Show us your yellow fogs. Show us your Frenched headlights.

[danewilson77]

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/2004%20Imola%20DSLR/6f8952f1-f9ba-495f-a7bb-725f07860ad9.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/2004%20Imola%20DSLR/7654875048_794cf15735_b.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/2004%20Imola%20DSLR/6224597124_b1099f6619_b.jpg

http://i1015.photobucket.com/albums/af278/nicee46/Imola%20Bimmer/DSC04620.jpg

[Hermes]

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/ZHP%20Photos/433cfd9c.jpg

http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/11128_10151315624601344_794240195_n.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/frenching/P1010047.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/frenching/P1000464.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c288/jhermes/ZHP%20Photos/fog-1.jpg

[nike001]

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/7025473983_9a9bc9d3ae_c.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7057/6964976611_f250e0ea0e_c.jpg

I took em off - it looks cleaner without them IMO

[Oli77]

The real French Makoy (at my uncle's house south of Paris):

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac208/othibau/DSC07129.jpg

Back to your regular (ZHP) programing.

[danewilson77]

I think this is just another thread to whore pic our cars to :shifty

[Oli77]

^ does not compute, it was for fun. You said French.

[az3579]

I guess I'll whore for once.

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/4A40A33E-3F07-4626-A558-E8C89B3CFA92-4963-0000074CB8D4FC25.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/bf8d43d9.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/c285c7da.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/e2716c87.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/4_zps7f7e688c.jpg

http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa192/az3579/Automotive/BMW%20E46%20330i%20ZHP/Exterior/3_zps25407151.jpg

[Dave_B]

Dang! I hope to add to this. Was going to do fogs first, yellow. Then see how I liked that.

Is there a reversible way to do the high beams? I was debating yellow fogs and yellow high beams.

[Mtnman]

In the audi i did yellow bulbs for the high beams. It didnt look yellow until you turned them on.

[Hermes]

The real French Makoy (at my uncle's house south of Paris):

http://i900.photobucket.com/albums/ac208/othibau/DSC07129.jpg

Back to your regular (ZHP) programing.

:like

Series 2 - '69, '70 or '71? Estimated at somewhere around 15k produced in all trim levels over those three years

edit: for those of you that don't recognize it

http://www.kentcarcollection.com/re_images/1355051431_offer_1308_p17_l.jpg

[Dave_B]

After the grill is sprayed back to a black and not grey color, these will be installed.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/00h2itr/81E9B616-27A3-4FE3-9371-0807E927E72C-3279-0000011B83FDC70D_zps06b0f2c9.jpg

[ZHPRegistry.net]

My ZHP fogs are yellow but I don't have a good pic. Here's the M frenched out.

http://www.zhpregistry.net/images/e30m3/DSC_0559-edited.jpg

[danewilson77]

After the grill is sprayed back to a black and not grey color, these will be installed.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/00h2itr/81E9B616-27A3-4FE3-9371-0807E927E72C-3279-0000011B83FDC70D_zps06b0f2c9.jpg


My ZHP fogs are yellow but I don't have a good pic. Here's the M frenched out.

http://www.zhpregistry.net/images/e30m3/DSC_0559-edited.jpg

Looks great.

Sent from the HTC DNA, Williamsburg, VA and USA

[JupiterBMW]

Ok, so 'frenched' refers to yellow inner beams?? I'm sorry for the newbie post... Never heard the term before. Cars all look great though!

[BRGcoopahS]

Didnt know what frenched meant until I saw the pic of the citreon.

[Avetiso]

Ok, so 'frenched' refers to yellow inner beams?? I'm sorry for the newbie post... Never heard the term before. Cars all look great though!
I think it refers to any lights that are yellowed. I see a lot of E30's with all of them frenched.

[JupiterBMW]

Didnt know what frenched meant until I saw the pic of the citreon.

Dummy over here still doesn't know what it means... :shifty

[Avetiso]

Dummy over here still doesn't know what it means... :shifty
I'm not sure what it was originally meant, but the way we use it now, it means turning the light housing yellow in some way, either by tinting the lens yellow or painting the reflector, maybe even both.

[BRGcoopahS]

Dummy over here still doesn't know what it means... :shifty

Old french cars have yellow headlights... what else would it mean?
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/1968_Alpine_A110_Vintage_Race_Car_OnTrack_1.jpg

no need to call me a dummy after you complimented my car. :confused

[Hermes]

"Frenched" lights come from the aftermath of World War 1. Before the construction of the giant waste of money known as the Maginot Line, the French government in their associated paranoia required all French registered vehicles to be equipped with lights of a yellow hue. In their logic, if the Germans tried to cross the border in their vehicles equipped with white colored lamps it would be easy to tell. It didn't quite work as well as they thought (kinda like the Maginot). The law was not changed until 1993 when France joined the European Union, and since then no production cars are equipped with yellow lamps as a standard item.

