Octavia vRS - DRLs in "Strobe" mode. How?

[dArK5HaD0w]

i've seen a couple of vids (overseas) of the octavia rs, in which the drls are in "strobe" mode - i.e. constantly flashing.
any ideas why, or how this is done?

here is an example - u'll c it from 24 secs onwards

in some shots, the drls r continously on, as per normal operation.

[K1W1]

I wouldn't bother it's so illegal in Australia you'd be lucky to get outside your street before you were booked.

[dArK5HaD0w]

I wouldn't bother it's so illegal in Australia you'd be lucky to get outside your street before you were booked.

i don't plan on using it while driving the streets at all.
i'm curious - not stupid!

[K1W1]

You'd probably just use a flasher can and some resistors exactly as if they were indicators.

[Jake02]

Sorry I don't really see a difference? The DRLs pulse a little yes but I think that was exacerbated by the camera...

[dazag]

That's just the frame rate/shutter speed of the camera being at a different frequency ( usually fsater ) to the DRL's, if you like I can pull my camera out and take some footage and get the same effect just to show you??

[Gnat]

I've seen it in several other vRS youtube videos. Yeh, camera frequency de-synch I'd suggest as well .....
Mainly because it seems to be an inconsistent "flash" time from second to second

[dArK5HaD0w]

r u guys serious?!?! - camera angle/freq/shutterspeed/desync!!!
wtf!??!?

here is another video link - one vrs chasing another vrs.
watch the entire video and tell me if the camera is playing tricks on just the blue vrs!!!! i guess the camera only likes playing funny buggers with blue & silver (previous vid i linked) vrs!!
oh no wait....the police car is silver too!! there goes that theory.


as i said before, i'm curious, not stupid!!

[bobski]

Looks like its strobing to me. Seems to me software should make it pretty easy to strobe LEDs, just whether or not it has been programmed to do it... Someone with a VAGCOM might be able to find the setting.

If not a setting in the software, it might be a fitted strobe kit of some kind.

eg...

Skoda Lighting Accessories

[brad]

When i had my R80 BMW you could buy an aftermarket black box as a DRL add-on. It would alternate the voltage to the headlight between 6v-8v for a strobe effect. The best bit was it stopped the battery from going flat if you commuted around town a lot (alternator was direct drive off the crankshaft)