Smoked rear lights.
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haflidij
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Smoked rear lights.
I was wondering these are just a straight swap right ?.
Ive been thinking about ordering but all the fuzz with the coppers is telling me not to buy them. What are your guys opinions on these ?.
https://www.x2car.de/Rueckleuchten-Set- ... R-in-Smoke
Ive been thinking about ordering but all the fuzz with the coppers is telling me not to buy them. What are your guys opinions on these ?.
https://www.x2car.de/Rueckleuchten-Set- ... R-in-Smoke
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
I prefer the rear lights from the Polo 6C 
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Ricmondo
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Scroll down there is a recent thread on this subject. Basically alternative light covers must have the appropriate e mark to be legal. Lights you buy from VW will be marked and legal, others may not be. Obviously illegal or modified lights will provide plod with an excuse to stop you. If you are stopped at night in addition to any penalty you get you may be issued with a prohibition notice meaning you walk home whilst you car stays put or is, expensively, taken to a pound. Many people risk it, if you do be on best behavior, stick to the speed limits and make sure nothing else is wrong with the car.
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Ricmondo
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Scroll down there is a recent thread on this subject. Basically alternative light covers must have the appropriate e mark to be legal. Lights you buy from VW will be marked and legal, others may not be. Obviously illegal or modified lights will provide plod with an excuse to stop you. If you are stopped at night in addition to any penalty you get you may be issued with a prohibition notice meaning you walk home whilst you car stays put or is, expensively, taken to a pound. Many people risk it, if you do be on best behavior, stick to the speed limits and make sure nothing else is wrong with the car.
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haflidij
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Oh ok i see. I would really like to own them and use so i might buy them but stick to the limit as you sayRicmondo wrote:Scroll down there is a recent thread on this subject. Basically alternative light covers must have the appropriate e mark to be legal. Lights you buy from VW will be marked and legal, others may not be. Obviously illegal or modified lights will provide plod with an excuse to stop you. If you are stopped at night in addition to any penalty you get you may be issued with a prohibition notice meaning you walk home whilst you car stays put or is, expensively, taken to a pound. Many people risk it, if you do be on best behavior, stick to the speed limits and make sure nothing else is wrong with the car.
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Ricmondo
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
I wish I had your self control!
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peter_dk25
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
To my knowledge of the German language it says that they have the E-certificate which means that they have to accepted in other EU-countries. But how about Iceland? You are not a part of EU as I remember?haflidij wrote:I was wondering these are just a straight swap right ?.
Ive been thinking about ordering but all the fuzz with the coppers is telling me not to buy them. What are your guys opinions on these ?.
https://www.x2car.de/Rueckleuchten-Set- ... R-in-Smoke
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haflidij
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Yes we are not a part of the the EU so i dont know how that would go. I dont really know what certificate we use here that says im allowed to use them.peter_dk25 wrote:To my knowledge of the German language it says that they have the E-certificate which means that they have to accepted in other EU-countries. But how about Iceland? You are not a part of EU as I remember?haflidij wrote:I was wondering these are just a straight swap right ?.
Ive been thinking about ordering but all the fuzz with the coppers is telling me not to buy them. What are your guys opinions on these ?.
https://www.x2car.de/Rueckleuchten-Set- ... R-in-Smoke
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peter_dk25
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Ask your Ministry of Transport, they have all the details - or use Google and search your homeland pages...
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Ricmondo
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Looks like the Euro standards also apply in Iceland as the Government have agreed alignment to help trade. The screening agreement says....
Iceland informed that as of the 1st of December 2010, 22.620 European standards were transposed as Icelandic standards; therefore almost 100% of European Standards by CEN1, CENELEC2 and ETSI3 are transposed in Iceland.
Don't you just love officialdom.
Iceland informed that as of the 1st of December 2010, 22.620 European standards were transposed as Icelandic standards; therefore almost 100% of European Standards by CEN1, CENELEC2 and ETSI3 are transposed in Iceland.
Don't you just love officialdom.
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
I'm pretty sure that if they are legal in Europe they are legal in Iceland aswell. It would be completly stupid for a small country like Iceland to have seperate rules like that.
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Ricmondo
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
Yes indeed, as I pointed out Iceland legislation wise is virtually EU lite although they have, for obvious reasons kept their own fishing rules. I know VW have been doing some fishy things but, so far, that doesn't stretch to lights, well we hope it doesn't.
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haflidij
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
So you are saying that i could use them without anyone having a problem with it , even the cops ?.Ricmondo wrote:Yes indeed, as I pointed out Iceland legislation wise is virtually EU lite although they have, for obvious reasons kept their own fishing rules. I know VW have been doing some fishy things but, so far, that doesn't stretch to lights, well we hope it doesn't.
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haflidij
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
That would be very stupid yes. So they should be legal thenMart!n-GTI-DK wrote:I'm pretty sure that if they are legal in Europe they are legal in Iceland aswell. It would be completly stupid for a small country like Iceland to have seperate rules like that.
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Re: Smoked rear lights.
I would think so... It wouldn't make financial sense for a small country to have to get all car related products approved with their own mark like the "E" in Europe.haflidij wrote:That would be very stupid yes. So they should be legal thenMart!n-GTI-DK wrote:I'm pretty sure that if they are legal in Europe they are legal in Iceland aswell. It would be completly stupid for a small country like Iceland to have seperate rules like that..
Your car is made in the same plant in Spain as the rest. With exactly the same parts as the rest. So go for it.
