This may be a dumb noob question but If i dont ask I wont know .... why do people tape x's on their head lights when they are racing .. I have seen it at the strip and in pictures of track cars whats the point ? is it incase the brake like you do with storm windows or something ? im at a total lost for the reason for this ?


I am not making fun of it I just dont understand why ?

 

I always thought it was so if they do crack on the track you don't get glass everywhere. But what do I know.

 

so it looks like a one-eyed cow.

 

Fawk the headlight WTF is up with the car?

The owner must work at Gateway Country


[Modified by TheBossman, 4:34 PM 12/12/2002]

 

ahahahahhahahahahahahahhahahahahahhaahhahah. sorry, that was pretty fawking funny

 

you mean gayway country

 

its not my car .. if you wana rag on a car I will post pictures of mine but does anybody know why you would tape x's on your head lights like that ?

 

 

Moo!!

 

Maybe hes from the "dirty souf" Nelly Style!!!

 

nelly puttin it down for the mid west ya heard ! yO

 

Back to the subject, i'm wondering too why every track car tapes their headlight, I'd figured if it breaks it won't fall appart?????

Thanks

Jonathan

 

Dude youve got your answer. Say you got 25 cars on a road cousre and 1 outta 5 of them gets a rock in the headlight and shatters it. The other racers dont wanna drive through debris etc. Never wanna cut down a tire.

 

Thats what I figured but I wasent sure ... thanks for the info !

 

Yes this is correct
Same reason you are only suposed to run water wetter, insted of coolent. Coolent takes too long to dry on the track.!

 

exactly!

 

I always wondered the same thing. Honda headlights are made out of plastic , so i dont see how they would chatter.

 

Honda headlights are made of plastic. So chances of them shattering are pretty slim, but there is ALWAYS a possibility.

Plus, tracks in California are mostly located in the desert where alot of sand and rocks are kicked up in the air during the course.

 

you have to have them taped to run on a track, just because they are made out of plastic dosent mean they wont shatter if you run into the back end of another car.

so yes the tape is supposed to cover the headlights, an X usually isnt sufficent, white civic did it properly.

 

my headlights (eg) are glass. the jdm ones are plastic lenses. but not usdm.

the car pictured is the same (well my car isn't that cool.) deal glass lense.

 

Thanks for the info, and water wetter is what I'm running already!!!

What blue material is everyone running to cover their headlights???

Jonathan

 

Its just automotive tape, It comes in a whole bunch of colors.

 

thanks!!!!

 

I also heard it sometimes meant they were a Xpert driver?
im not sure, but it was in the auto-x forum.

 

then why is there only one healdight x'ed??


[Modified by 5thgenhybrid, 6:09 PM 12/12/2002]