fender signals??

[wyze]

while looking around on the posts i noticed that in some pics of your cars you have smoked turn signals installed on your fenders?

it looks sick!!, i was wondering if this was an ebay special(cut fender yourself)

or is this an dealer mod (newer 5er fender fit)

i searched around the forum, couldn't find anything

anyone??

[RallyD]

I was curious about this as well.
In US, what year did the sidemarker lamps appear?
Neither of my cars have them but I think the '94 had the front fenders replaced. I know that nearly all non-US production models came with the side repeaters as standard equipment. Was it an option in US?

[VentoGT]

Sidemarkers were a year by year thing and were not an option in the US. Some early cars have them, and most 1994 and later cars have them as well, but in between there are some that have em and some that don't.

The smoked side blinkers are not OEM as far as I know, though Hella did make clear OEM ones. If you don't have them, I would not recommend drilling holes in your fenders for sidemarkers personally...

[wyze]

hmm i need to pick up some new fenders anyway(damn rust), so 94 + fenders(they should fit on a 90 525i)

hmm i'll have to check this out with my parts store, i'll get back to you guys

[indymdm]

my 94 doesnt have them was it after a certian production date

[CharlesAFerg]

my 94 doesnt have them was it after a certian production date

Huh, thought it was 91+ of the m50 and m60 engine cars

[Dave M]

Easy to dremel a nice hole in your fender and fix these. Relatively cheap from BMA and a fun mod. No issues as long as you take your time and treat the massacred surface with hearty amouts of rust protection.

91 525

[JerseySi]

I'm assuming you mean the ones that go in the front wings?
They were standard fit in UK/Euro markets..

(Although they look better where Dave M has his Hadn't thought of moving mine!)

[wyze]

^^^

yeah!! those are the ones i'm talking about

so sexy!!

[Elekta]

sidemarkers are in the rub strips, and they work as parking lights only. The markers in the fenders are repeaters and work only as blinkers. You can get the smoked/clear repeaters from Bav Auto and clear side markers from Pro Car Parts, but the outer edges of the sidemarkers are plasticized chrome or white and will have to be repainted flat black to look like mine here

old and new sidemarkers here