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      11-25-2013, 01:07 PM   #23
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Vitoco - you need to take a closer look. The taillights on F10/11 and F30/31 has an amber screen in the blinkers, so that the light is amber.



The amber screen is more noticeable on the 4-series which makes it look less "clean".
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      11-25-2013, 01:34 PM   #24
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I donīt get it, hereīs my F31 and I donīt have any amber in the glass like in the top pic.
Look in the upper left corner of your driver's side taillight. You can see the amber clearly from that angle.
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      11-25-2013, 02:29 PM   #25
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Vitoco - you need to take a closer look. The taillights on F10/11 and F30/31 has an amber screen in the blinkers, so that the light is amber.



The amber screen is more noticeable on the 4-series which makes it look less "clean".
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Look in the upper left corner of your driver's side taillight. You can see the amber clearly from that angle.
You guys are right! It looks classier for sure
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I took a quick look ( not too close) to my father's f10 and I didn't saw anything orange or amber in the taillights
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      11-25-2013, 02:57 PM   #27
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I took a quick look ( not too close) to my father's f10 and I didn't saw anything orange or amber in the taillights
Maybe the leds light up in amber, the f3x doesnt have leds so I assume they have to put in amber glass/shading or whatever...
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      11-25-2013, 04:16 PM   #28
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But is the blinker light still amber? And yes, I would rather the amber look as well!
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      11-25-2013, 05:12 PM   #29
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anybody has a vid of the US version of f32 turning lights woking so i can make an idea if it worth change them or not? becouse from the pics for me it seems like all red looks cleaner and I prefer them that way
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      11-27-2013, 03:24 AM   #30
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i have found vids to compare in alpine white as well as mine, is the convertible but these are the only ones that i have found

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for me the US version looks so much cleaner
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      11-27-2013, 07:18 AM   #31
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EU = babes
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Man, I really hate red indicators. They should ban 'em in the US. It sucks not knowing at a glance if a flashing taillight in traffic is a turn signal or someone tapping the brakes. It's especially bad when lanesplitting on the motorcycle.

In the dark ages of having just one bulb for the taillight at least it sorta made sense, but these days we have separate housings in virtually every car built, why add to the confusion with red indicators?

Making the situation worse is the fact that many manufacturers use the turn signal color change for a 'refreshed' model, think E60 5 series in 2008 where they went to red indicators from amber.
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      12-03-2013, 09:04 AM   #33
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i dont understand why they make 2 different sets of lights when 1 of them is legal for all countries.

for example, i know amber turnsignals are legal in the US and europe...so why not just mass produce it and save a few bucks? is it really that necessary to have red turn signals ?
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