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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:33 am

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I have never seen the third brake light fitted in the bootlid on an E30 before....they are common on the face lift E36 convertibles but on an E30 which isn't even a convertible :? This might have been done before, it's just my first time to have seen this mod :) what do you guys think :?
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:52 am

Only needed for blind American's....

Spoils the rear end.

You can get one that fits on the parcel shelf if you must.
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 11:39 am

Personally speaking a little :gay:

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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 12:21 pm

It's pretty cool IMO

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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:15 pm

watch out for your boot filling up..... with letters
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:43 pm

Third brakelight was compulsory in the UK after 1996 I think.

Which is lucky, as they look a bit stupid unless the car is specifically designed to have one.
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:44 pm

Here's the third brakelight that was fitted to some American E30 cabs. Completely spoils the lines of the car:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do ... g=63&fg=25
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 8:49 pm

And finally, some pics of a car with this brakelight:

http://www.e30zone.co.uk/modules.php?na ... ic&t=25699

Spoils it don't you think?
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:26 pm

The cab is mint but the third brake light defo ruins it IMO.....I did see one of those third brake lights for sale on ebay and at the time I thought the seller had got his car's mixed up as it could not have been for an E30 cab.....but I stand corrected :oops: ..not planning on getting any third brake lights as I agree with the majority that it doesn't suit the E30 :wink:
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:40 pm

I saw one better .It was a clear perspex tissue box on the back shelf and it flashed like a christmas tree when the car braked.
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Post Tue Jun 06, 2006 10:59 pm

That car looks nice but the 3rd brake light totally ruins it.
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 3:30 am

Zayyan wrote:Third brakelight was compulsory in the UK after 1996 I think.

Which is lucky, as they look a bit stupid unless the car is specifically designed to have one.
not 96.

My mum's 98 fiesta doesn't have one.
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:13 am

I think it looks fat actually winkeye
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 8:39 am

Yer you could remove the BMW badge and have a nice round brake light :roll:

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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 10:10 am

third brake lights look so gay on e30's. they were not ment to have them!!!!
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 11:01 am

i think is nice,somthing different not easy to fit one in the e30 boot lid as i done one for another before
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:18 pm

e30cossie wrote:I saw one better .It was a clear perspex tissue box on the back shelf and it flashed like a christmas tree when the car braked.
LMAO
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 12:43 pm

ed325i wrote:Yer you could remove the BMW badge and have a nice round brake light :roll:

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sounds crazy but how cool is the dodge vipers 3rd brake light 8)
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Post Wed Jun 07, 2006 1:03 pm

or remove the boot badge and stick a side indicator/badge from a Z4 on there (with a red bulb ofcourse)
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Post Thu Jun 08, 2006 3:06 am

bootyman wrote:I think it looks fat actually winkeye
agreed mate :thumb:
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