With gloomy winter days loomig up here I am thinking about some auxillary lamps for the front of my '68.
A lot of the moderns now have running lights which make them much more visible.
Has anyone installed these and if so what style and where are they mounted? and most of all , how do they look?

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My el camino has DLR's. I bought a kit (relay & wiring) for about $15.00 . Whenever the ignition is on, it powers the low beam head lamp at approx 70% power. The lights are on, but not bright enough to bother people. I haven't seen the kit lately, but i'm sure it must still be available. JC Whitney maybe http://www.camaros.net/forum/confused.gif

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Rick Schaefer
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Here in Ontario Canada we have had DRL for the past 12 years, mandatory on all new vehicles since 1990
Back in the early 80's when the benefits of DRL where introduced, (Volvo from Sweden) several companies jumped on the band wagon, and started selling retrofit kits, These kits would turn the headlights on at a reduced power, to save horsepower and gas, Well to do that they used a resistor, as a result the resistor became very HOT and cars started catching fire and burning up.
As a result only kits that were ULC approved could be sold, to get this approval the kits had to be tested, and of course that increased the cost, so they were no longer popular.
The biggest drawback today of DRL is that the tail lights do not come, only when it gets dark about a 30 -40 second delay. Drivers have become complacent and do not manualy turn the lights on in bad weather, next time its raining during the day count how many cars have the tail lights on, less than 25 %, I wonder when there are big pile up crashes in the fog or sand storms how many deaths would be avoided, if only the drivers had turned on thier lights.
Remeber the key to survival is make your self visable, best way is turn on your lights.
My advise would be turn on your lights manualy all the time, and install a "LIGHTS ON" warning system to remind yourself to turn them off.

Sorry for going on so long about this but I have taken a personal crusade to pass this message along, Let me explain,
A couple of years ago on one of the busiest highways (4 lane expressway) near Windsor Ontario it was a bright and Sunny morning
The area was experiancing what is called industrial fog, these are patches of fog that low hanging and very thick, however they are short and narrow bands, as you are driving you are in them and out in a matter of seconds, As cars and trucks are speeding along at 120 - 140 kmh ( 70 -80 mph) they entered a patch of fog. However this one was different, it did not let up after 2 or 3 seconds, I think there was over 100 tractor trailer and cars involved in this pile up, there was one 16 year old girl ( I also have 16 year old daughter) who with her mother survived the intial impact, only to be pinned between two wrecks, as the flames grew bigger her resucures could do nothing but retreat, Her screams could be heard through the fog, " For God sake please help me, I'm only 16 years old"
She and several others perished in the crash. All I can think is what if the drivers had only turned on the lights so they would have been visable.

I typed this out and let it sit for about an hour on the computer, Is this the place for this type of story, I asked myself.
Just to let you know I was not there, I did not know any one personaly involved, however I did read several articles on the accident.
I came to the conclusion that if one person reads this and starts turning on the lights in bad weather and one life is saved, then this story is justified.
Rob.