Yellow or Green Driving Light Switch ?, 74 914 2L Options

[thompson-mfr]

What color is the driving light switch supposed to be for 1974? I have a green one in the car, but in a parts bin I noticed a yellow one.

[eric9144]

driving light switch

Not to be picking nits here, but stock 914s never ever had driving lights.

Them are fog lights ...
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Not true--true in the US, but not european delivery vehicles...

The green vs yellow fog light switch cover wasn't exclusive to driving or fogs specifically as you'll see them on 6's and early 4's--it generally fell in the model years that also had the silver button in the middle of the gauges and switched to yellow sometime in mid to early '73

Pursang's picture shows the real driving lights that were available note the lenses are different from the US fogs that we have.

I have a NOS set here's pictures to show the difference, also, while the US fogs were incandescent the Euro driving lights were H3's:

US Fogs-note the fluting on the lense obscures the bulb and the reflector is positioned between the bulb and the lens:


Euro Driving lights-note the lack of fluting and there is only a very small reflector in front of the H3 bulb:


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[SirAndy]

Not true--true in the US, but not european delivery vehicles...

Nope, you got that wrong. True to every stock 914. Fog lights, never ever driving lights. Ever.

And GTs aren't exactly "stock" 914s, now are they?
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[sarivers2001]

Not true--true in the US, but not european delivery vehicles...

Nope, you got that wrong. True to every stock 914. Fog lights, never ever driving lights. Ever.

And GTs aren't exactly "stock" 914s, now are they?
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Question, re: this old thread. Is it correct to say that the lights mounted low inside the chrome front bumper are “fog lights”, originally installed with clear (not yellow) lenses, and that “driving lights are typically aftermarket lights that I have seen mounted above the bumper?

My 74 014 2.0L has the lights inside the bumper, and the guy who sold it to me has clear lenses on them now, but also sold me some yellow lenses for those lights.

One other quick question. While my car does not have this feature, I have seen pictures of other 914s with a green light switch looking handle mounted to the right of the steering wheel (next to the cigarette lighter), and the symbol on this green switch is kind of a squiggly curlicue line. What’s does this operate? Is it for rear fog lamps (which I have never even seen before but have heard referred to before)?

Thanks,
Steven

[SirAndy]

Question, re: this old thread. Is it correct to say that the lights mounted low inside the chrome front bumper are “fog lights”, originally installed with clear (not yellow) lenses, and that “driving lights are typically aftermarket lights that I have seen mounted above the bumper?

Originally always fog lights in the bumper, wired to only work with the low beams and shut off when switching to high beams.

Anything other than that was aftermarket and/or non-production, like rally lights on the GT's etc.
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