I noticed that on alot of Video Games (GT4)/ and Anime(Initial D) that the second set of lights on the FC (the ones under the flip up head lights) are lit up at night.... mine dont light up, so are they supposed to?

I have a 88 gxl, and that spot never lights up, on all three light steps (off, 1, 2) on 1 the side lights and rear lights come on, but the front dosent do any thing, On 2 the flip lights open and the headlights come on... but the second lights dont ever do any thing...

So what I want to know is there a bulb in there? dose it need replaceing... or do i have bad wireing or something?

If not then what are they for?

 

the ones you talking about are the flash to pass.why they are lit up in video games is cause they are modeled after the japan rx7.have you noticed that the steering wheel is on the passenger side!!! i should know cause i have GT4 also lol and every 7 i have is a right hand drive car... there is a convertion to make your flash to pass light up.and there is a thread about this subject but i cant find it .

 

so.... what do they do on the US models?

 

yea, japanese rx7's had light up FTP's while we just had a clear one.

or are you talking about the foglights at the bottom of the bumper?

either way, they can be purchased from some site or other member.

 

S5s have the foglights.

FTP lenses (flash to pass) are so when you flick your brights at someone, without your headlights up, they see you flashing your lights. You're supposed to flash them when you pass someone, so they know, and can accomodate, but really, they are just there to signal when you pass a speed trap.

They work by taking the light from your non popped up headlights and directing the light out. There is a write-up on AaronCake's site.

 

wow and I thought those were non functional.

 

wait so that only works after the wire up?

so the US stock modles flash to pass lights do nothing?

 

No, they are just lenses. Your headlights shine through them. To turn them on by flipping your brights, just like in a normal car, when you flash your lights. You can't see it when you are in the car, unless you set up a switch like I did, so you can have running lights without having your headlights up.

 

why not just drive with your brights on and your lights down?

 

Maybe you noticed, those lights aren't very bright when down..the FTP lenses dull them down.

 

Brights don't stay on unless headlights are on. AaronCake's write up turns the headlights on without popping them up.

 

the easiest way to do it is to just purchase jdm ftps and install them, thats what i did..... www.corksport.com has them, i purchased mine from them, brand spankin new! they were gorgeous!

 

Actually the steering wheel is on the driver’s side...

Because they still have a sharply focused horizontal beam of light that will distract and annoy oncoming drivers. The light output is restricted but they’re just as bright to look at.

You must be easily impressed... Personally 5W bulbs don’t do that much for me, especially at that crazy price.

These are nothing more than front marker lights, no different in performance to the combined indicator/marker lights fitted to US models. For obvious reasons, video games and cartoons should not be used to get an idea of what they look like in real life, which is nothing special. Even photos of the real thing tend to make them look brighter than they really are due to the longer exposure times of night photography.

 

not easily impressed, but if you saw the ones they were replacing....WOW! and since i have the money to burn, it wasnt that big of a deal.....

 

this vid will tell you about the flash to pass lights.... enjoy!
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...31358759463783

 

arnt the japanese FTP bulbs 35 watts? thats kind of bright, the fogs are 55 watt stock. u could allways upgrade the bulbs?

 

No, they're just 5W marker lights like I said. They’re no brighter than the marker lights you already have. Where do these myths come from?

They take a small wedge bulb (194, same as the side markers). I doubt you’ll find anything bigger than 10W, so you'd need to use bigger bulb holders, which would require hacking up the housing to fit. If you’re going to do that you might as well save yourself a bunch of money and hack up the FTP lenses you already have. Even better again would be to follow Aaron Cake’s DRL write-up. It's cheaper again, will look better, is completely reversible and you won't lose the ability to use the FTP lenses as they were intended.

 

Not sure if it's been said clearly, but us American guys CAN use our FTP's.

If you're sitting in the driver's seat, just pull on the LEFT-hand 'blinker stalk thingy' that you would PULL if your headlights were ON, to turn on the brights... Make sense? Just pull towards you and 'turn' on your brights when the headlights are down. The little blue "brights are ON" symbol will light up on your gauge-cluster, and your FTP's will be blingin'!

Too bad as soon as you release the 'stalk', the FTP's will turn off. If you want to be cool, you can 'wedge' something behind the 'stalk' so they're always on, lol.

 

Yes it has been explained a couple of times...

 

Pics from Inital D for reference.

Edit: Added "Chart" with what I believe the different lights are called. (Please correct if wrong.)

 

I see what you all mean about the brights switch when the lights are down... to bad it pops out of it its self if the headlights arnt up

Maybe if i go to 'home depo' and get me some of thoes bulbs and sockets I can do the wire up my self --shouldn't cost more then $20

 

Well, guys I got a question about the flash to pass lights. Before I replaced my headlight switch cluster I could turn mine on without them coming up, and could actually use them as driving lights/city lights? Does anyone know how to do this on a working switch because I really liked having them down and on, it looks sweet. Although not much light actually hits the ground, might be dangerous on dark roads but cops can't tell the difference when they're coming at them.... It looks cool, maybe I can mod the switch to make that happen?

 

^^^ damn that is really busy looking. I'll stick with my stock s4 setup kthx

 

Did you miss this?

Only an idiot drive would around at night with the headlights down. The cops should be the least of your worries. I'd consider not clearly seeing where you're going a little more important. This is for daytime use only.