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Calico_NC
06-03-2006, 09:20 PM
I have these, but what are they for. Do they light up, cause mine haven't lit up since i had them or Are they just reflectors?

Also, im having trouble removing them. INFO ON THAT WOULD BE HELPFUL TOO!
http://i5.tinypic.com/11l79cz.jpg

winfred
06-03-2006, 09:27 PM
they light up, are generally known as marker lights and pry out, but they are easy to break so it's better to push them out from the back side, but if you are at the back side it's just as easy to give the socket a 1/4 turn and pop out the bulb

Calico_NC
06-03-2006, 09:42 PM
what do u mean by 1/4 turn. do u turn the light itself or just the socket inside the light

Calico_NC
06-03-2006, 09:45 PM
also another ?, do the ones in the back light up too?

E34 530
06-03-2006, 10:51 PM
buy eurotrim from the dealer. Cleans up the car alot

winfred
06-04-2006, 07:08 AM
1/4 turn on the light socket and they all light up


also another ?, do the ones in the back light up too?

SchnellE34
06-04-2006, 09:01 AM
buy eurotrim from the dealer. Cleans up the car alot
put some black tape over them until you do that

Edit: see the sig, mine light up

ericcamaro
06-04-2006, 09:33 AM
oooo, egg yokes, get rid of em, those amber colored lenses have been the cause of many a ugly looking cars. Euro trim is a must, then get yourself some clear corners and some euro tails. BTW if there not lighting up thats good, you want to draw as little attention to those as possible.

Calico_NC
06-04-2006, 02:57 PM
ok i got them to work. Also, can u buy clear ones or are u just stuck with the factories, because i want to get clears, b/c all the lights in the front of my car are clear.


P.S oh and by the way, that pic is of my car when i first got it. the only pic i had of a side view

winfred
06-04-2006, 02:59 PM
they make clears but sometimes they are cheeply made, probably score some on ebay


ok i got them to work. Also, can u buy clear ones or are u just stuck with the factories, because i want to get clears, b/c all the lights in the front of my car are clear.

Calico_NC
06-04-2006, 06:41 PM
i tried ebay and i didn't see any, any where else you can think of were they sell them

E34 530
06-04-2006, 06:46 PM
They do sell them on ebay, just wait for awhile, they pop up pretty often. Like Winfred said, they look out of place and "cheap" looking.

Calico_NC
06-13-2006, 10:42 PM
sorry for reviving this but, i think i found them.

http://i6.tinypic.com/14c9yyp.jpg

What would you do to make them black around the edges?

Evan
06-13-2006, 10:54 PM
you can also just buy euro trim.. it's bumper trim minus the lights

angrypancake
06-13-2006, 11:05 PM
with clears
http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4223/2180056kw.jpg

Qube
06-14-2006, 06:24 AM
eBay is a hit and miss. I DID see them somewhere... I think BavAuto. Most of them are all chrome so you'll want to smoke them.

Calico_NC
06-14-2006, 08:52 AM
yeah i found them on bravauto.com

winfred
06-14-2006, 08:59 AM
but they are so bright they stick out where the regular lenses sorta blend in

Jay 535i
06-14-2006, 12:00 PM
Don't get the clear lenses -- get the Euro bumper trim that deletes the lights altogether. I have them on my car, although my sig pic shows the "before". Look at my sig pic and just imaging how much cooler the car looks without that light there at all.

The euro trim pieces aren't very expensive. You can get all four for well under $100, and they clean up the car's looks immensely.

That's my two cents.

saj3n
06-14-2006, 01:57 PM
Don't get the clear lenses -- get the Euro bumper trim that deletes the lights altogether. I have them on my car, although my sig pic shows the "before". Look at my sig pic and just imaging how much cooler the car looks without that light there at all.

The euro trim pieces aren't very expensive. You can get all four for well under $100, and they clean up the car's looks immensely.

That's my two cents.

I've been thinking about euro trim for mine... also tossed around the idea of smoking the clear ones, so they look black (like euro trim) in day, but emit light at night... Maybe a blue tone? or hyper white such as turn signals.... not sure...