Yay or nay

[psyclone07]

First I would like to say this is not my car in this photoshop. This picture belongs to jive turkey on the forum. I was bored at home and decided to do a rough chop on potential cosmetic ideas running through my head. Would like some input an thoughts.



My car is WRB. Got my coilovers in and will be picking up some bremmer br10's. Also plan on a sti style lip kit with HT auto side skirts. Wondering on what you guys think of the yellow headlight tint with this similar combo.

*note*
Jive has official ray gram extremes not replicas. The ones chopped in the picture are the bremmers. If I am violating any rules I will take the post down.

[Turbo95eg6]

Yellow lens look dumb, and illegal.

[psyclone07]

3. Any light visible from the front of a motor vehicle may be only white, yellow, or amber in color unless another color is allowed under a Department of Motor Vehicles permit. (CGS § 14-96p)

The output will be yellow when on at night. So I believe (I may be wrong) it's ok in my state.

Thanks for the input. Just gauging general consensus. I am going with all mods except the tint so far. Just an idea I'm toying with. (Hence the photoshop before actual execution )

[vividracing]

Well i'll be the first to say, I like it. I don't know if I like the fog lights in yellow or not but it might look weird if they don't match.

[woode]

Yellow lens = reduced output, and distracting to other drivers. Why on earth is reducing light output the new cool thing to do?! Dumb and irresponsible. No other way to put it.

[BlueDubbinTDI]

nay

[Kiske]

Originally Posted by woode

Yellow lens = reduced output, and distracting to other drivers. Why on earth is reducing light output the new cool thing to do?! Dumb and irresponsible. No other way to put it.

In Lemans racing they run multiple classes of cars at the same time. The yellow headlamps represented the slower GT production class and the white signified the faster GTS Prototype class. Made it easier to keep track of the cars. Also any yellow lensed car had to give way to a faster classed car should they see the lights in the rear mirrors.

So they want to announce to other driver they are slow?

Regardless it does look badass on the Subaru GT300!

[psyclone07]

Originally Posted by Kiske

In Lemans racing they run multiple classes of cars at the same time. The yellow headlamps represented the slower GT production class and the white signified the faster GTS Prototype class. Made it easier to keep track of the cars. Also any yellow lensed car had to give way to a faster classed car should they see the lights in the rear mirrors.



So they want to announce to other driver they are slow?



Regardless it does look badass on the Subaru GT300!

The gt300 is where I first got the idea from. I was also aware of the yellow headlights being the slower class in racing. Lol. Still debating might try it and see how it looks in person. Tint is easily reversible!

[Lverasky]

I have my headlight yellow tinted...no problem

[coyote]

The correct spelling is "Yea", not "Yay".

The correct answer is "Nay, that's totally gay".

[Carlitoz3]

I think it looks pretty cool

[Vracer111]

Originally Posted by woode

Yellow lens = reduced output, and distracting to other drivers. Why on earth is reducing light output the new cool thing to do?! Dumb and irresponsible. No other way to put it.

Have you never put on a helmet with an amber or yellow visor or likewise shooting glasses? Yellow/amber will increase the contrast and therefore visibility of objects you see. Even with a loss in brightness level you will be able to distinguish things much better, the image you see appears much clearer. Brighter doesn't mean better if your night vision is shot because you have a whole lot of light bouncing back in your face...

If you actually want to see maximum detail the yellow wavelength of light is the way to go. HID/blue/white really lights up the road but also reduces your actual night vision ability - you don't see any better with a brighter white light. In fact you lose more detail with a lot more light output because you wash out the contrast/blow out the detail by bombarding objects and the road surface with way more light than necessary. You just need enough light to illuminate the road and give you detail to read the surface and surrounding areas.

Easy tip to see better at night - put your sunvisor down at a proper level to block out oncoming traffic lighting to your face...you will see more detail in the road surface by doing so.

Vracer111, who will be tinting/coating his headlights yellow...because he want's better night vision. It doesn't hurt that it looks better than stock either...

[woode]

Originally Posted by Vracer111

Have you never put on a helmet with an amber or yellow visor or likewise shooting glasses? Yellow/amber will increase the contrast and therefore visibility of objects you see. Even with a loss in brightness level you will be able to distinguish things much better, the image you see appears much clearer. Brighter doesn't mean better if your night vision is shot because you have a whole lot of light bouncing back in your face...

If you actually want to see maximum detail the yellow wavelength of light is the way to go. HID/blue/white really lights up the road but also reduces your actual night vision ability - you don't see any better with a brighter white light. In fact you lose more detail with a lot more light output because you wash out the contrast/blow out the detail by bombarding objects and the road surface with way more light than necessary. You just need enough light to illuminate the road and give you detail to read the surface and surrounding areas.

Easy tip to see better at night - put your sunvisor down at a proper level to block out oncoming traffic lighting to your face...you will see more detail in the road surface by doing so.

Vracer111, who will be tinting/coating his headlights yellow...because he want's better night vision. It doesn't hurt that it looks better than stock either...

OP is talking about a yellow lens, not yellow light. Big difference there. Yellow isn't going to provide better night vision - I don't know where to begin lol. If it was, I think you should let car manufacturers in on that secret so they can start making headlights yellow instead of warm white.

[Poodles]

Originally Posted by woode

OP is talking about a yellow lens, not yellow light. Big difference there. Yellow isn't going to provide better night vision - I don't know where to begin lol. If it was, I think you should let car manufacturers in on that secret so they can start making headlights yellow instead of warm white.

Actually, they did. It's called Selective Yellow: [ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selective_yellow"]Selective yellow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]


Not a terrible fan of the coatings on the headlights though. Fog lights, hell yes.