06-29-2014, 06:06 PM | #1 |
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EU to US tail light swap...
A good friend of mine just took delivery of his brand new M4. The car's color is Sakhir Orange. The yellow turn signal lens just look weird, so my buddy switched over to US tail lights.
The EU tail use a yellow lens with a yellow bulb & reflector. The US lens use a red lens with a yellow bulb. The US bulb even looks like a different design(long and thin bulb). Here are some pics... US lights installed on the M4, EU tail light in my hand... and in action...
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06-29-2014, 06:26 PM | #3 | |
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w/o the amber(yellow) aftermarket LED's the light would be red. That would be a no go for the German TUV and Polizei over here in Germany.
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06-29-2014, 06:35 PM | #4 | |
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Its great if it blink yellow i been thinking of doing this mod myself actually. |
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07-15-2014, 05:02 PM | #8 | |
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07-15-2014, 05:14 PM | #9 | |
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There on vacation and the tail lights are not yet listed on their site. Ty for the reply. Fran |
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07-18-2014, 02:12 PM | #11 |
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The Europeans will want US lights, and the fellas from the US will want European lights. My mother had an SL500 when she lives in the US. She imported it to Europe, where it was sold a few years later to a chap in Norway. Since the US lights had to be swapped to European lights when she imported the vehicle, we just gave the new owner the US lights also since they were useless to us. Guess what: even though the European headlights looked nicer, he still swapped them to the US ones because it would look "different".
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07-18-2014, 03:48 PM | #12 |
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So wait I guess in the EU you want our equipment the way we want yours? Odd world we live in. lol
Oh and does the new F8X have vinyl and anthracite material on the sun visors. lol I know US cars got shafted in the later models. |
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@richardg I will check on the EU sun visors...
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07-18-2014, 06:08 PM | #14 |
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It blinks red, white, and blue.
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08-11-2014, 03:27 PM | #19 |
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http://www.superbrightleds.com/morei...#/tab/Overview
would the fit in the m4 tail lamp for the indicators? Base: 1156 (BA15S) Thanks |
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07-12-2015, 11:31 AM | #21 |
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You shouldn't have to, the bulbs should be altready installed, basically it plug and play. I have a set of like new U.S. lenses for sale if anyone is interested. Fran. May even be listed it classifieds from a while ago. Fran
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