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 :)

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
http://ft86speedfactory.com/images/BC08-TLZN6-02.JPG

US Spec
http://ft86speedfactory.com/images/BC08-TLZN6-01.JPG

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

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:

from here

and

from here.

Also about Tom's:

from here.

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.:thumbup:

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

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. :(