E30 Zone

I purchased some a few weeks back and was disappointed to find instead of orange lamps, there were two seperate lenses, one clear outside and an orange insert.

Has anyone else had this?

I've contacted the seller on ebayer and asked for them to send me two orange lamps but doubt I'll get anywhere.

I purchased some smoked indicators last week and they had amber inserts too.

In the bin with them, Osram silver bulbs to the resuce!

Same as that got mine from cooks ferry (bmw specialist) its some law thing to have the

orange inserts!!! They sorted me out some bulbs though!!!! Cant decide what looks best?

Orange bulds or white bulbs????

Ibought some from motor world last year and all i got was the clear lenses and the orange bulbs

greentouring wrote:I purchased some a few weeks back and was disappointed to find instead of orange lamps, there were two seperate lenses, one clear outside and an orange insert.

Has anyone else had this?

I've contacted the seller on ebayer and asked for them to send me two orange lamps but doubt I'll get anywhere.

I had the same and simply put in orange bulbs,kept the inserts incase I need them.no big deal I thought.

I have some clear indicatora on my car with orange lens and standard original bulbs and they flash orange perfectly

jus leave them orange tbh lol. less hassel

As has been said, this is common place how they are sold, just remove the amber inserts and fit some orange, or silver bulbs.

silver bulbs are the way forward

oh dear. what a dilemma.

Slightly OTbut has anyone else had trouble with condensatition/water ingress with after market side indicators?

gooner1 wrote:Slightly OTbut has anyone else had trouble with condensatition/water ingress with after market side indicators?

no. no trouble at all.

gooner1 wrote:Slightly OTbut has anyone else had trouble with condensatition/water ingress with after market side indicators?

Did you use the BMW gaskets, or the supplied gaskets?

Good point Simon,iirc iused the supplied ones. Still got he originals so will swap them over.

Yeah, the supplied ones are not the best quality unfortunately.

Funny questions, but what's the deal with silver bulbs? Are they road legal and how do they look when flashing?

The Osram bulbs are E marked, and are road legal, lots of cheaper alternatives out there that are probably not E marked.

Basically, they flash orange, but don't look orange behind a clear lamp.

I personally don't like them on older cars, they give a strange colouration to the clear lens.

delphincabby wrote:silver bulbs are the way forward

I put in new silver bulbs,didn't last six months.

I got these orange bulbed jobbies recently and I am quite pleased.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E30-Clear-Ind ... dZViewItem

This is how they look

Just tried mine with the orange lenses behind the clear and they look garbage!

Will buy some orange bulps asap!

I purchased the clear indicator lens's and side repeaters, I also need the bulbs. I think the build quality of the side repeaters is terrible and I can't bring myself to put them on. I think at some point the originals will become more desirable, you can't argue with the bmw spec originals, at least the quality if not the colour of the side repeaters.

I agree Pony, I like the fact they are clear only, but the finish of the plastic on the aftermarket items is rough and ready. I also think the prices they charge for two (or 4) bits of plastic is a rip off.

My side ones from the same company are better quality, BUT there is water ingress where as there wasn't before!!! I used the original BMW rubber seals, but the water must be getting in from somewhere else on the new indicators...............

I'm a fussy bast*rd at the end of the day, but when I buy something I expect it be as it states.