36 replies to this topic

[TheBennyStimson]

Hiya guys, just wondering what your opinions are on black headlight crosses? I've got a reasonably rally style mini and i think they look quite cool? what about you?

[Carlos W]

Do you drive it in the dark?

 

Mini headlights aren't that great standard, tape is going to make it even worse

[Tupers]

You can and will get pulled for obstructing the beam of the headlight. 

 

 

Aside from that tape on headlights was really more common on track Minis. Most rally cars either ran clear plastic or fine steel mesh covers to protect them from stones with little obstruction to the light. 

[Baldspeed Racing]

I use to run tape on mine over the summer then remove it over the winter as my beam pattern wasn't the best.

[Ivor Badger]

Rally mini? Rally cars don't run tape, only track cars to reduce broken glass on the track if the headlight is damaged.

[MrBounce]

Rally mini? Rally cars don't run tape, only track cars to reduce broken glass on the track if the headlight is damaged.

Always wondered why they did that!

[mab01uk]

 

Rally mini? Rally cars don't run tape, only track cars to reduce broken glass on the track if the headlight is damaged.

Always wondered why they did that!

 

 

If you look at old photos or films during the bombing of British towns and cities in the Second World War you may notice the windows in buildings are also taped across to reduce the hazard of broken glass

 

Quote:

"We also were told to put sticky tape across all the panes of glass in the windows - these were placed from corner to corner usually in the form of a cross and we were told that this would prevent the glass splintering and flying into people's faces if we ever had a bomb fall in the near vicinity."

http://www.bbc.co.uk.../a2205848.shtml

[kezzkitkat]

I only do it at shows or actual tracks I would rather see the roads at night than something damaging the mini on the outer roads. Plus if I actually used on the road I'd definitely get a ticket

[Cooperman]

Rally cars most definitely don't have any sort of tape on their lights. When driving fast in the dark you need all the light you can get down the road. What rally Minis had were padded spot/fog-light covers to prevent damage during daylight sections, but that's a different thing.

On road cars headlight crossed tape says, loud and clear "boy racer"! Looks pretty naff as well.

Edited by Cooperman, 08 December 2015 - 01:20 PM.

[kezzkitkat]

Might aswell get the go faster stripes on the go two lol

[nicklouse]

Rally cars most definitely don't have any sort of tape on their lights.

some times they do.

 

when needed to comply with the regs regarding light patterns.

 

often extra lights would have the lower half or the upper half of the glass taped over so as to fulfill the requirements on maximum of driving lights or spotlights.

 

it has been a while since I did a 12 car event or whatever they were/are called.

 

nothing really to do with the topic here but  they might have had tape on their lights.  ;)

 

and boy racers. Yep.

[Cooperman]

I've never had to put tape on my rally car lights in 55 years in rallying EXCEPT when we used a race track on an International Rally at which time tape was needed to prevent any broken light glass falling onto the track.

However, I do seem to remember some crews putting tape over the lower half of spotlights in order to drive in very thick fog when they didn't have fog lights. I never tried this so don't know if it works, but the theory is sound as it would cut down the vertical spread of light. These days we don't seem to get those sort of fog conditions and modern dip beams are very good compared with older headlight dip patterns. .

[Spider]

I don't mind the look of the tape, but as others have said, it's usually not legal and does lower the light output.

 

 

If you look at old photos or films during the bombing of British towns and cities in the Second World War you may notice the windows in buildings are also taped across to reduce the hazard of broken glass

 

Quote:

"We also were told to put sticky tape across all the panes of glass in the windows - these were placed from corner to corner usually in the form of a cross and we were told that this would prevent the glass splintering and flying into people's faces if we ever had a bomb fall in the near vicinity."

http://www.bbc.co.uk.../a2205848.shtml

 

 

They still do that today in hurricane prone areas

[Cooperman]

When I was a small boy, during WW2, we lived in St. Albans and had some sort of tape over the windows in the bedrooms and the lounge and kitchen. In fact, we had a crack in one window after a bomb landed on a house about 3/4 of a mile away. It was assumed the actual target was de Havilland Aircraft at Hatfield, 5 miles away. I was about 3 then.

[timmy850]

Some people have a sense of humour with it.. This is from the 1966 Bathurst race

http://autopics.com....lance-j-ruting/