Don't like those reflectors; glad we don't have them
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Don't like those reflectors; glad we don't have them
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I'm so glad our cars do not have these bicycle reflectors on our rear bumpers.......
some people may like the shiney advantages of having extra reflection on their tails, but I think it kind of looks cheap and plastic-ish.....
any one else?
a lot of cars are having these, been seeing more and more.......hope they don't migrate to MB
I'm so glad our cars do not have these bicycle reflectors on our rear bumpers.......
some people may like the shiney advantages of having extra reflection on their tails, but I think it kind of looks cheap and plastic-ish.....
any one else?
a lot of cars are having these, been seeing more and more.......hope they don't migrate to MB
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I agree. Was just really noticing how bad this looks on BMW's, especially on the M-Packs as they get affected by the clutter more. I don't know what M-B does differently with their tails to ensure that they don't need to use them, but I hope they continue to do so. I'd throw some black vinyl over them if I had them on my bumper.
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I think some integrate these "reflectors" into the design of the brake lights. This is an essential feature though and you'd thank it is there if you or your family end up stranded on the side of the highway one day awaiting help.
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Correctomundo. Point a flashlight at your taillights at night and you'll see the reflector. They've done a good job with that.
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Oh, so that's what those reflectors are for. I did not realize they were a requirement by the DOT. I wondered why my Cayenne had them below the bumper. I guess because they wanted the rear taillights to be all LED uncluttered by non-functional reflectors.
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M-B does such a good job of putting reflectors within the taillights, that you can't even tell. I never really payed attention to that fact. This is yet another reason why I'm glad I smoked the white part of my tails on this car, rather than the red part that I did on my last 2 E's.
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The US mandates sidemarkers and reflectors - amber in front and red in the rear. The colors "amber" and "red" are defined.
Germany does not allow sidemarkers or reflectors, but encourages blinkers that can be seen from the side of the car.
The US requires reflectors on the rear but does not set a height limit. Other countries set height limits AND have different requirements for SUVs. A few countries do not allow reflectors at all.
Some countries require rear fog lights on the driver's side of the car, some require rear foglights but don't care if it is one or two and some countries(the US for one) doesn't regulate foglights at all (but regulates the number of "lights" that can be on the front of the car in addition to high beams - thereby restricting fog lights to use with low beams only)
And that's only for auxilliary lighting. Getting around the myriad regulations and trying to find a compromise that meets all or the regs is often impossible.
MB has done an outstanding job integrating the required rear reflectors into the taillighting assembly. I'm not sure what BMW was thinking with the 5 series as the reflectors are pretty well integrated into the 3 series. As a general rule, Euro manufacturers do a much better job of integrating requirements into their cars while most Asian manufacturers make some of these things look tacked on. The US is pretty good with most newer cars but hit-and-miss with older cars and "economy" versions.
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CEB, yes some manufacturers are better than others in integrating the mandated reflectors. For some, including BMW, they make the car appear wider and more planted to the ground. And amaycg, I found this true for the face-lifted GLs as well. MB did a nice job of leveraging the reflectors to slim down and modernize the appearance of my prior 2010 GL350. I much prefer the 2010+ GLs to the older ones.
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M-B does such a good job of putting reflectors within the taillights, that you can't even tell. I never really payed attention to that fact. This is yet another reason why I'm glad I smoked the white part of my tails on this car, rather than the red part that I did on my last 2 E's.
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Yeah, the front ends of U.S cars with those orange lights is just bad. I covered up my side markers, but my LED turn signals (in the "eyebrow" of the headlights" are orange and you can clearly see them setting an orange hue up there (even when they're not on), which sucks.
