Is this car euro or US-spec?

[TC535i]

Those wheels are REALLY euro, but he has US-spec bumper side moldings... but what's up with those rears?? Is that a custom job, or is there another p/n that has rear reflectors built into the molding??

[shragon]

it's euro.

adding US sidemarker lights to the front and rear sides is a popular mod in europe.

the rear lights in the bumper are rear fog lights, which are required in europe. usually, it's in the tail light itself, however, they probably retrofitted some new ones into the bumper due to the smoked tails.

[TC535i]

You think that's a custom rear bumper strip? I doubt they're "lights", seems like a lot of work to fit an actual light in there, they look more like "reflectors" to me... If they are custom, that's a really clean job!

[e34]

Whats the point of the rear fog lights?

[Bill R.]

area that you would think of as the bumper...

[Unregistered]

Whats the point of the rear fog lights?

most of them are really bright. guess it helps on those cloudy/rainy mornings on the autobahn. those red lights show up really well, like those F1 races where you can just see the one red light in front of you.

[Unregistered]

most of them are really bright. guess it helps on those cloudy/rainy mornings on the autobahn. those red lights show up really well, like those bad weather F1 races where you can just see the one red light in front of you.

[JohnC]

most of them are really bright. guess it helps on those cloudy/rainy mornings on the autobahn. those red lights show up really well, like those bad weathered F1 races where you can just see the one red light in front of you.

[Patrick]

That always makes me laugh. Some of us are eliminating the sidelights by putting in the euro bumper strips, and some euro owners are replacing their strips with US DOT versions and sidelights -go figure???

[Paul in NZ]

in the "trunk" configuration.Thats like brake lights.They are too bright in clear situations,Some euro car owners here seem to think its cool to drive with ALL the lights on.Try following a car with brake lights on all the time on a dark night ...its blinding.