andrew e Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Right you old giffers, being only a lowly 33 what did you use to paint the headlamps yellow with and what might be a modern alternative? Ta, Great etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 A yellow paint used to be available in accessory shops. In much smaller pots, you can still get similar for models/crafts - for making mock stained glass, that kind of thing.Does anyone still do yellow bulbs? I've managed to acquire a couple over the years, probably more effective than the above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Yellow bulbs are better tbh, though they can be difficult to come by. You occasionally find them on ebay or you can get a yellow glass surround that fits over your existing lightbulb (or so I was told....)Otherwise down to the local art / craft shop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbottomley Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 get the real suckers: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Electric Leyland Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I bought a set of 4 off ebay just like the pic above for the AS logo Humber Sceptic, cos about a tenner. Had straps on to go round the back of the lamps. GR9 for extra retro points. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-j Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I have a pair of yellow bulbs on the CX. I got one from a friend who removed one from an abandoned Renault 3 in France and the other from a French classic 2cv thing called http://www.amidela2cv.fr/ but they don't seem to have any now. The yellow lights are officially called 'Selective yellow' and they're better in the rain, snow and fog than white. They're not as good in unlit country roads. They look good and make the road signs reflect yellow at night. They can still be had in auto places in some of the more rural French departments such as Limousin. Don't think you can get them from the French version of Halfrauds anymore. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Lobster Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Yellow bulbs have been hard to find for a while in France now, best place is French scrapyards or ebay. Not seen a set in a shop for literally years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzy Jeff Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 I got one from a friend who removed one from an abandoned Renault 3 in FranceWow. I'd kill just to even see one of those. I don't think I could have left it without concocting some hideously expensive plan to ship it over here. Even if was 80% rust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 PIAA sell yellow headlight bulbs, do a search on eBay and you'll probably find loads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Yeah but I wanted cheap! The phillips weather jobbies in my E39 have the yellow glow to them, its quite comforting really. I'll hit the model shop to deck out the shitty skoda though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vicsmith Posted August 23, 2008 Share Posted August 23, 2008 Most decent motor factors sell specific bulb paint, it`s very cheap, it can be used to repaint orange indicator bulbs that have flaked and caused an MOT fail, I always used to keep some in case we ran out of bulbs at the lot. The first coat gives a yellow appearance, it took 2 or 3 to get orange, you could do the sidelight bulbs with that if its just "for fancy", I`m presuming it would be unsuitable for the headlamp bulbs but then again the yellow ones had to be coloured somehow.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 23, 2008 Author Share Posted August 23, 2008 Vic ta - this thread [hushes] is almost usefull, I hope its not deleted by the management However if ever VW beetle in England ends up with yellow lights I will drive of beachy head in a Pink Micra CC as self imposed "scene" punishment. I apologise now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete-M Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 My 3 series appears to have a slight yellow tinge on the headlamp bulbs, but I can't work out if they're meant to be like that. The inner lights are definately not yellow, but the outers seem to be at least slightly so.I wonder if it went to France in its early life for a holiday. Hmm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I used the plastic covers in the above post on my trip to Italy in the A40 :- I think we originally brought them for the Maxi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrew e Posted August 24, 2008 Author Share Posted August 24, 2008 Keep these yellowed lamp beauties coming! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j-j Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Wow. I'd kill just to even see one of those. I don't think I could have left it without concocting some hideously expensive plan to ship it over here. Even if was 80% rust.You'd be surprized with what's left lying around the French countryside.. http://www.forum-auto.com/automobiles-m ... 121100.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain-328i Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 My grandfather always painted the headlamps on his cars yellow, i can clearly recall his Zephyr six, Hillman Hunter, and Talbot Samba all having yellow headlights! (never understood why he did it, i thought it looked shite!) He never bothered on his Corsa Automatic though lolGoes to show the shite he was driving though, as im only 26 so some of those cars were bloody old when i was born lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Owain-328i Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Oh and following that link to the French forum, is this: Left over from WW2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Yellow lamped Corsair. A special prize if you can tell me what film this is a screenshot from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Lumiere! Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Are yellow headlamps not a bit on the illegal side, though?I'm pretty sure the 'construction & use' law forbids anything other than white lights (except the indicators, which have to be amber) on the front of a vehicle.(Maybe pre 1973 vehicles are exempt from this, I'm not sure. I know pre '73s are allowed black and white non reflective number plates, so maybe.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Ross Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Nope, headlamps must show light that is primarily white or yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Lumiere! Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I stand corrected, Albert. I was an MOT tester from 1996-2001. I have to admit, I never came across a car with yellow headlamps, although I failed a few for showing white lights to the rear (which is definitely not allowed!) Most times it was number plate lamps which had lost their shrouds, but I recall a Mitsubishi Colt which had a white flourescent tube fitted to it's parcel shelf! (I wasn't one of those pernickity twats who'd fail a car for just this. If a point of failure could be quickly put right/removed or whatever, I'd do it. Most times these 'trivial' failures were just one of many) I think white lamps make a lot more sense, mind. From a purely 'being able to see where you're going at night' point of view.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keef Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 A special prize if you can tell me what film this is a screenshot from.The prize? Don't tell me: a length of wood! http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_149941-For ... -1965.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 Way back in 1993, when the French were ordered by the EU to give up their yellow headlights, I was working there and bought loads of them from car accessory shops, at give away prices. Since then I've made a point of fitting, when possible, yellow lights to any car I have or repair; they are more easily seen and an oncoming driver's more lokely to notice the a car with yellow lights. Incidently, the French also give you a friendly wave if your use them in France-clearly an anti-EU thing!Andrew353w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 BTW, Yellow headlights are perfectly legal in the U.K. The MOT manual states that headlights can be either white or yellow (but clearly, NOT one of each!) and must be of the same brightness. Side light bulbs must be white if the headlights are white and must always be white if the sidelight bulb is a separate fitting and not incorporated into the headlight unit. Incidently, I also managed a few years ago to buy a load of yellow "cones", which clip over the H5 60/55 watt bulbs to give a yellow light. The good thing is that you can re-use these when a bulb blows! Andrew353w Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I bought a small bottle of headlamp yellow lens tint back in 1995 for the Fiesta mk3 that was my first car; I tinted the bulbs in the pair of crappy "Ring" foglamps that I attached underneath the front bumper. Worked fantastically for about 30 minutes then I found that the stuff had melted off and coated the reflectors of the foglamps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.welfare Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 A special prize if you can tell me what film this is a screenshot from.The prize? Don't tell me: a length of wood! http://www.imcdb.org/vehicle_149941-For ... -1965.htmlI prefer the '79 remake myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Blue Lumiere! Posted August 29, 2008 Share Posted August 29, 2008 "It's paint." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VWPowered Posted September 8, 2008 Share Posted September 8, 2008 gotta love yellow light above my polo, below my just sold mk2 scirocco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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