Friday 11th May 2001

Daytime Running Lights

Hella flogging aftermarket conversions

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[pips]

Whatever happened to the British solution - Dim Dips?? They seemed to disappear off new cars about ''97 - but it seemed to vary between makes? My understanding was that this was the only instance when a British Government did not comply with European Directives. Did Cheesy Tony comply when he came to power, or was it something else??

[alfa dave]

I'm not a lighting homologation engineer but my understanding was that the UK dim-dip thing was dropped around '97 when requirements came in for whole vehicle type approval in Europe which require adjustable headlamps (not a logical trade off but that's what I heard) Same regs later introduced the CHMSL (centre high mounted stop light) too. I'm still turning my lights on and off with my wipers......

[zertec]

Dim-dip is still here on new cars Clive Reed Zertec Limited [e-mail] www.zertec.co.uk