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E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in common?

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:31 am
by breakermart
are the fog lights the same on all these? im after m3 fogs but should be able to use them from another car... thoughts?

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 11:19 am
by Sjoerd320i
You can use the pre facelift light's on your M3 but the brackets are different iirc.

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:09 pm
by breakermart
is that the same for the E21? because i think i could find them more often and cheaper

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:51 pm
by Dezzy
Are E21 parts easier to come across then? :?

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:08 pm
by breakermart
not realy lol but iv stubled on some fog lights in the past and they were cheaper than e30 or m3. just dont know if they are the same size

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:11 pm
by e30topless
E21's don't have foglights from the factory IIRC, not in the valance anyway ...

Re: E21 E30 pre facelift E30 M3.what is it they have in comm

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:13 pm
by Rav335uk
e30topless wrote:E21's don't have foglights from the factory IIRC, not in the valance anyway ...
Correctomundo my Northern mate. :cool:

Posted: Mon Feb 20, 2012 9:42 pm
by clipper
E30 prefacelift fogs are the same as Mk 3 Fiesta XR2i units if that's any help.

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 1:25 pm
by breakermart
how do people find these things out lol, but thanks for the info,

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 9:51 pm
by clipper
breakermart wrote:how do people find these things out lol, but thanks for the info,
Believe it or not a bloke in a petrol station told me.... I bought a pair of XR2i lights off him and they are indeed identical to the ones I removed from my 86 "cuatro-puertas mierda" (but in significantly better condition).

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:03 pm
by adit
are you sure Roger?
are those called fog lights and driving lights on the XR2 then, because they are diffrent lenses aren't they?

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:21 pm
by clipper
If you look closely at the XR2 it seems to have two types of lights amonst the 4 across the bottom I don't know which ones I have bought.

But I can assure you 100% that the ones I bought off this chap are visually identical in every way, including lenses, I suppose the profile of the reflector could be slightly different but it certainly looks the same.
Of course, what I can't vouch for is that he actually got them off a Fiesta, but why would he have lied about something like that?

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:44 pm
by breakermart
thats it then, im going to find me some fiesta fogs for a fraction of the price lol and iv got dibs on the set curently on sale on ebay lol the rest seem to come with the shi**y bumer lol

Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:46 pm
by clipper
Lets see what the verdict is then, these are the lights that my man in Repsol told me were from a Fiesta XR2i, looks like the outer set to me (currently not fitted pending a light front end tidy up but have been fitted to check):

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Note the tin in the back ground !!

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:52 pm
by Rav335uk
Those look like driving lights, not fogs. Look at the lense.

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 10:57 pm
by e30topless
different to fogs.. and they are offset ?

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:00 pm
by breakermart
the fiesta has long range lights and fog lights. not sure wich one is wich though

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:02 pm
by clipper
Ok, looking again, the vertical ribbing on the lense looks less "dense" than on my old fogs (I put that down to these being clean TBH).

But yes, they are offset and fit exactly as the originals, I'll be using them anyhow because they were very cheap ! (Starting to sound like Jim winkeye )

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:08 pm
by breakermart
ok heres another question then, what cars share the same fog lights as the XR2i then?

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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2012 11:31 pm
by e30topless
just buy some E30 foglights FFS !!!

i have a pair thats rusty and cracked... you can have them for postage costs... :P

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 8:20 am
by Rav335uk
These are available NEW

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Posted: Thu Feb 23, 2012 9:08 am
by greggers
Straight from the Hella catalogue, no mention of Dagenham dustbins anywhere:

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The top light in the list, which looks like the one you've pictured above shows the following applications:

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It's good the Hella catalogue by the way!