RUBBISH.
Thats your opinion not fact.
I drove my 50 to Camberg with 6v and standard bulbs like most of the other attendees to that show and other stock shows like it. Our 356 is the same. Neither have seatbelts either, and that is about the only update that I think is actually important and worth doing, but we wont be doing it to ours.
I think adding the small extra lights/flashers is always the best idea, 'add on's' are always an acceptable progressive modification, as the original car is still stock and intact :d
Its that old argument and guess what, the stockers win every time because whether you want to admit it or not, its a fact floor scraping cars with narrow beams drive like POO! have a ridiculously rubbish turning circle bump and scrape the living hell out of the beam and pan and wear the rear tyres only on their edges! Tyre contact with the road IS HUGELY important from a safety aspect, but that does'nt seem to bother any resto'ers, so dont start preaching about safety!! :shock:
...But if 'looks' are more important than ride quality and safety than thats your choice to go resto.
mrsherbie wrote:
Thought that would prove controversial, I love it! :lol: :lol: :beer:
However, it's not rubbish Anna. Just because you drove to Camberg and back without a problem doesn't make the use of small 6v powered rear lights ideal. As Andrew confirms above, he has already suffered a mild rear ender where I'd lay money on the person behind not recognising he was stopping.
You say you think adding the small extra lights/flashers is the best idea as they are always an acceptable progressive modification, as the original car is still stock and intact. But talking progressive modifications, that's why I think a conversion to 12v electrics and the use of LED's fall into this category.
After all ask yourself why VW themselves moved to 12v and why the use of LED's in rear lightss are now more and more common? The answers speak for themselves. More reliability and an improved safety aspect. If one can combine both of these features with the car looking stock then why would you not do it? We live in the 21st century now! And if you want to drive you car a lot or make journey's longer that just to the local shops it's the way to go.
Not going to go into that boring old stock vs modified arguement only to say please judge my car on it's handling when it's finished and not from what you've experienced before :!:
For your information, although the Cabrio will have a slightly narrowed beam, it will not be floor scraping and I lay money on my tyres having the same or more contact patch than any of your cars :!: :!: Don't judge everyone in the Resto-Cal scene with the same narrow minded view of what YOU think ALL the cars are like....
Back on topic, LED's are brighter than a bulb filament so if you can find a why cheaply to have LED's behind your rear glass and an indicator in your heart that both come on when you brake I'm positive you've got the best chance of someone regonising you're stopping. Couple this with a high level brake light and you should have no problems. :wink: