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These lights are ligitimate.. a few people on here have installed them already.Originally Posted by BTJ
Hi guys,
Seen some threads in here about lights and problems when bringing in euro tailights due to the reverse/fog light being on the wrong side.
Just seen these on eBay and I think they would look great
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Any info would be much appreciated!
Have a look at 'fastlane' car, he's put these exact same light on his car.
You are right that the reverse light is on a different side in Europe but they can easily be converted to comply; they are not too difficult at all to install.
This is a write up from Nomad explaining the process to change them over to Australian specs:
To change the tail lights over from LHD to RHD, you have to:
- Remove the fog light lens
- Change over the wiring (or use the old tail light electrical panel) depending if you intend to sell or keep the old tail lights.
First up to remove the old tail lights from the car, undo the white bolts that hold them in. Located behind the carpet flaps in the back C pillars. They are quite hard to undo but they do unscrew just like normal screws (lefty loosey, righty tighty). Then pop out the tail light and undo the cable (there is 2 clips on the side of the plug holding it into the light)
Ok now for the new black tail lights. The foglight is on the wrong side, what this also means is that the reverse light is on the wrong side and thus neither work because the wiring is different. To fix this I just took the electrical panel off (held in by 4 clips) and literally ripped the red foglight lens out. Just some long nose pliers will do fine. Once you rip that out your almost there.
Now you have to make a decision:
Do you want to keep the original tail lights intact to sell?
Or are you adventurous and want to change wiring?
If you don't intend to keep the taillights and are selling them you will have to change the wiring. Trust me its not as bad as it sounds. All you have to do is:
Look at the connector on both Sides you will see the
left has:
5 pins and a space.
right has:
4 pins, a space and then 1 pin
What you have to do is move the end 2 pins so that they look like this
Left side:
4 pins, a space and then 1 pin
Right side:
5 pins and then a space.
In other words just swapping both sides around. Left goes to right and vice versa. A small flathead screwdriver is all that is required to remove the pins from the plastic socket and move it over.
If you don't intend to sell the tail lights all you have to do is move the electrical panel over from the old lights an put them on the new one but make sure you move the red brake bulbs over.
This is because the original red tail lights use a clear bulb and a red lens where the black tail lights use a red bulb and a clear lens, meaning the only thing giving the red effect is the bulbs themselves.
What about the foglight you ask? If you feel it is important to have a rear foglight you can go out and buy a red bulb (same as the stop light) and put it in its place on the driver side.
Hope it helps. I would post pictures but am occupied elsewhere for the duration and an iPhone is already a difficult device to use for this kind of stuff.
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