and rear euro lenses
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