Early Model to Late Model Taillights

[PanamaE30]

Not sure if this has been covered already.. I did a search and I kept getting sidetracked, figured it'd be a lot faster to ask (after an hour of searching and reading other stuff)...

Any chance I can fit late model cabrio taillights into an early model cabrio?

I'm figuring since the cabrio's had the exceptions to the bumpers they might have em to the lights too :)

Any thoughts?

[Jand3rson]

No, it can't be done. The amount of bodywork needed to do it would be more money than the cost of the car.

[Sean]

No, the whole rear end is different with the different tail lights - they are completely different sizes and the spot for the license plate is different as well.

[PanamaE30]

oh well, it was worth the thought.

thanks guys.

[DSchultz325e]

late tail lights are uglier than the early ones, anyway :)

[Il Duce]

late tail lights are uglier than the early ones, anyway :)

[Spaz]

why? :P

[DSchultz325e]

why does jennifer lopez have a huge ass?







(the answer is 'because')

[Erick]

late tail lights are uglier than the early ones, anyway :)

said the guy with the huge diving boards.

[DSchultz325e]

last time i looked at my car it had plastic bumpers that i put on about 2 weeks ago...? :shock: :shock:

[Nate325ic]

believe jordan put it best when he said it looks like bmw stole those taillights from a volvo, go check out a early 90s volvo they looks like upside down bmw taillights or vise versa. oh and they are ugly as shit on an e30. early tails+plastic bumpers= the shit

[M-technik-3]

No, it can't be done. The amount of bodywork needed to do it would be more money than the cost of the car.

Not true! any compatent weld/body shop guy could do a rear clip in about 2 weeks. You see old ball cars like this in Germany. They will put a early tail on a late car due to that was the only tail of a car they had sitting around.

So it's not impossable just not a bolt on.

[Jand3rson]

Does anyone remember Plastiksmoke325? I remember he was going to do this, and was pretty serious about it.

[hamann318is]

believe jordan put it best when he said it looks like bmw stole those taillights from a volvo, go check out a early 90s volvo they looks like upside down bmw taillights or vise versa. oh and they are ugly as shit on an e30. early tails+plastic bumpers= the shit

Paint the sides and it's a different story.

[DSchultz325e]

paint? tail lights?