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Old 13th June 2016, 11:48 AM
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This rings a bell....

Is it not that the pre facelift lights don't have an inner brake light, so when the later lights are retrofitted, there is no wire to drive the inner brake light so only the outer one works ?

I have no D3 to verify but though that was the conclusion I drew.....
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Old 3rd July 2016, 07:19 PM
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I fitted facelift tail lights to my d3 s8 today and I haven't tested yet if the inner lights also go brighter during braking but I did see that the inner lights have the reverse part working in the clear (non red) strip however the bit I expected to blink yellow with the outside indicators didn't lit up... can anyone with a facelift d3 from factory confirm if the inner lights should also blink?
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Old 3rd July 2016, 07:38 PM
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Hello, the inner ambers don't light up, there are no LEDs in there as far as I can tell with a torch.
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Old 3rd July 2016, 07:49 PM
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I will receive a new inner light this week and I'll open it up to find out.
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Old 4th July 2016, 08:14 AM
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I can confirm that in a non facelift d3 the inner facelift brakelights illuminate.

Somebody with a facelift from factory please confirm if his inner lights also have Ambers functional besides the reversing lamp??
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Old 4th July 2016, 04:15 PM
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I can confirm the facelift inner lights do not light up when indicating - that's reserved for the outer lights.

...Shame, really. I think they would have looked really good.
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Old 4th July 2016, 04:31 PM
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Now I'm really curious to find out if it has led bulbs in place
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