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Truett Collins
Elio Addict
Since the fenders on the Elio turn with the tires they would be illegal.....
Kronos
Elio Aficionado
Which is a shame since that allows you to look into the direction of your turn better. I believe some cars in Europe currently use this sort of technology.
Jeff Bowlsby
Elio Addict
Consider them as switchable driving lights or daytime running lights, smaller than the headlights, but consider integrating the turnsignals into them. Leave the main headlights where they are on the chassis.
Always pointing in the direction of travel unlike body/chassis mounted lights, they increase safety, and in the case of the Elio design, very economically. They are called "adaptive headlights". google it.
https://www.aaafoundation.org/adaptive-headlights
Always pointing in the direction of travel unlike body/chassis mounted lights, they increase safety, and in the case of the Elio design, very economically. They are called "adaptive headlights". google it.
https://www.aaafoundation.org/adaptive-headlights
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wheaters
Elio Addict
The lights on that Ford are fitted to the main bodywork shell. They are therefore "sprung" weight (inboard of the suspension) and relatively stable on the road. like the lights on other cars (even motor cycles and bicycle lights are actually "sprung" because they are located on the main frame and don't go up and down with the wheels). If you fitted headlights to the Elio's front fenders they would be "unsprung" weight (outboard of the suspension) and would move rapidly up and down with the front wheels. If you could keep the bulb filaments intact for any length of time, the light pattern would bounce up and down all over the place.
Ty
Elio Addict
Not quite... My motorcycle's headlight turns with the wheel...
BTW, That's one of my favorite cars. I thought about it, but it would have to be on fenders attached to the body. Two major problems other than what was said, the extra weight ( unsprung weight ) isn't good, and the bouncing would trash trash most any headlight, even LED's. Its marginal for marker lights but those can be hardened.
I think an extreme body mod would be suitable. Which wouldn't be totally hard to do, just more than people would expect from a kit. Yep could be done as a kit.
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