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F55/F56 New Union Jack taillights installed

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Old Dec 22, 2024 | 12:06 PM
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New Union Jack taillights installed

I installed my new VLAND Union Jack taillights today. These are the latest variant they have come out which I think look pretty good. Direct plug and play installation for cars with halogen taillights. Took about an hour. Only issue I had was one of the taillights came with a damaged black frame around the taillight so I had to install my old chrome rings for now until the replacement arrive from Amazon. They cost me about $229.

Here’s a video showing the final product


 
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Old Dec 23, 2024 | 05:57 AM
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Presumably the dark parts in the video function as the brake lights?
 
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Old Dec 23, 2024 | 06:45 AM
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Presumably the dark parts in the video function as the brake lights?
Yes, the brake lights illuminate the > & < portions of the left and right lights, respectively. The portion of the Union Jack that looks like a sideways V. On most of the aftermarket taillights I saw, only a thin vertical strip on the inner side illuminated as brake lights, whereas these illuminate a much larger part.

This shows the lighting effect:




 
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Old Dec 23, 2024 | 07:40 AM
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Nice! Yes, most of the aftermarket UJ lights work how the (European and UK) factory UJ lights.
 
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