7 replies to this topic

[Matt Brighton]

Hi

 

 

Am getting a boot mounted lucas with the chrome "nipple" . Have seen different lenses - fog and spot 

 

Clear lens and  patterned lens..... for the boot mounted reversing or is it just down to personal choice ?

 

I think i prefer the sparkle of the clear but I am a bit of a magpie and like some chrome bling 

 

Thanks for replies

 

Matt

 

 

[Ethel]

Not really legal, so never official. Your personal choice, though a fog light beam makes more sense unless you're reversing at  70mph. Just wire it through a manual switch to avoid dazzling any police cars as you reverse off your drive.

[SolarB]

The legality of lighting (inc. reverse lights) depends on the age of the car.

[Ethel]

As long as there have been Minis it's never been legal to have something that bright. I wouldn't worry so much about being knicked for it, but it is likely to dazzle other road users and potentially cause you liability problems if you have bump while reversing.

[SolarB]

If the car was used before 1st April 1986 you can use a reverse light with no approval mark and fit it with a bulb of up to 24 watts.
On or after 1st April the light has to have an approval mark.

[GraemeC]

But there is no P36S/BPF bulb under 24W available for the Lucas 756 lamps

[Cooperman]

They were really only fitted to the rally cars where it was useful to have a good reversing light for when a junction was overshot so that rapid reversing was easier. Also it was good if one went off the road to provide a warning to following competitors. We used a 55 watt tungsten bulb and the fog-light lens.

In all my years of having them on my various rally cars I never had the bulb wattage checked and I always wired them in with a warning light on the dash.

[surfblue]

I got pulled by traffic branch (in an unmarked VW Vento VR6) many years ago and admonished for having a "too bright" reversing light. "Terribly sorry Constable" etc etc, wasnt near my home town so was never likely to cross my path again!