White pinstripes inside Euro Hella Smileys

[OptimusGlen]

I got these in yesterday and one side was all fogged up, so without giving it much thought I took it apart to clean and reseal it. Once I got it all back together, and posted on BF.c it was brought to my attention.

Once I looked, sure enough, the little pinstripes were gone on the set I cleaned.

Here is a pic from before I did anything. They are the vertical lines in front of the projector "eye"



My question is, what do these little lines do?

[Garageaholic]

I'm no genius, but I believe that they simply project the light and disperse it for the maximum light beam pattern.

A close second, I believe, would be strength of the actual housing.

[Rocla]

I have no idea what they actually do, but once you touch them, they are gone. They are like chalk.

My car doesn't have them, since I smoked the lights and I've never noticed lights working differnt.

[NC325iC]

those are painted on????

i thought they were just part of the glass

[Van Westervelt]

They are painted on and come off easily on older units after all the temp changes they have experienced. You should have just used a heat gun to dry them out.

In no way would they have anything to do with the strength of the housing.

Should be a design to break up the light so that it has refracting points before hitting the road giving better coverage.

[NC325iC]

let us know what kind of difference it makes
they shoulda just etched the glass

[YAN-3]

can we please see a photo of the after effect?

[Majikal]

I dont think they can make THAT much of a difference...

[blueapplesoda]

I dont think they can make THAT much of a difference...

i just wiped mine clean before i smoked my lows and i didnt notice a difference AT ALL, but again i don't have proof to show so believe what you want.

[OptimusGlen]

I'll leave the one side with them, and the other side without them, and look into it more once I mount them up and get them wired.

[turbo_negro69]

I like 'em better without 'em.

[xLibelle]

the stripes!! they do nothing!! /eastern euro accent

they were put there for looks.
fuck'em and dont think twice about losing them.

[tonytony]

hmmm interesting, i always figured it was part of the glass itself