Got my Euro facelift tails.

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amancuso
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Got my Euro facelift tails.

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OK I'm in the USA and am in the process of converting my (facelift) rears to include fog lamps. A friend in Germany sent me some clusters but it appears they are yet another iteration of the design. These clusters have the following set up:

Germany:

turn
brake/running/reverse/fog


UK models have as far as I know:

turn
running-brake dual/running/reverse/fog

US models:

turn
running/running/reverse/brake

Can anyone confirm this?

Thanks,
Al
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Gazza
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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UK and German lights are the same

Running+Brake/turn/reverse/fog

German

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amancuso
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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Thanks gazza. The units I received have a single filament for the outer lower bulb which to me is brake only. Wiring color is a black for earth and a black/Red for the brake signal.
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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We need someone with a facelift to check wiring colours.
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Devon Z
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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I can check later but I think it might have a extra 5watt tail light, so that's a 21/5watt 2 filament for running/tail and brake then a single 5watt running/tail, then fog reverse and indicator.

Could be wrong :lol: I'll check later when I get home.
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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Just checked my 99 facelift and they are all separate single filament bulbs for tail/brake/fog/turn and reverse.
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amancuso
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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Devon Z wrote:Just checked my 99 facelift and they are all separate single filament bulbs for tail/brake/fog/turn and reverse.
Thank you!
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Re: Got my Euro facelift tails.

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amancuso wrote:
Devon Z wrote:Just checked my 99 facelift and they are all separate single filament bulbs for tail/brake/fog/turn and reverse.
Thank you!
No problem :)
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