body and interior Front Flush / euro signals

[2002VT]

So if I want to buy some my only option is used - for 250-300 beans, huh?  Wow!  

 

I did see where a member made some from clear plastic - I may try that with LED behind it if I don't find a nice set of flushies. 

[Gordon]

250-300 is chump change, somebody posted a set of Italian 02 turn signals on Ebay recently, they were asking 1K.  I don't think anyone bid on it but that shows you that prices on Euro 02 turn signals are on the rise. I sold a pair of NOS Italian 02 lenses six years ago for $300 and I thought that was high. Maybe I should have held on to them....but I went with regular Euro 02 amber turn signals on my tii after restoration. Amber looks much better on a light color 02, Italian 02 turn signals look much better IMHO on a dark color 02. BTW, I bought my Italian 02 lenses at an automotive flea market in Ludwigshafen Germany in 2004 for a 100 Euros   http://www.veterama.de/en/home

Veterama 2016 is next month in Mannheim and it's good time to go to Germany, dollar is strong against the Euro and Cannstadter Volksfest (2nd biggest beer festival in Germany) in Stuttgart runs until 10 OCT http://cannstatter-volksfest.de/en/volksfest/

 

G-Man

[TobyB]

I thought the flush version was repro'd a few years back, at, ironically, the same time the bubble ones became N/A...

 

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[MatthewCervi]

It looks like Walloth and Nesch has them new, but at about $400 for the set. 

[Neildo11]

Be patient and you can get a decent set on ebay for $175-200. I got a set for $150 a couple months back with a bit of patina. That italian set has been up for a good 6 months or more with no bites, along with quite a few $250+ Euro sets I've seen pop up over and over again like a revolving door. 

 

[2002VT]

Good lawd, boys and girls - that's a big old pile on cash. After all, I'm saving for a motor build!

 

I love the idea of keeping my eyes out for a bit - I've ended up with a few goodies that way before!  ?

[Mike Self]

IIRC someone on the FAQ was considering repro-ing just the lenses, made in such a way that they could be fitted to an existing metal frame with clear RTV or something similar, rather than being heat-molded in.  Did anything come of that?  

 

Sounds like a fairly easy project for someone well-versed in plastics--cast 'em rather than injection mold.

 

mike

[Neildo11]

Let's see how much these go for...

http://m.ebay.com/itm/BMW-E10-1600-2002ti-tii-European-Turn-Signal-Indicator-Set-/361749442331?hash=item5439f26f1b%3Ag%3AWZEAAOSw8w1X7C6I&_trkparms=pageci%3A85782dee-85fb-11e6-b7d8-74dbd1809561%7Cparentrq%3A742899b91570a6a5ca2861a4fffce8de%7Ciid%3A18

[e9er]

Try Conner at Vintage Autobahn.  I bought very nice used ones from him at a very fair price.

[jrhone]

I made my own out of a set of US signals i bought for cheap.  Cost me about $40 total.  Are they Euro's?  No but they look better than the US signals.  The only thing I ran into is getting the acrylic lenses in the correct color so I went with smoked grey.  I did a video of the process on my blog....

 

http://project2002.com/?p=2179

 

 

[jrhone]

Here are a few pics of mine. Finished and installed.