Parking lights

"gmctavish needs more space" (gmctavish) 10/30/2016 at 22:40 • Filed to: So jdm

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Who’s got them?

Nibby > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:42

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Selling it on craigslist?

DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:43

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Don’t all cars have those?

They’re also called running lights right?

bob and john > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:47

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these are legitimately our parking lights.

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:49

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Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:49

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I’ve got them. I’m lazy and don’t want to go out and take a pic though.

gmctavish needs more space > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 10/30/2016 at 22:50

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No these are like city lights I think. The running lights don’t light up those rectangles just forward of the taillights, or anything in the turn signal housing, it lights up in the headlight housing I think.

These ones turn on with a separate switch on top of the steering column

The Crazy Kanuck; RIP Oppositelock > DC3 LS, will be perpetually replacing cars until the end of time 10/30/2016 at 22:54

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Some cars have amber DRL’s.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 22:57

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The Parking Light setting on Humdrum :D

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:00

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:01

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My CRV does I guess, one click on the stalk, one more click and the headlights go on.

gmctavish needs more space > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/30/2016 at 23:05

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I think those are something else. Or those are parking lights, and what I’m calling parking lights are city lights....because I also have the two settings on the stalk, but then a separate button on top of the steering column that turns those other lights on

whoarder is tellurium > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:06

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Old “winter mode” photos...

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:15

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Old phone pic. That particular phone liked to pink-shift everything a touch.

gmctavish needs more space > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 10/30/2016 at 23:17

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Niva! Awesome.

My girlfriends phone fell in a toilet and now it picks a new colour to turn every picture, but it’s usually pink

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:34

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I don’t have smaller white light in the front, I see lots of new cars with small LEDs down low that are on instead of the headlights. I guess you have the precursor to that. My CRV has plastic covers where some other lights would be had I owned the fancy trim level, I was going to stick some small LEDs in there for that purpose.

Theropod > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:37

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Yep, I’m parked. Yep, it has lights.

gmctavish needs more space > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/30/2016 at 23:43

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I imagine those are blanks for fog lights, but I don’t know CRVs so I’m not sure. I have foglight blanks and I want to get some and see how hard the install would be

415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > gmctavish needs more space 10/30/2016 at 23:44

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Yeah they are, there is a kit you can get for them at the dealer, has brackets. I see a covered spot for a switch inside which could be for that.

gmctavish needs more space > 415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) 10/31/2016 at 00:00

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Ooh maybe I should see if Subaru has something like that too

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 00:18

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Obviously not factory.

My phone wasn’t damaged, it just had a real shitty camera. That picture is full resolution, lol.

BoulderZ > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 01:30

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2 out of 3, I guess. The ‘04 Jetta has DRLs, or full lights with headlights, one or the other. Oddly enough, if you don’t have the headlights on, put it in Park (auto, not my car), and pull the Parking brake, you have no lights, Parking or otherwise. The ‘89 Toyota pickup has three switch positions: off (no lights), parking lights, and parking plus headlights with separately switched brights. The ‘78 Z has the same settings as the truck. In 16 years of extensive business travel with many very forgettable rentals, I can say my experience is that at least post-2000 means no more parking lights, for whatever reason.

gmctavish needs more space > BoulderZ 10/31/2016 at 01:42

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The Subaru switches all the lights off in Park with the handbrake on too, so does my work Yaris. Well except for the separate parking light switch, but the Yaris doesn’t have that, just running lights or headlights.

McMike > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 05:55

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VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 06:55

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What about parking poles? My old 180SX had one of these.

Milky > McMike 10/31/2016 at 08:01

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Luxurious 

Milky > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 08:06

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Yes? Not sure actually, I have to turn them on but they don’t put out enough light to be useful. Pre-DRL accent lighting.

gmctavish needs more space > VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. 10/31/2016 at 08:23

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Wait there are retractable ones? That’s really cool, I’ve never seen that before

gmctavish needs more space > Milky 10/31/2016 at 08:26

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As far as I know, that’s because they’re meant to stay on all night and not kill your battery. I’ve been told they’re to make your car more visible if you park on a narrow street, but I haven’t looked into it. My favourite version is the city lights in euro BMWs

JohnH3ASP > VonBootWilly - Likes Toyota, but it's still complicated. 10/31/2016 at 08:57

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Coolest. Thing. Ever.

JohnH3ASP > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 08:59

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Basically everybody has them. And nobody around here knows the difference between parking lights and driving lights/daytime running lights or any kind of lights. People, it’s not OK to drive at 11:30 PM with parking lights on!

Sam > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 09:18

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On older Mercs, (our 85 300TD had it) you can turn on only one side of the lights. That way, you only had to turn on the side facing the street. Though honestly, if a person is going to hit a parked car on the street at night, lights probably don’t make much of a difference.

PontiacAttack > gmctavish needs more space 10/31/2016 at 10:07

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You mean, “Battery kill switches; who’s got them?”