Euro Smilies and City lights

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  • hella 325
    Grease Monkey
    • Sep 2004
    • 380

    #1

    Euro Smilies and City lights

    Hey i was curious what exactly city lights are? Are they a seperate bulb or just diming the normal low beam? And on the euro smileies what is the smilie for? thanks

    Russell
    1987 325is
    1992 240sx coupe
    1994 525i
  • LikeCDoos
    R3VLimited
    • Jan 2004
    • 2522

    #2
    city lights are a separate bulb

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    • DanGillan
      R3V Elite
      • Mar 2004
      • 4061

      #3
      the "city light" in euro ellips is basically just like your parking lights, they use them in europe when they park on the side of the road at night so people can see they are parked and not hit them, they draw very little power, so they can stay on for long periods of time, here's a pic of my car with the city lights on:







      just look in the tops of the ellips (mine are smoked ones) youll see the light, as for the smiley part of the euro ellips, it supposedly shines light directly in front of you rather than far away, i personally dont think it does much. hope that helped,
      Dan

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      • hella 325
        Grease Monkey
        • Sep 2004
        • 380

        #4
        thanks helped alot :D

        Russell
        1987 325is
        1992 240sx coupe
        1994 525i

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        • hella 325
          Grease Monkey
          • Sep 2004
          • 380

          #5
          how do you wire up the city lights? Toggle switch or what? Any recomendations. thanks

          Russell
          1987 325is
          1992 240sx coupe
          1994 525i

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          • bmwm3n528
            No R3VLimiter
            • Dec 2003
            • 3654

            #6
            Originally posted by hella 325
            how do you wire up the city lights? Toggle switch or what? Any recomendations. thanks
            the "city light" in euro ellips is basically just like your parking lights
            It's a parking light basically, no toggle switches required...just have it wired to where when you flip on your parking lights, voila...you've got city lights going instead of your signals.
            Trevor Ely
            '95 M Sport 540i - '00 A4 1.8TQMS - '85 190E 2.3-16
            '88 535is - '87 325e - '89 325is - '91 318is - '90 325is - '96 328is

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            • Jordan
              R3V OG
              • Oct 2003
              • 12907

              #7



              The city light is a 5w wedge bulb. Wire it up to your sidemarkers.
              The smile looks sweet, and also lets out some trapped light.
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              • Schneider325
                No R3VLimiter
                • May 2004
                • 3818

                #8
                nice post, I suggest putting this in the FAQ section :)

                oo and how would you use the city lights on the euro lights? Like is there a special button you need to install or do they automaticly come on when u do something ( IE parking brake?)

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                • hella 325
                  Grease Monkey
                  • Sep 2004
                  • 380

                  #9
                  thanks jordan awesome post

                  Russell
                  1987 325is
                  1992 240sx coupe
                  1994 525i

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                  • Jordan
                    R3V OG
                    • Oct 2003
                    • 12907

                    #10
                    Originally posted by Schneider325
                    how would you use the city lights on the euro lights? Like is there a special button you need to install or do they automaticly come on when u do something ( IE parking brake?)
                    Originally posted by Jordan
                    Wire it up to your sidemarkers.
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                    • Schneider325
                      No R3VLimiter
                      • May 2004
                      • 3818

                      #11
                      Originally posted by Jordan
                      Originally posted by Schneider325
                      how would you use the city lights on the euro lights? Like is there a special button you need to install or do they automaticly come on when u do something ( IE parking brake?)
                      Originally posted by Jordan
                      Wire it up to your sidemarkers.

                      ahh sry i missed that

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                      • kylebes1
                        R3VLimited
                        • May 2004
                        • 2804

                        #12
                        Jordan are those your headlights? if so waht bulbs do you have?

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                        • spencers
                          E30 Enthusiast
                          • Jan 2004
                          • 1150

                          #13
                          Originally posted by kylebes1
                          Jordan are those your headlights? if so waht bulbs do you have?
                          If I had to guess, they'd be the Osram Silverstars.

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                          • Jordan
                            R3V OG
                            • Oct 2003
                            • 12907

                            #14
                            Originally posted by spencers
                            Originally posted by kylebes1
                            Jordan are those your headlights? if so waht bulbs do you have?
                            f I had to guess, they'd br the Osram Silverstars.
                            Yes I god damn do. Did you even look at those pictures (where the smile is clearly visable) or any other of my billion pics I have online?

                            They are 55watt H1 Osram Silverstars.

                            Read the damn mods list!! http://www.r3vlimited.com/Media/e30theproject/mods.htm
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                            • spencers
                              E30 Enthusiast
                              • Jan 2004
                              • 1150

                              #15
                              Originally posted by Jordan
                              Originally posted by spencers
                              Originally posted by kylebes1
                              Jordan are those your headlights? if so waht bulbs do you have?
                              f I had to guess, they'd br the Osram Silverstars.
                              Yes I god damn do. Did you even look at those pictures (where the smile is clearly visable) or any other of my billion pics I have online?

                              They are 55watt H1 Osram Silverstars.

                              Read the damn mods list!! http://www.r3vlimited.com/Media/e30theproject/mods.htm
                              Jesus christ man. Lay off!! I edited the post. You even quoted me after I fixed it. It slipped my mind, as I remember somewhere seeing that you didn't. I just got confused.

                              God damn man.

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