Halo Headlight, Topic discussion Options

[Joe average13]

Hello. Curious of opinions for these headlights, does anyone have halo lights installed? Thanks

[Montreal914]

I like the idea of the DRL using the @Spoke white portion of the European front lights. Question is, are they bright enough for that purpose? Could the white portion be brighter and be dimmed down to a proper level once the headlights are turned on?

Wondering how these would need to be wired up the most elegant way to work, also if the car has side markers or not (different connection scheme?). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

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[bbrock]

I like the idea of the DRL using the @Spoke white portion of the European front lights. Question is, are they bright enough for that purpose? Could the white portion be brighter and be dimmed down to a proper level once the headlights are turned on?

Wondering how these would need to be wired up the most elegant way to work, also if the car has side markers or not (different connection scheme?). (IMG:style_emoticons/default/idea.gif)

New variation of a product? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/popcorn[1].gif)

No, or minimal change in wiring needed. My 73 headlights don't pop up when the switch is pulled half-way to parking light position and the Euro parking lights just divert power to a separate bulb in the white secition rather than the dual filament bulb in the amber section. Wiring and operation to the side markers remains unchanged. I just have 5w incandescent bulbs in my euro units right now for testing but even with just those, I think they would provide a bit of safety as DRLs. LED are only going to be better.

Now all that said, I remember I had to swap a wire connection on my first (70) 914 to keep the headlights down when the switch was pulled to parking light position. I don't know if the offiicial wiring schematic changed in that regard later or what but I guess on some cars, you might have to make the 2-minute change although I con't remember specifics of what wire went where for that.