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    Talking Glove box flashlight (new thread for making certain things clear)

    Hi!

    So I have been looking for a glove box flashlight for my 1990 E30. It was pretty clear by reading some older conversation here at bimmerforums that only the white ones are compatible with E30:s. However, I managed to find a completely identical (size wise) but in anthrazit color in my local flea market.

    The thing I'm trying to understand is that is it really so, that every single E30 shipped with a WHITE flashlight and no other colors of flashlights were ever installed in any models of E30. If NOT, how can I make sure what color flashlight I should get for my vehicle?

    Also, what is the real name of the flashlight. In certain part listings it appears to be called a "hand light", here it is referred to as a "glove box flash light" or even "glove box hand light". Why I'm so curious about the name? Well, I would like to find some info of those little lights. I can't understand how something that simple can be that though to find any information about. No info in E30Zone, no info in the whole Internet.

    Hope somebody knows something!

    - Benjami Lindqvist

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    I found a listing for a black glovebox light on realoem here. Looks like it came in some early m10 318i and 325e models


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    Yeah, so by looking on that basically it seems like the black ones could've possible been in 04/11/1974 - 05/24/1985 cars.

    Exchangeable retrospectively seem to be parts 82119413147 & 63171375457.

    So if I understood correctly, both of those are still white, but the one that begins with number 6 is the old part number and the one that begins with an eight is the new part number.

    So correct me if I'm wrong: any E30 manufactured after
    05/24/1985 should have a white torch in its glovebox. However, vehicles manufactured before that could've had a black one if they were some of the following:


    • 3' E30, 318i, Coupe, M10, MANUAL, USA, (1074)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Coupe, M10, AUTO, USA, (1084)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, MANUAL, EUR, (1331)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, MANUAL, EUR, (1332)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, AUTO, EUR, (1341)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, AUTO, EUR, (1342)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, MANUAL, EUR, (1371)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, MANUAL, EUR, (1372)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, MANUAL, USA, (1374)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, AUTO, EUR, (1381)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, AUTO, EUR, (1382)
    • 3' E30, 318i, Sedan, M10, AUTO, USA, (1384)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, MANUAL, EUR, (1251)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, MANUAL, EUR, (1252)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, MANUAL, USA, (1254)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, AUTO, EUR, (1261)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, AUTO, EUR, (1262)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Coupe, M20, AUTO, USA, (1264)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Sedan, M20, MANUAL, USA, (1554)
    • 3' E30, 325e, Sedan, M20, AUTO, USA, (1564)




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    The info on realOEM might be inaccurate for this part, since one of the later interchange parts is listed as fitting cars all the way back to the E3. I wouldn't be surprised if the black one also came in other early models like the 323i and the other m10 cars.


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