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Post Fri Aug 01, 2014 10:47 pm

Does the headlight pull knob originally have a headlight symbol on?-ive looked at switches on ebay.com and they have them on..
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 3:25 am

Original fit switches had a headlight symbol on,I understand that new switches from BMW require you to be able to remember where the switch is....
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:01 am

i cant always remember...
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:10 am

they do but i guess it wears off in old age as i've never seen a car with it still on them!
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:56 am

I emailed Cotswolds and they seemed to think that one's they supply are blank.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:50 am

I can't recall ever seeing any trace of a symbol on an E30 lighting switch, the diagrams in the handbook don't show one, and there is an illuminated symbol just above the switch, so there is no reason for one to be on the switch itself.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:14 pm

Or is it an american retard thing? like on the clocks words instead of symbols like the rest of the world
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 12:25 pm

From memory, I'm sure I've seen one with a logo on in the past but never come across one myself on any of the breakers
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 5:10 pm

None of mine have ever had them on. Would look gash IMO like something from a vw beetle
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:17 pm

All the ones I've ever held, seen or licked, has never had ANY sign of any emblem having ever been on it. It's a new thing and it's not required thank you! :D
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:33 pm

Brianmoooore wrote:I can't recall ever seeing any trace of a symbol on an E30 lighting switch, the diagrams in the handbook don't show one, and there is an illuminated symbol just above the switch, so there is no reason for one to be on the switch itself.
i've never seen one in any of the 20 odd e30's i've had.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:41 pm

And it's in the US! Looks like Simon13's theory make be right.
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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 9:42 pm

Must be an American thing........

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Post Sat Aug 02, 2014 10:10 pm

daimlerman wrote:Original fit switches had a headlight symbol on,I understand that new switches from BMW require you to be able to remember where the switch is....

We need a switch to tell us where the car is Malc. :)
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Post Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:08 am

Simon13 wrote:Or is it an american retard thing? like on the clocks words instead of symbols like the rest of the world
Check this piece of American retardness out - note how she appears to be listening into the base of the phone rather than the handset:

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Post Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:35 am

gooner1 wrote:
daimlerman wrote:Original fit switches had a headlight symbol on,I understand that new switches from BMW require you to be able to remember where the switch is....

We need a switch to tell us where the car is Malc. :)
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Post Sun Aug 03, 2014 12:36 am

Speedtouch wrote:
Simon13 wrote:Or is it an american retard thing? like on the clocks words instead of symbols like the rest of the world
Check this piece of American retardness out - note how she appears to be listening into the base of the phone rather than the handset:

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how do you open that :?
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Post Sun Aug 03, 2014 7:53 am

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