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      12-30-2012, 03:49 PM   #235
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Originally Posted by Nate@IND View Post
We sold thousdands of the E9x M3 pre painted reflectors and never had a customer contact us regarding inspection issues. I also talked with a few local police and they didn't even know why DOT still requires the front reflectors on some models. For example, the pre E90 non-M sedan never came with front reflectors on the bumper cover for all NA models.
On that car the reflectors were built into the headlamp cluster as they are on Lexus cars. I prefer BMWs current approach because at least they can be replaced with painted ones. With the Lexus approach you need to change the headlamps.
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