Yellow Driving Light Lenses

[acox99 74 1 Cars]

I'm in 2 minds weather to get a set of yellow driving light lenses, very 80's early 90's French. I can remember going over to France and most cars of the era had them.

 

I imagine they will look good on a lazer green car, but I can't find any colours other than a white car with yellow lights, if yours has, could you post a pic.

 

Ta

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

Not my car. Here's one with Black

 

 

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Getting a set of yellow Siems over shortly from Belgium if that interests you?

[Pugleyrich 37 1 Cars]

I bought some cheap yellow tint film from ebay for mine. Only cost a couple of quid so might be worth doing just so you have an idea what it will look like

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

Fog lights-

 

http://i735.photobucket.com/albums/ww352/daviewonder/gri005.jpg

[Ams 23 1 Cars]

The Denji's, Cibie's etc can vary in how vibrant the yellow is, depends on whether the glass is tinted yellow or the reflector. Also the light output is affected depending on the glass. Clear glass = long, narrow beam and ribbed glass = short, wide beam.

The yellow Siem lights (as pictures by Daviewonder) with the ribbed glass and yellow internal reflector/focus are the same items I ended up going for when I was looking to buy original Siem yellow driving/foglights (pictured below):

 

 

I tried looking for clear glass, yellow reflector Siems but they were bloody impossible to find and AFAIK even more expensive (pictured below):

 

 

Another option is to open your own existing set and painting the reflectors as shown in this handy thread: http://forum.205gtidrivers.com/index.php?showtopic=140433

 

 

 

And on topic, here's some images with various types of yellow lights on non-white cars:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Rjuhar 52]

I have a set of used but very good condition yellow glass old style Siem driving lights for sale if anybody is interested.

[2052NV 24]

Has anyone figured out the best way to make/source headlamps with the yellow reflectors like the lazer green car? I have gone the cheap option and put a film on the lenses (bottom picture is my car) but it looks pretty cheap tbh.

 

 

 

[Rjuhar 52]

http://www.rallylights.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/650x/040ec09b1e35df139433887a97daa66f/C/P/CPBALLOONAW_lg_1.jpg

[acox99 74 1 Cars]

Thanks for the response everyone,

 

AMS Thankyou for the link, I like the idea of tinting the reflector instead of the glass, it's looks a bit to vibrant to me the tints glass, so I imagine that on the tinted reflector ones the clear glass is usually the same.

 

Farmer, are the glasses your bringing in original tinted siem ones.

 

The other option if they fit would be to tint a denji reflector so I can put the original reflectors to one side, or vise versa as the reason for doing it is that the original reflectors aren't great.

 

On the promo and the other lazer green car, are the headlamp reflectors tinted or it it the bulbs like the link that Rjuhar put up.

[farmer 328 1 Cars]

Yes original yellow from Pug

 

No frames though, just glass.

 

Getting hard to find even for me now

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

I have the yellow bulb caps.

 

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/281200187831?nav=SEARCH

[aldworth33 45 1 Cars]

 

Got the pug standard covers on mine, they look pretty cool

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I have the yellow bulb caps.

 

 

http://m.ebay.co.uk/itm/281200187831?nav=SEARCH

 

I've often wondered about these and the MOT/law?

It appears they meet one but not the other.

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

I've never stuck myself on.

[Daviewonder 533 3 Cars]

 

My ones are the yellow bulb caps. They make the lights dimmer but I overcame this by using higher wattage bulbs. Yes, Denji lenses fit on Siem reflectors and vice versa.

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

I 2nd the dimmer lights.

 

I went for Osram Nightbreakers.

 

Much better.

[Ams 23 1 Cars]

 

 

 

 

Sorry, I just had to.

[Mac Crash 78 1 Cars]

130/90's and yellow brush on applicant, comes in a little bottle, you can spray it on to avoid brush marks... probably the best method to have yellow lights and still see where your going... stating the obvious but mind the lights are only as good as the condition of the reflectors.

[pyrrhic 14 2 Cars]

My 309 winter car has yellow driving lights, they came from a Renault Clio:

http://distilleryimage5.s3.amazonaws.com/3cde913261b711e3a520120efe0b0f31_8.jpg

[acox99 74 1 Cars]

Mac crags I assume you mean paint the bulbs? Won't that create hot spots? Or do you mean lenses? You can buy yellow tinted h4's, I will try those over the covers first.

[Mac Crash 78 1 Cars]

Ali, no, don't paint the bulbs, you can buy it in liquid form, it comes with a brush applicator but no reason you can't airbrush it on the lamps instead to avoid brush marks. It's cheap, effective and easily removed if you change your mind, the yellow bulbs are pish, standard bulbs are bad enough without being yellow, the real problem with the 205 lights are the reflectors.

[iPlod999 143 1 Cars]

Go for the bulb caps/covers.

 

If you don't like the effect then you can just take them off.

 

I would imagine anything you paint on could be a bugger to remove.

[Mac Crash 78 1 Cars]

Depends what you want though, yellow lenses or yellow lights.

[acox99 74 1 Cars]

Yellow lights rather than lenses. I'm going to paint the driving light reflectors. I was contemplating yellow lights but as everyone has said. There like candles as they are so descent white bulbs without covers it it.