I noticed my passenger side foglight was out - replaced the bulb and works fine now. Also installed some XPEL shields I found on clearance for both headlights and foglamps (which i'm happy I did, after seeing prices for replacement glass for all of them!).
Is my fog/driving lamp the stock one? Made by Hella?
To my question - the foglight is my light is pointed to in the green area below. There is another separate bulb/assembly in the red area in the same lamp assembly - what is the function of that light and how is it activated?
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(This post was last modified: 02-02-2020, 08:02 PM by Velocity.)
A good thing is to cover your fog lights with a transparent protective film. This particular area is prone to get hit by rocks.....VERY EXPENSIVE replacement.
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Quote:I Have XPEL on Turn Signals, Fog Lamps and Headlights...an absolute bargain!
Jay
Waylander I'm in UK for a couple of days to see my brother on his birthday. Is XPEL the sort of thing I can find at Halford's?
DIY is so much more prevalent in UK than in France. I may just go to Halford's in any case as I'll have space in my bag after I've unloaded the French cheese!!
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(This post was last modified: 02-09-2020, 07:10 AM by Roboman.)
Yep came in at noon to a windy Stansted. No worries, I'll see what I can find. Chap if I find anything useful I'll send it across when I get back. Cheers
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Quote:Don’t think you can get it in Halfords, I have never tried
can check the Halfords website for you, are you already here ?
Should have said something about dates, I could have posted it to your bro
Thanks for that offer Waylander, no worries I have plenty of time to potter about, I may even make it to the Porsche to see if they have any of the rubber wedges and bungs I need to replace ..... it is so much simpler for me in English!!
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Quote:Thanks for that offer Waylander, no worries I have plenty of time to potter about, I may even make it to the Porsche to see if they have any of the rubber wedges and bungs I need to replace ..... it is so much simpler for me in English!!
you need pictures, they speak 1000 words,
get a copy of PET running in a virtual machine so you can print pictures
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I don’t know the brand of the film I have on the fog lamps but it’s pretty damn thick ..I’d guess at least 3 mm, if not more.. maybe unsightly from very close up , but not bad from a distance . And it has not yellowed in the 20 + years to I’ve had it on, so no complaints .
If those things are that stupid-expensive maybe aesthetics can take a back seat to protection .
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a small front end shunt that requires indicators, fog lamps, and a PU will cost $3000,00 before labour and paint, in this country enough to write the car off for insurance,
here the companies total your car if the repair comes to more than 40% of its trade value,
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That is why I have Stated Value insurance on my 968. Here, a total is 80% of the value, but if you consider that the Blue Book on my car is less than $20,000 it wouldn't take much for them to declare a total loss.
Jay
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Same here ( stated value policy ) . I encourage everyone with a 968 to look into this , you’d be surprised how inexpensive it is .
And be careful, because insurance companies are regulated at State level , and although typically in many state the threshold is 80 % to 70 % , in some states ( Iowa for example..) it’s as low as 50 % .
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Folks: My understanding is that the foglights have 2 bulbs--one for fog (of course), and the other is used for daytime running lights in countries like Canada where they are required. To activate the daytime running lights, one needs the daytime running light module (relay). This was only supplied in cars where DRL were required. It is no longer available from Porsche. They light when you turn the key to the on position, and go off when the headlights are turned on.
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Quote:Folks: My understanding is that the foglights have 2 bulbs--one for fog (of course), and the other is used for daytime running lights in countries like Canada where they are required. To activate the daytime running lights, one needs the daytime running light module (relay). This was only supplied in cars where DRL were required. It is no longer available from Porsche. They light when you turn the key to the on position, and go off when the headlights are turned on.
I was able to confirm that the one switch I have is for foglamps - the other light in same housing seem to only be usable in the "flash to pass" scenario. Haven't seen a way (yet, but haven't looked much) to activate them other than flash-to-pass. My car is US-spec, so no stock DRL. Looks like location G26 in relay box in left footwell was location for DRL relay in Canada.
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Not sure if everybody else has the same configuration, but in my 968 which was delivered to the US, the light module has two bulbs. The smaller part of the light housing is the fog lamp which is controlled by the rocker arm switch below the rotary light switch. They are activated by turning the rotary knob to either park lights or headlights and then turning pressing the rocker switch. The other part if the light module houses the driving lights which may be activated any time by pulling the turn indicator stalk back (to flash them) or pushing it forward to high beam. One of the best features of the 968 is that high beam not only uses the main headlights but the driving lights as well. The combined lighting is very effective. My car does not have DRLs.
What I am interested in though is finding the city lights that I can use in my headlights. The holes are in the headlight bucket, so I would just need the proper housing and the wiring to connect them to the park light circuit. The way the hole is mounted near the top of the headlight bucket would allow them to be running while the lights are in the retracted position.
I have city lights on my 911 and really like the look for sunrise or sunset. Has anyone installed them? They were standard issue on UK or Euro spec cars I believe.
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