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.

[Cal]

This is great info. I’m is the middle of installing the wiring and switch to operate my NOS rear fog light to my 914. I was under the impression the three position switch 914.613.451.10 was the correct switch to operate the front and rear fog lights.

[Ansbacher]

I have a '74 2.0 therefore my car came with a YELLOW lens fog switch. However, I have since converted it to a GREEN lens, as I could not tolerate that bright yellow glare in my eyes while driving at night. Since I always turn my fogs on for the extra "be seen" factor, this was always a problem. Further, I think the Green is far classier looking than the YELLOW (IMG:style_emoticons/default/icon8.gif)

Ansbacher

[douglastic]

I love how "green or yellow?" results in this type of discussion

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this forum is the best

[Puebloswatcop]

To make it simple, Yours is a '74. Headlight switch should be green, fog light switch should be gold (yellow).

The fog light switch was green through 1972.

Ref: the 914 and 914-6 restorers guide to authenticity.

[Cairo94507]

@Ansbacher - For additional visibility, get a set of Spoke's new LED driving lights. I have a set in my car and they are very clean looking and put out good light. I often run them as stand-alone daytime running lights. I have them wired so they will operate independent of the headlights. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

[Big Len]

More than I ever wanted to know about specific fog lights.

Now, can we get back to that window in the ashtray. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

[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

[eric9144]

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? I

Post pictures of the lights and we can tell if they were the US spec fogs or the H3s with the more clear lenses, the bulb position is different.

The green button you refer to with the squiggly curlicue line is for the rear defrost window.

In another twist since this thread is this old, I found a guy on EBay selling the H3 lights that fit the 914 fog light grille, that I called "driving lights" right or wrong:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285404771293?hash=...pwAAOSwTIpgthzt
Get them while you can (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

[StarBear]

....Goodness gracious

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My original 74 1.8 has yellow knob with lines pointing down and TN4 clear fog lights. Kept the clear incandescent bulbs (albeit new ones) when installed all LED lighting as I liked their warm glow better. Work only on low beam, as fog lights should.
I learn so much here about our cars and their differences.

[Front yard mechanic]

Ai bot

[sarivers2001]

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? I

Post pictures of the lights and we can tell if they were the US spec fogs or the H3s with the more clear lenses, the bulb position is different.

The green button you refer to with the squiggly curlicue line is for the rear defrost window.

In another twist since this thread is this old, I found a guy on EBay selling the H3 lights that fit the 914 fog light grille, that I called "driving lights" right or wrong:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/285404771293?hash=...pwAAOSwTIpgthzt
Get them while you can (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif)

Is this picture adequate? If you need closer photos, let me know?
(And thanks for the education on the green dash instrument.)
Many thanks!

[eric9144]

@sarivers2001 those are US spec fogs with the correct lenses--its what your car would have been delivered with had it been ordered as an option or optioned by the dealer at time of delivery.

[sarivers2001]

@sarivers2001 those are US spec fogs with the correct lenses--its what your car would have been delivered with had it been ordered as an option or optioned by the dealer at time of delivery.

Awesome, thanks!!

[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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