Changed out front side markers - much better!

[BMWZ4]

+1 DrStig. My other 2 vehicles are built this way (yellow reflector built-in to the headlight housing). Makes more sense that way & as you said, more visible.

Dave

[ChuckB]

Originally Posted by Dr Stig 2

I would have just thought it would be cheaper, easier, and more visually pleasing to make a part of the headlight assembly reflective. It is even further forward and you would nor then need to have special front fender panels for NA.

The goal was if you approach the car from the side and can't see the headlights [as in pulling out of an alley], the yellow front side reflector tells you which way the car is pointed, and likely to move. Part of the same mentality which put the additional red reflectors in the rear bumper as the EU has a minimum square area requirement for passive reflectors. Still don't understand though why the rear bumpers are all the same, but they produce different from bumpers with and without the front side markers for the different markets..

[Land_Shark]

Thanks HerrK for the explanation... I still find it weird, but what do I know...