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Yellow lights are common in France for classic cars from 1936 to the late 90’s.
They were used so they look different from German cars.
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They were also used because they iluminate better with bad weather
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Are they legal in the US?
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In Europe they are legal if your car was produced before July 1999.
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you have to take the wheels off, wheelwell trim, and the side trim in the engine bay to access it. Other thant that just plug and play
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I'm sure a lot(?) of vehicles have yellow or amber DRL...my Expedition had yellow/amber DRL that were also the turn signals (changed them to switchback white DRL/amber turn, though).
State statutes would dictate the legality, however. In KY, any light to the front must be white or amber. Headlights must be white.
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Added one thing, noticed one thing, ordered one thing.
Added - Multicolored Z4 windscreen. Bought through Amazon for the $100 off deal. Noticed that the braces originally black have turned sort of purple. Been on the car since Beta Test about 2.5 years Ordered - from Ali Babba? $140 yellow color. Should arrive end of the month. BMW its 77*F today. Exercised both two seaters daughter stole the 4 seater. Will not squeal on her to her Mom but when we were in Mexico this morning she shut down a C8 buy 4 car lengths over about a 10 second or so WOT run. She is pretty good for a 50+ year old lady, finally took the old guy out last BMWCCA M day at Greer. I put the car in the dirt on a tight turn sort of screwed up any chance of a good time. Will never live that down.
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Regardless if you got a ticket it would be a "fix-it" which is just a board swap, about 20 minutes for the Z4 & longer for some other BMW's. No commonality in the boards across the product line.
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Those are BMS (Burger Motorsport) braces, not Dinan.
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Believe they changed color sometime in the last year. Were black when I went in for the annual inspection & oil change etc last year. As stated they are BMS parts.
This what they looked like when installed. Might respray them black, not terribly important as the last time I opened the hood & really looked around was getting ready for the Feb 2023 inspection. Main goal was to put bar stock in to replace the baby chair braces not to add bling.
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FWIW the Z4 is among the easiest cars to work on. Two cards one per side. Other cars have multiple cards per side The two plastic panels need to be moved out of the way. BMW in their pursuit of crazy tech uses a number of different bolts. trim fasteners & screws to hold them on. The Heat Sinks are opened up, some screws, disconnect the wire plug, then the hard part remove the control card from the heat sink which has thermal glue on it. Clean the heat sink, alcohol is supposed to work. The Yellow light control cards are marked right & left are a drop in replacement. Plug in the wire. Glue is in the kit. Reassemble & let the glue set up.
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Am i the only one who had to make sure even my jack was color coordinated with my car????
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The spring of 2024 arrives in the sunny south with Carolina Blue sky's, flowering trees, green plague on the cars & mandatory top down weather.
Gotta love it.
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Yellow daylight driving light cards arrived. Will be a while before I get to install them. Nicely packed in a metal box.
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