euro-trash97
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The only e code kits I see are for 86+, why is this? Did euro models before then have the quad squares?
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The only e code kits I see are for 86+, why is this? Did euro models before then have the quad squares?
weird question, what are you rtying to accomplish?
Another choice is to change your front fenders and lower front sheet metal to the 86 and newer. Then you can use the 86+ ecodes. The front clip with the proper lower sheet metal just bolts on.
You'd also have to get the Euro grille, which, if you want to use the "ripplehood" aka coffin hood, means you need to hunt down the rare 260 series or 1984-85 Euro 240 grille. A lot less work to just get the earlier E-codes.
Your car looks great John! Well, it's not easy but it is straight forward. I would use a flathood but you still need a rare egg crate grill for that, too. That does let you use the newer ecodes. Those early TV screen ecodes were always quite dear so I settled on using a 79 242DL front with ecode parking/turn signals. I also managed to find a 7" round set of NOS Cibie BoBi headlights. So with them on there the car has a classic euro look.
Just for your amusement, there's a TV Detective who's personal car with E-codes looks very like yours. Minus the wheels and extended bumpers but has the black strips under the side windows and is also blue. The car appears frequently in the show.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yInsesZe0LQ&list=PLEMVfachEwZ5kIxXm63cKvkBa6FGA22ZV
I have the DJ auto ecodes on my 93 wagon. They are a nice step up from the garbage plastic lights. But not as nice or as long lasting as the genuine ones. I'm on my second set. The first set lasted about 12 years and at that point the reflectors and the plastic pins for mounting it were all bad.