New house 1 v old car 0 (rear lights)

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New house 1 v old car 0 (rear lights)

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Having just moved house, the first time I tried to park the BX I somehow forgot about the bay window ending up minus a rear light...

No worries, I knew that somewhere in the as yet to be unpacked shed that I had some spares. The first ones I found were ones I'd removed in 2002 from a scrap G-reg GTi which has supplied me with a stock of useful spare parts in the years since. Except these two were unsmoked and didn't match the smoked ones on my car. Fortunately I found a smoked one, but this was much, much darker. Thus, I resorted to eBay for one that looked closer to mine but was still darker!

My question is how many versions of rear light were there? Unsmoked, smoked and very smoked? Or was the very dark version for the 16v or could it just be the case that my original lights have simply faded?

Thanks!
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Re: New house 1 v old car 0 (rear lights)

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I went through this same saga. I think there are red, green, none and dark tint.
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I seem to have three variations of dark tint!
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Re: New house 1 v old car 0 (rear lights)

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Matthew (Mulley) was our resident rear lamp expert;


"They came in the following colours in the following order of exclusivety with the most at the top:

1) Brown smoked
2) Early
3) Green
4) Blue
5) Red

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https://www.bxclub.co.uk/forum/viewtopi ... rs#p191740
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Thanks for finding that! I wonder if I need my eyes testing? I think that there has been a certain amount of fading. My cheap eBay purchase had the other side so I might buy that to even them up!
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Re: New house 1 v old car 0 (rear lights)

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Fading can be an issue, hence there may be some variation between all the different lights, only brand spanking new one's are likely to be a colour match. I've got a selection of lights that i've not checked out, if you get stuck give me a shout & i can see what i've got.
2002 C5 2.0 HDI Estate - Jasmine - Now SORN
2011 Mini Cooper D Clubman - SOLD
2016 Mercedes A180D Sport - Auto refinement
1992 TZD Turbo - Bluebell - My daily
1991 Gti 16V - Blaze - crash damaged, will get repaired.
1990 Gti 8Valve SOLD - looks like it's been scrapped
2002 Mini Cooper S - SOLD - i miss this car
1992 TXD - Scrapped in March 2014
1988 CX 25 GTI Turbo2 - SORN
1996 - AX Memphis 1.5D - Dream - SORN

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