Yellow high beams?

[blue325es]

Womdeng if anybody knows how to do these?

[iamsam]

Yellow Lamin-X.

[monkeytaco]

They look awesome, in my humble opinion.

[Bimmerman325i]

They look cool.

They don't provide much light.

[e30slidewayz]

Go with the oem french headlights instead of the lamin-x crap if you have the $. Much better and way cooler.

[Mo Brighta]

Yelw highs - really?

Wondering if anybody knows how to do these?

Lots of us know HOW, but more to the point - I wonder WHY?

My opinion is that lights are for safety and so you can see (and avoid) obstacles, not for fashion. I worry if your lights are aimed badly, and glare dangerously in another driver's eyes. If you make them yellow, generally they are dimmer, so you are the only one who loses visibility. Lamin-X is one way, XPel is another (I have a set of yellow tint XPel for sale, $12 by first class mail). You can remove the film, the glue is pretty sticky tho. It also keeps rocks from breaking the glass. Clear on all lights is best unless you want the yellow color.

Also, you can buy yellow tinted bulbs for certain lights, or yellow 'caps' for putting over any bulb, these are easily removable and do the same thing but do not make the whole light look yellow. What bulbs do your lights use?

BTW, that is a French light, with yellow glass, in my avatar.

[iamsam]

I thought the yellow color made it easier to see at night for some reason... Either that or the Frenchies like the color yellow.

[colorado_cabrio]

Andy Chimes in!

Andy from what I recall doesn't a yellow/amber lamp provide better results in snow or fog conditions? Something about how yellow refracts off of water?

[colorado_cabrio]

Either that or the Frenchies like the color yellow.

The french did it because they wanted a way to identify the nationality of a car by it's headlamps.

[Bimmerman325i]

I thought the yellow color made it easier to see at night for some reason... Either that or the Frenchies like the color yellow.

It doesn't. My scoob's high beams are yellow, and when they worked, a maglite was brighter. Oh how I hate yellow lights on my own cars.

Roland had oem french bosch e36 headlights (bosch are the best for e36s) and he got rid of them because they provide no light.

[iamsam]

Well there must be a reason that the Frenchies use them. then again...

[blue325es]

Everybody had their own taste.. I think they look bomb.. And yellow dies in fact increase visability. Ive never seen the French headlights.. Sounds interesting.

[Bimmerman325i]

Well there must be a reason that the Frenchies use them. then again...

The french did it because they wanted a way to identify the nationality of a car by it's headlamps.

there's your (correct) reason

[Bimmerman325i]

Everybody had their own taste.. I think they look bomb.. And yellow dies in fact increase visability. Ive never seen the French headlights.. Sounds interesting.

Try it. It really doesn't increase visibility EXCEPT in rain/snow, of which we have 10% of the year.

[iamsam]

more than 10%