E-Marked taillights? - Toyota GR86, 86, FR-S and Subaru BRZ Forum & Owners Community

piotrr · 03-08-2014, 08:18 AM

Hey guys!

I'm getting my WRB BRZ next month hopefully and i was wondering if you know anything about the legal issues with the taillights. AFAIK taillights must be E-Marked to be legal in europe, right?
If so, do you have any idea if Valenti, Spyder or Buddy Club tails are legal in EU?

Cheers

elBarto · 03-08-2014, 09:52 AM

Buddyclubs are US legal and EU legal, the difference is the color of blinkers, US is completely red and EU has red-orange. The US lights are also re-pinned to fit the US FR-S and BRZ.

I myself have the US spec Buddyclubs, it's nicer in completely red. And I don't care about legal issues, if necessary I will switch them for the OEM for the mechanical inspection and switch back afterwards. If they even noticce it that they are non-EU lights.

EU spec

US Spec

I cannot help you with the Valenti or Spyder taillights. I have no experience with them.

piotrr · 03-12-2014, 08:01 AM

Yeah i know Buddyclub has 2 versions, still unsure if the one with orange blinkers is completely legal in Eu :P

I've found some posts about Valenti's:

Quote:

The Valenti lights have euro4 (E) mark certificates, same as DOT mark for us, so in Europe they are legal. Not sure if US is accepting E mark aswell, but in general if something gets an E mark, it does also comply with DOT rules (just not tested/certified)

from here

and

Quote:

Valenti is always E-mark certified and we have never got a single report that our US customer being pulled over because of DOT since 2009.

from here.

Also about Tom's:

Quote:

Yes, it does have E-Mark Certification

from here.

Wyllliam · 03-18-2014, 10:02 AM

I can confirm that there is a variation of TOM's that have E mark.
But the only place i could find them was on a Japanse website.
Ofcourse i bougth and i'm really happy with them.

trocade · 04-19-2014, 03:27 PM

I think all JDM spec tom's are E4 compliant, so easiset is to look fro japanese/australian sellers on ebay, I did that

jtnejc · 08-18-2015, 05:22 AM

The E4 mark means that the light was checked in Netherlands to be compliant with the Euro standards. This doesn't necessary mean that the light has for example a TUV certificate or equivalent.

Check at your local technical vehicle verification office if the E4 mark is enough in your country for the lights to be street legal.
In my country (Slovenia) i would not pass the technical vehicle verification with lights that are E marked only... a TUV or similar certificate is obligatory to be street legal and to pass the technical vehicle verification here.

03-08-2014, 08:18 AM	#1
piotrr Member Join Date: Feb 2014 Drives: wrb brz Location: warsaw, poland Posts: 66 Thanks: 25 Thanked 52 Times in 24 Posts Mentioned: 0 Post(s) Tagged: 2 Thread(s)	E-Marked taillights? Hey guys! I'm getting my WRB BRZ next month hopefully and i was wondering if you know anything about the legal issues with the taillights. AFAIK taillights must be E-Marked to be legal in europe, right? If so, do you have any idea if Valenti, Spyder or Buddy Club tails are legal in EU? Cheers

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