New E90 rear lights...

agarbati · 08-25-2006, 12:59 PM

I got a loaner today and it is a 325i. It has 2700 miles on it so it's definitely a 2007. The rear lights of this E90 look like mine, red and white, but the indicator has an orange inset so it looks like the light is just red but when you light up the indicator it flashes yellow. Sort of what the previous generation Jetta and Passat had.

Are these lights new for the E90 and the E92? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put modded lights on a loaner.

Sorry, I'm at work right now and don't have my camera so I can't take a picture.

EDIT: You guys are right - it's a late 2006.

shragon · 08-25-2006, 01:01 PM

sounds like they may have switched over to the ones used outside of north america. good thinking on bmw's part because red turn signals suck.

SCA · 08-25-2006, 01:01 PM

The 325 is not being built for MY 2007. The car is a 2006.

2007 Models = 328 & 335.

Got-BMW? · 08-25-2006, 01:11 PM

Not to mention production doesn't start on the 07 E90's until I believe 1 Sept....

It's just a late run 2006 325i...

It's not uncommon for a manufactor to change things through out the production model year.

jojogargoles · 08-25-2006, 01:12 PM

longtran · 08-25-2006, 01:16 PM

maybe the dealer swap out the bulbs to amber??

obLu · 08-25-2006, 01:23 PM

Sounds exactly like the euro lights.

Josh49 · 08-25-2006, 01:28 PM

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Originally Posted by obLu

Sounds exactly like the euro lights.

Second

agarbati · 08-25-2006, 01:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by obLu

Sounds exactly like the euro lights.

No you can tell there is an orange layer underneath the red outer layer.

DFW_M · 08-25-2006, 02:13 PM

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Originally Posted by agarbati

I got a loaner today and it is a 325i. It has 2700 miles on it so it's definitely a 2007. The rear lights of this E90 look like mine, red and white, but the indicator has an orange inset so it looks like the light is just red but when you light up the indicator it flashes yellow. Sort of what the previous generation Jetta and Passat had.

Are these lights new for the E90 and the E92? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put modded lights on a loaner.

Sorry, I'm at work right now and don't have my camera so I can't take a picture.

EDIT: You guys are right - it's a late 2006.

I have 2006 325i TiAg, built May 2005, it has the same rear light -- orange under the red for the blinker, and blinks orange -- got it in AZ.

canucklion · 08-25-2006, 02:21 PM

yeah, like the last two posters said, it's the euro spec.

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Originally Posted by agarbati

No you can tell there is an orange layer underneath the red outer layer.

canucklion · 08-25-2006, 02:22 PM

are you sure it's May 2005? mine was built March 2006, and it blinks red

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Originally Posted by dr325i

I have 2006 325i TiAg, built May 2005, it has the same rear light -- orange under the red for the blinker, and blinks orange -- got it in AZ.

spydrz · 08-25-2006, 02:30 PM

Some cars must've shipped with the Euro lights...

DFW_M · 08-25-2006, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by canucklion

are you sure it's May 2005? mine was built March 2006, and it blinks red

I got it May 29 2005, and it arrived to the dealership on the 28th.

DFW_M · 08-25-2006, 02:33 PM

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Originally Posted by spydrz

Some cars must've shipped with the Euro lights...

I wish they put the Euro fronts too

KL2DC · 08-25-2006, 02:35 PM

Do they look like these...?

I though US DOT prevented them from using amber in the first place. Something to do with square area of amber in relation to reds or somewhere along those lines.

Pics are from a euro spec 320i, euro delivery...DC metro area

DFW_M · 08-25-2006, 02:40 PM

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Originally Posted by KL2DC

Do they look like these...?

I though US DOT prevented them from using amber in the first place. Something to do with square area of amber in relation to reds or somewhere along those lines.

Pics are from a euro spec 320i, euro delivery...DC metro area

Yep, exactly, will take a pic later, but they look exactly like that one.

agarbati · 08-25-2006, 02:47 PM

Had a good laugh over this one. Typically the Germans don't eff up these details but I guess this one slipped through quality control. The right light is the Euro spec, the left light is US spec. Maybe I should change the title of this thread.

spydrz · 08-25-2006, 02:52 PM

That's crazy!! One light's different...someone at the dealer must be playing around with the inventory.

KL2DC · 08-25-2006, 03:01 PM

No way

Is that even possible...??

NoMods · 08-25-2006, 03:14 PM

those wacky Germans and there pranks!

shragon · 08-25-2006, 03:25 PM

lol, that's funny!! could be possible somebody broke the light somehow when the car was loaned to them and the parts person ordered the wrong part?

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agarbati Second Lieutenant 42 Rep 279 Posts Drives: E90, Saph Blk 330i Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Minneapolis iTrader: (0)	New E90 rear lights... I got a loaner today and it is a 325i. It has 2700 miles on it so it's definitely a 2007. The rear lights of this E90 look like mine, red and white, but the indicator has an orange inset so it looks like the light is just red but when you light up the indicator it flashes yellow. Sort of what the previous generation Jetta and Passat had. Are these lights new for the E90 and the E92? I'm pretty sure they wouldn't put modded lights on a loaner. Sorry, I'm at work right now and don't have my camera so I can't take a picture. EDIT: You guys are right - it's a late 2006. Last edited by agarbati; 08-25-2006 at 01:14 PM..
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shragon Moderator 517 Rep 27,440 Posts Drives: BMW Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Bay Area, CA iTrader: (7)	sounds like they may have switched over to the ones used outside of north america. good thinking on bmw's part because red turn signals suck. __________________ www.cardomain.com/id/shragon
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SCA Brigadier General 692 Rep 3,836 Posts Drives: Multiple BMWs Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: 🇺🇸 iTrader: (0)	The 325 is not being built for MY 2007. The car is a 2006. 2007 Models = 328 & 335.
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