Have a question about clearance and marker lights.

[LowTide]

Here's the federal requirements:
http://www.nhtsa.gov/cars/rules/standards/conspicuity/TBMpstr.html

Confusing, isn't it?

John 

Good grief, yes I think I am getting nauseous.

[LowTide]

From reading my recent replies, I think I might have not been too clear of my intention.

I am attaching an image of our coach, you can see the marker light just behind the drivers tire ( I hope that is referred to as a marker light) I wanted to add 4 more lights down the side at the same level on both sides.

The clearance light midway on the top side is all she has. I wanted to add one about 24" behind that vista window and one towards the rear before the roof curves down or somewhere above the last port side window.

I thought that I could have the last trailing light in each row be red, but I was corrected bout using the last light as red.

I don't want to do anything different with the identification lights, except trying to get some new lenses. A few of our lenses appear to be melted in the center (that is on the front and rear).

[LowTide]

Those look nice, look like the OEM side turn signal lights on my bus.  FWIW, the minimum requirement is for three identification lights clustered in the middle front and rear, two clearance lights front and rear as far towards the top and side as possible, facing front and rear, two marker lights on the top sides front and rear, and marker lights on top middle.  So your minimum is 9 amber identification, clearance and marker lights, and 7 reds, all around the roof line.  I haven't been able to find anything that says you can't make the front and rear clearance and marker lights into turn signals as well as normal lights, and I haven't been able to find anything that says you can't make the three red identification lights on the rear into a high center brake light set, as well as normal lights.  You can add more lights, but that is the minimum for top/roof mounted lights.

They call the grouped triple lights at the top front and back "identification" lights because they are required on any vehicle over 80 inches wide.  It's so you can instantly tell where the middle of the vehicle is.

Brian

Thanks Brian, this helps allot.

You're right, the coach is not original....LOL