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Old 08-19-2009, 10:24 AM   #1
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Extra light bulb in the head light assembly

Any one know what that extra light bulb in the head light assembly is for in the Yaris?
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Old 08-19-2009, 10:29 AM   #2
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if your talking about the little 194bulb in the corner. some people call them city lights.
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Old 08-19-2009, 12:02 PM   #3
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if your talking about the little 194bulb in the corner. some people call them city lights.
some people, as in Toyota and their pamphlets.


they're the Yaris version of parking lights, if anyone uses that term anymore.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:01 PM   #4
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Yes they are patrking lights. Why don't people use that "term any more"?

The pupose of them is for times when you want to have lights on but, not your headlights
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:11 PM   #5
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I use "parking lights", but I never use "city lights". But yes, that wedge-bulb is the parking lights on the LB. A lot of people swap them out to bright-white LEDs for a better look.
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Old 08-19-2009, 02:23 PM   #6
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I use "parking lights", but I never use "city lights". But yes, that wedge-bulb is the parking lights on the LB. A lot of people swap them out to bright-white LEDs for a better look.
I didn't have my Yaris more the two days before I swapped mine with hyper white "Polarge M4 B1 Hybirds", my favorite 194 bulb. . I just happend to have them on hand because I use them for my other car. They last a very long time (years) shine bright and look fantastic. I also changed the license plate light as it uses the same bulb.

I also have a set of "PIAA H4 Extreme White Plus" HL bulbs that I will install next week to complete the look.
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Old 08-19-2009, 10:05 PM   #7
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The term "parking lights" originated with the Model T Ford. The headlights were run off of the flywheel magneto and only worked with the engine running, meaning while driving. To provide marker lights warning of a stopped car on the side of the road, people installed battery powered "parking lights" that worked with the engine off.
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Old 08-19-2009, 11:52 PM   #8
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sheesh I was only making a joke towards toyota and their attempt at changing the term....

lol
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Old 08-20-2009, 11:31 AM   #9
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From the WikiPedia article on automotive lighting:

Front position lamps (parking lamps)
Nighttime standing-vehicle conspicuity to the front is provided by front position lamps,[15] known as parking lamps or parking lights in North America,[5] and front sidelights in UK English,[19]. Despite the UK term, these are not the same as the sidemarker lights described below. The front position lamps may emit white or amber light in North America;[5] elsewhere in the world they must emit only white light.[15] Colloquial city light terminology for front position lamps[20] derives from the practice, formerly adhered to in cities like Moscow, London and Paris, of driving at night in built-up areas using these low-intensity lights rather than headlamps.[21] It is now illegal in many countries to drive a vehicle with parking lamps illuminated, unless the headlamps are also illuminated. The UK briefly required Dim-Dip lights, described below, in an attempt to optimize the level of light used at night in built-up areas.


Parking lamps on a Soviet 1974 Volga GAZ-24. In Russia, they are called "podfarniki" ("under-headlights") or "gabarite lights".
Since the late 1960s, front position lamps have been required to remain illuminated even when the headlamps are on, to maintain the visual signature of a dual-track vehicle to oncoming drivers in the event of headlamp burnout. Front position lamps worldwide produce between 4 and 125 candelas.[5][15][22]
In Germany, the StVZO (Road Traffic Licensing Regulations) calls for a different function also known as parking lamps: With the vehicle's ignition switched off, the operator may activate a low-intensity light at the front (white or amber) and rear (red) on either the left or the right side of the car. This function is used when parking in narrow unlit streets to provide parked-vehicle conspicuity to approaching drivers.[23] This function, which is optional under ECE and US regulations, is served passively and without power consumption in North America by the mandatory sidemarker retroreflectors.[5]
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Old 08-20-2009, 11:34 AM   #10
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Yes they are patrking lights. Why don't people use that "term any more"?

The pupose of them is for times when you want to have lights on but, not your headlights
Which is why a lot of people call them "side lights" ,not parking lights....
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Old 08-20-2009, 11:39 AM   #11
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I use "parking lights", but I never use "city lights". But yes, that wedge-bulb is the parking lights on the LB. A lot of people swap them out to bright-white LEDs for a better look.
dark amber also looks wicked coupled with HID's :)
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Old 08-20-2009, 11:42 AM   #12
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^ I can honestly say I've never seen that combination. Have any example pics?
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Old 08-20-2009, 11:54 AM   #13
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^ I can honestly say I've never seen that combination. Have any example pics?
nothing fantastic. let me check my photobucket.

nope, only this. you can kinda see the reflection of them (they're not on obviously)

i'll keep looking

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Old 08-20-2009, 12:02 PM   #14
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Right now I've got blue driving lights, but that just makes me look really ricey and kinda not straight. If the dark ambers look as good as you say, I'll start looking for some.
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Old 08-20-2009, 12:07 PM   #15
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Right now I've got blue driving lights, but that just makes me look really ricey and kinda not straight. If the dark ambers look as good as you say, I'll start looking for some.
they're in every auto parts store :) amber 194 bulbs.
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Old 08-20-2009, 12:50 PM   #16
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headlight on in broad daylight, taken with my cellphone camera. doesn't do the look justice, sorry

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Old 08-20-2009, 12:56 PM   #17
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I think I get the idea though. I'm going to go to autozone after work and pick these up. I'll try uploading a pic or two, including one with the blue lights (blech).
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Old 08-20-2009, 03:19 PM   #18
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well these little useless lights you guys so speak of, have lots of purpose's. One main one is to have them on in parking garages. No lights, its too dark. Lights on, you blind people easily due to the going up and down part (i hate those bastards) and then we have the parking garage lights... made to do what they do perfectly, they don't have to be white though. They just need to be a dim light. I wanna see how amber and blue look
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