Pre Face Lift Clear Third Brake light Lens

[Nodzed]

I may be in a position to have some clear third brake light lens made for pre-facelift Z3s, as many of you know these are not available from BMW and to date I cant find any after market ones.

The tooling costs are very high so as a one off its not viable, however a run of 20 or 40 may well be, but before I even consider going forward I need to know if anyone would be interested in buying one at cost?

I haven't a final figure yet but they would be between £50 & £65 each (cost no profit for me) on top of this you would need to change the holder bulbs to red and probably buy a new light unit gasket.

 

[mrscalex]

Are the bulbs available in red?

Presumably they would be needed. Clear ones are not cheap from BMW.

 

[Low Rider]

I believe @Grumpy. Was thinking about this once

 

[Nodzed]

Are the bulbs available in red?

Presumably they would be needed. Clear ones are not cheap from BMW.

Yes they are £1.50 each on line so are LED ones

 

[Grumps]

I believe @Grumpy. Was thinking about this once

Good memory Steve! Yes I mentioned this a couple of years ago. Mine has gone very may. I polish it up every now and then but it dulls off again. Yes I'd be interested Niall, to answer your poll question yes they ain't cheap but where else you going to get one.

 

[Nodzed]

Good memory Steve! Yes I mentioned this a couple of years ago. Mine has gone very may. I polish it up every now and then but it dulls off again. Yes I'd be interested Niall, to answer your poll question yes they ain't cheap but where else you going to get one.

I am seriously hoping to get that price down Dave, will know more in a few weeks, I may just go ahead and if not enough zorgers want one I'll flea bay them.

 

[Grumps]

It's a great idea Niall. I'm sure like many others my car is de-tango'd bar the 3rd brake light. Like you say tooling isn't cheap so you'd have to sell plenty to get the price down. There is eBay, Facebook pages etc, us here of course. I dont think you'd struggle to shift 50 or so and being small the other side of the pond isn't an issue either.

 

[Grumps]

Maybe someone could photoshop the light to make it look

clear to show how it would look? @Redline @Faheem

 

[Nodzed]

Definitely need a clear one

 

[Redline]

@Grumps - Here you go...

 

[Grumps]

Blimey that was quick @Redline! Thank you mate. Just may give people an idea of how It would look.

 

[t-tony]

Look even better with a Roadster decal on it.

Tony.

 

[Nodzed]

@Redline I'll take one

 

[Redline]

@Redline I'll take one

Going to have to carry a laptop with photoshop on it everywhere you go