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An internal clear plastic slght spreader thingy.... ? Keith ---------- > From: Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org> > To: type3@vwtype3.org > Subject: Re: [T3] Question: Tail Light Lens > Date: Monday, November 23, 1998 3:27 PM > > On 22 Nov 98, at 16:37, Steven W. Janninck wrote: > > > The correct lenses, from what I understand are the > > three colored lenses, I was told that these are known as the european > > composit lens. If this is true why do I only have the two color / red > > and white lenses on the car? > > VW sold cars in different markets (countries) with various equipment > depending on what the laws required in those markets. So the correct > lens is relative to where you are, or to where the car was originally > sold. Cars sold in the US did not get the amber tops, but those were > common in most other markets, thus it is correct to call them > "European" as well as Japanese. How about Down Under? > > In the US, the rarer tricolor late lens is sought after, but it may > well be that the two color late lens is more sought after in Europe. > > Trivia question: What feature does the otherwise flashier tricolor > late lens lack that is present in the red/white late US lens? > > Jim > - > ******************************* > Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, Wisconsin, USA > ******************************* > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list or mailto:help@vwtype3.org