Race cars use yellow lamps not because of a supposed belief yellow inherently is a low glare color, but because our human brain processes it as such.



Ok, so 'frenched' refers to yellow inner beams?? I'm sorry for the newbie post... Never heard the term before. Cars all look great though!

Frenched means yellow lights


Didnt know what frenched meant until I saw the pic of the citreon.

There are no Citroen's posted on this thread


I think it refers to any lights that are yellowed. I see a lot of E30's with all of them frenched.

yes, yellow lamps. Real E30 French spec smiley's are $$$$$

http://abrahamsmotorsport.com/images/e30fh.jpg
^$759/set



I'm not sure what it was originally meant, but the way we use it now, it means turning the light housing yellow in some way, either by tinting the lens yellow or painting the reflector, maybe even both.


Old french cars have yellow headlights... what else would it mean?
http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/1968_Alpine_A110_Vintage_Race_Car_OnTrack_1.jpg

no need to call me a dummy after you complimented my car. :confused

relax everybody... the Alpine A110 posted above has yellow stickers on it's headlamps, not real yellow lamps

http://bringatrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/02/1969_Alpine_A110_Vintage_Race_Car_Front_1.JPG

[Dave_B]

I've got some yellow lamin-x type of film coming too. I may do the high beams but wanted it reversible just in case I didn't like it.

Expect a write up on that.

[JupiterBMW]

Old french cars have yellow headlights... what else would it mean?

no need to call me a dummy after you complimented my car. :confused

:rofl Nooooo.... I was saying that even after you posted about a Citreon, I still didn't really get it. I didn't know it was a French car... I was referring to myself as the dummy!! And yes I do love your interior!



"Frenched" lights come from the aftermath of World War 1. Before the construction of the giant waste of money known as the Maginot Line, the French government in their associated paranoia required all French registered vehicles to be equipped with lights of a yellow hue. In their logic, if the Germans tried to cross the border in their vehicles equipped with white colored lamps it would be easy to tell. It didn't quite work as well as they thought (kinda like the Maginot). The law was not changed until 1993 when France joined the European Union, and since then no production cars are equipped with yellow lamps as a standard item.


You can always count on JP for the history lesson... Your knowledge of vintage BMW (and other cars!) really impresses me... Thanks for the explanation... I now know something new... And knowing is half the battle!

[BRGcoopahS]

:rofl Nooooo.... I was saying that even after you posted about a Citreon, I still didn't really get it. I didn't know it was a French car... I was referring to myself as the dummy!! And yes I do love your interior!

ooooohhhh...... I guess we're both dummys. :cheers

[Dave_B]

I too like the history and had no clue it was due to the war. That's cool info.

[derbo]

Botond, you made me want city lights.. :facepalm

[Dave_B]

Look what showed up today.

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/00h2itr/E0BDC3E5-C9FF-4266-87F3-5644C018CDEB-4461-00000199EBBDB9B1_zpse8d6bfe2.jpg

[Oli77]

While I see the sources (wiki and others) that describe the yellow lights in France in response to military demands I am not so sure it is true.

I grew up there, and France was the only place that had those lights. So much so that I could tell we would be home when coming back from a trip to Germany, Spain or England at night. One thing that was obvious was that the occasional British car for example, would always blind my dad, and he would swear at those drivers with these insanely bright white lights.

I thought it was safety and visibility. My dad always told me that the yellow hue was far superior in fog, causing less blinding reflections. Also, i remember people saying that the contrast was always better at night. BTW the highway signs in France are still blue (while they are green everywhere else in Europe). Yellow light on blue sign = high contrast.

Other tidbit, my dad did a lot of night driving and he had a purple light in the cabin (almost black light-like) which he said helped with the light from oncoming cars.

Now with xenons, I am the one saying damn, turn your lights down, they hurt my eyes.

I still like yellow lights but I have to admit, they do appear a bit dim 30 years later.

[Pip]

Today at work. A sweet BMW.

7508

[Hermes]

nice 535is!

[Dave_B]

http://i209.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/00h2itr/2CAE3093-EBD0-4B93-9DCA-17937ACF6DFA-4461-000002D7B6164764_zpsd65d9266.jpg

Me thinks I'll have to change the corners out.

[Oli77]

Thinking to lamin-x the fogs on the E93.
Thoughts? Easy DIY right? Are all films created equal?

Please ignore the 7 year thread dormancy.

[John in VA]

Thinking to lamin-x the fogs on the E93. Are all films created equal?
Not exactly, but that or Xpel will do the job.

[Oli77]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ubGU5b30xgTANmpEJM4j7qBG4i5Ux0sp9SdbE-L16SDYWtF4c3IhmTTrHyNG8VEApNDC1cQOj_11GuJaezAGuY8M xeSuoqNplcHg-xRnY0kgEZP0Xz66fLsxPOeiGOrJqHZc77Fu4w=w1920-h1080