whitex
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IANAL but AFAIK it does not automatically make the car street illegal. It's not different than replacing any part of the car with non OEM part. If that part not not make the car violate regulations, you're good, even though that particular configuration was not tested as part of the car's homologation. To give a simpler example, imagine changing a stop signal light bulb in you older cars. Say you swapped an old incandescent bulb with a an LED one. As long as the bulb is emitting sufficient light (not too much, not too little) outside of the car (past the lens), the car is still street legal. Note that "outside the car" is an important distinction because even if your light bulb produces identical amount of light but in the wrong place (bulb is different shape), the plastic lens for the lights might not focus on the light source any more, so the end result is that the light looks a lot dimmer on the outside. Other examples could be putting in a 5 point seat belt system, using a non-OEM windshield, adding a roll cage, heck even adding an aftermarket spoiler. Manufacturers do a homologation with a particular set of parts on a car because it's cheaper than testing every single car coming off of a production line.doesn't it basically make the car street-illegal in the US?
Two most common reasons for manufacturers to use red stop/turn signal combo are:They changed those taillights for a reason, I assume...
Congrats! I bet it feels great to finally get to the end of your months long retrofit adventure.I finished wiring the car over the weekend, and unlike @whitex both of my BCM2 connectors (black connector pin 2 and brown connector pin 7) had wires present. Sure is nice to have a full compliment of amber signals, much better than North American red.
It feels great! Thanks for your help during these past few months. I would say it is the second best mod just after inkl beam.Congrats! I bet it feels great to finally get to the end of your months long retrofit adventure.![]()
Fyi, I never did figure out where that existing wire went. When I disconnected it, no errors or warnings were shown, and all turn signals still worked fine. I left it connected. My best guess is that either it's going nowhere (they reused some harness originally intended for something else that contained that extra wire - my car was build during supply chain shortages), or perhaps it was intended for the custom Porsche bike rack? This reminds me, I need to add a warning for anyone using or planning to use the OEM bike rack - it might need to be converted to Euro lighting too.