Orange bulb in the headlights for what? - Toyota Yaris Forums

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS · 01-10-2007, 08:58 PM

Hey guys just wondering if you guys know what the little orange colored bulb in the headlight housing is for since I have not seen it flash for the signals???

Thanks
-Rick

*Chris07LB* · 01-10-2007, 09:26 PM

You mean these? - http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...09&postcount=1

hasher22 · 01-10-2007, 09:27 PM

your sayin the blinker/repeaters doesnt work on ur car?

paultyler_82 · 01-11-2007, 04:55 AM

US and Canadian law require side amber reflex reflectors whereas other countries do not, that is why only US and Canadian vehicles have them.

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS · 01-17-2007, 03:19 PM

Sorry guys .. been to busy to read this since I posted this.... and now feel like an idiot as I know what all those signal bulbs are for... I mean in the headlight housing under the head light bulb there is a tiny bulb upon closer inspection it is not orange... but not clear either.. Is this just cosmetic ... btw it does light up I found when the full headlight system is on it lights up.

-Rick

bigsky2 · 01-17-2007, 03:28 PM

It's the Parking Light!

*Chris07LB* · 01-17-2007, 05:29 PM

Like so...... http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...96&postcount=1

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS · 01-17-2007, 11:36 PM

Yes ^^^ Those are the ones!... Okay so they are called parking lights... but whats the piont of them? Never had them on any other car b4.. Also how did you just turn them on and nothing else in those pics?

Sorry so many questions... But if any one has questions reguarding the Toyota Solara I'm the man haha

-Rick

paultyler_82 · 01-17-2007, 11:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

Yes ^^^ Those are the ones!... Okay so they are called parking lights... but whats the piont of them? Never had them on any other car b4.. Also how did you just turn them on and nothing else in those pics?

Sorry so many questions... But if any one has questions reguarding the Toyota Solara I'm the man haha

-Rick

In a few countries, parking lights of this type, also known as locator lights or city lights are a legal requirement, you should notice that they come on when you switch to parking light setting on the stalk, and will, as you've said, stay on with the headlights. I'm not sure of the exact reasons that they are used, but in many countries, they're used during certain hours in well lit urban areas instead of headlights, in order to reduce glare but to still be able to tell where the other cars are, thus the name Locator or City lights.

SmellyTofu · 01-18-2007, 03:22 AM

Umm.. you'll find going back in history.. it's actually a light you leave on in dark areas where it helps other motorist to see your car parked to the side (hence the reason why it's called "parking light"). In Europe, you'll see many LHD vehicles when parked with the set of left hand side lights to be lit only. RHD, the right side as it's the bit of the car that is closer to the centre of the road.

It is not a light that you use to reduce glare. In the city, you still should have low beam on at nights. (I haven't seen any cars in the big cities of Japan without their low beams not turned on at night).

eTiMaGo · 01-18-2007, 03:41 AM

Hmm interesting, here people just turn those on in the late afternoon as dusk falls... As soon as it's getting dark, the low beams come on

Ric n Sov's Vitz RS · 01-18-2007, 10:12 PM

So far the only way I can just turn those lights on is when the hand brake is pulled up and I turn the switch one notch and then those come on but as soon as the hand brake is down or off the day light running lights come on....

-Rick

TrancosRt · 01-18-2007, 10:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Ric n Sov's Vitz RS

So far the only way I can just turn those lights on is when the hand brake is pulled up and I turn the switch one notch and then those come on but as soon as the hand brake is down or off the day light running lights come on....

-Rick

Prolly that's because of the DRLs. When you take the hand brake off you're supposed to be ready to drive, hence the DRLs come one. With the brake on, you're parked, hence the parking lights turn on... Maybe?? I dunno!!!

*Chris07LB* · 01-19-2007, 10:31 AM

Hand Brake ON; car running = No lights inside the headlight housing will be on.

Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights OFF = DRL's and parking lights will be on.

Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights ON = Low beams and Parking lights ON.

As you know, the DRL's are just a lower wattage being sent to your low/high beam bulb. There is no seperate DRL bulb.

01-10-2007, 08:58 PM	#1
Ric n Sov's Vitz RS Waiting to be SC'ed Drives: 07 RS LB mt 5 door polar white Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 218	Orange bulb in the headlights for what? Hey guys just wondering if you guys know what the little orange colored bulb in the headlight housing is for since I have not seen it flash for the signals??? Thanks -Rick

01-10-2007, 09:27 PM	#3
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01-17-2007, 03:28 PM	#6
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01-18-2007, 03:41 AM	#11
eTiMaGo vroom vroom View User's Garage Drives: lil red 5-door Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Bangkok, Thailand Posts: 7,744	Hmm interesting, here people just turn those on in the late afternoon as dusk falls... As soon as it's getting dark, the low beams come on __________________ The price of freedom of religion, or of speech, or of the press, is that we must put up with a good deal of rubbish. - Robert Jackson Bye bye 1NZ...

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01-10-2007, 09:26 PM	#2
Chris07LB Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,174	You mean these? - http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...09&postcount=1

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01-17-2007, 03:19 PM	#5
Ric n Sov's Vitz RS Waiting to be SC'ed Drives: 07 RS LB mt 5 door polar white Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 218	Sorry guys .. been to busy to read this since I posted this.... and now feel like an idiot as I know what all those signal bulbs are for... I mean in the headlight housing under the head light bulb there is a tiny bulb upon closer inspection it is not orange... but not clear either.. Is this just cosmetic ... btw it does light up I found when the full headlight system is on it lights up. -Rick

01-17-2007, 05:29 PM	#7
Chris07LB Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,174	Like so...... http://www.yarisworld.com/forums/sho...96&postcount=1

01-17-2007, 11:36 PM	#8
Ric n Sov's Vitz RS Waiting to be SC'ed Drives: 07 RS LB mt 5 door polar white Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 218	Yes ^^^ Those are the ones!... Okay so they are called parking lights... but whats the piont of them? Never had them on any other car b4.. Also how did you just turn them on and nothing else in those pics? Sorry so many questions... But if any one has questions reguarding the Toyota Solara I'm the man haha -Rick

01-18-2007, 03:22 AM	#10
SmellyTofu 好多人& Drives: . Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Sydney Posts: 264	Umm.. you'll find going back in history.. it's actually a light you leave on in dark areas where it helps other motorist to see your car parked to the side (hence the reason why it's called "parking light"). In Europe, you'll see many LHD vehicles when parked with the set of left hand side lights to be lit only. RHD, the right side as it's the bit of the car that is closer to the centre of the road. It is not a light that you use to reduce glare. In the city, you still should have low beam on at nights. (I haven't seen any cars in the big cities of Japan without their low beams not turned on at night).

01-18-2007, 10:12 PM	#12
Ric n Sov's Vitz RS Waiting to be SC'ed Drives: 07 RS LB mt 5 door polar white Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 218	So far the only way I can just turn those lights on is when the hand brake is pulled up and I turn the switch one notch and then those come on but as soon as the hand brake is down or off the day light running lights come on.... -Rick

01-19-2007, 10:31 AM	#14
Chris07LB Super Moderator View User's Garage Drives: Yaris Liftback Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: New Jersey Posts: 3,174	Hand Brake ON; car running = No lights inside the headlight housing will be on. Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights OFF = DRL's and parking lights will be on. Hand Brake OFF; car running; headlights ON = Low beams and Parking lights ON. As you know, the DRL's are just a lower wattage being sent to your low/high beam bulb. There is no seperate DRL bulb.