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>I just got some flat American style rear lenses for my Notch, and wow, do
they look good, nice >and clear and visable, I can't say that about the
orig. euro ones that were on it.
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I can't speak on the rear-fog light issue, but I'm jumping in on this
discussion in 2 parts:
1) Our relatively "weak" brake/rear lighting has been brought to light
(sorry, couldn't resist) here and I must say for anyone, especially those of
us still running an aging 6v electrical system, maybe it's time to think
about some maintenance?! I was guilty of this until recently myself, my
lights could be barely seen either parking lights or brake lights. I took
my rear lenses off (to replace them) and discovered unknown years worth of
crud caked both on my bulbs, the reflectors and the lens, not to mention the
contacts. You would not believe how much more light pours out when there's
good contact AND all these reflective surfaces are....well, reflective.
2) Someone will surely correct my findings, but I picked up a new set of
generic solid red lenses for the rear of my ('66) Fasty a few months ago.
These required me to take my Dremel to them to make them fit just right but
to my amazement they seem to be brighter than the 37 y/o Hella's that they
replaced?! Maybe this is due to less pigment in the plastic, i.e. inferior
product quality, but I swear they let off quite a bit more light than their
predecessors?!
Travis
'66 Fastback
www.keedyweb.net/fastback
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