Ugly lights

[Lester H]

Any members agree that rear lights have become ugly, not in keeping with overall car designs and, worse, vulnerable to knocks and minor scrapes as a result of not being integrated into the overall body shape? Toyota, Honda and Nissan are among the worst offenders. The first new MINI ,on the other hand had the rear light cluster recessed into the wing, and thus less vulnerable. The Fiat Panda has the lights integrated into the rear pillar, out of harm’s way in the car park, a design feature introduced by Volvo estates. The old Defender had the Lucas lights screwed on but they cost next to nothing to replace.

[xx99xx]

No

[Super Sonic]

Yes.
You should have made this a poll

[pinchmeimdreamin]

Also No

[toasty]

I’m not sure.

[Blue_star]

I was behind a brand new c5 air cross, the lights were sick. Very original.

[Super Sonic]

Blue_star said:

I was behind a brand new c5 air cross, the lights were sick. Very original.

Is that a yes or a no?

[LunarOne]

Yes. in the race to stand out from the crowd, lights (both front and rear) have become overly fussy and contrived and in many cases, downright hideous. I've spent the last couple of weeks in the U.S. where I saw some absolute monstrosities, the worst of which were the front lights on some sort of Kia appliance. A deep V-shaped DRL extending back towards the windscreen, and then down towards the ground.

The horror!

[Soloman Dodd]

Super Sonic said:

Blue_star said:

I was behind a brand new c5 air cross, the lights were sick. Very original.

Is that a yes or a no?

He quite clearly stated that the lights are ill, and vomiting.

[Blue_star]

Hahah, no lights were great.

[MattsCar]

[Turn7]

Ugly lights fitted to ugly cars ….

Good looking new cars are unicorns nowadays .

[StuntmanMike]

I miss these babies…..

As used by Cortinas, TVRs and Ice cream vans the world over.

[ambuletz]

MattsCar said:

just llook at how small the indicators are. There really should be a law against it. I hardly noticed someone's indicator in broad daylight the other day when behind them and in a different lane.

[Pica-Pica]

ambuletz said:

MattsCar said:

just llook at how small the indicators are. There really should be a law against it. I hardly noticed someone's indicator in broad daylight the other day when behind them and in a different lane.

Well there is a regulation about their luminosity and direction, so they are not illegal.

[Miserablegit]

So the regs aren’t fit for purpose- there are a few new cars that seem designed to make indicators very difficult to see- a tiny square of orange in a sea of a billion candlepower DRL.

[ambuletz]

The mokka is the same, how can it be safe to have such small indicators?

[Smint]

Miserablegit said:

So the regs aren t fit for purpose- there are a few new cars that seem designed to make indicators very difficult to see- a tiny square of orange in a sea of a billion candlepower DRL.

Spot on not to mention front indicators buried within the headlight, some rears so small and insignificant that even slight sunshine hitting the lens makes them disappear.
Scrolling indicators another pointless fad designed to impress small boys, illuminate the whole lamp you chumps not an led at a time chasing pretty patterns, even some artic trailer lights have these things now about as much use as teats on a bull.

[Pica-Pica]

Smint said:

Miserablegit said:

So the regs aren t fit for purpose- there are a few new cars that seem designed to make indicators very difficult to see- a tiny square of orange in a sea of a billion candlepower DRL.

Spot on not to mention front indicators buried within the headlight, some rears so small and insignificant that even slight sunshine hitting the lens makes them disappear.
Scrolling indicators another pointless fad designed to impress small boys, illuminate the whole lamp you chumps not an led at a time chasing pretty patterns, even some artic trailer lights have these things now about as much use as teats on a bull.

I actually like well-designed scrolling indicators - you certainly can't complain that you haven't noticed them.

[Smint]

Pica-Pica said:

I actually like well-designed scrolling indicators - you certainly can't complain that you haven't noticed them.

The ones on artic trailers would be fine if the whole lamp was illuminated but each subsequent segment lit is so weedy compared to a standard truck indicator they might as well not bother.