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      06-19-2020, 09:12 PM   #84
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Originally Posted by J-RO View Post
Sorry for the dumb question but do Euro spec tail lights use amber leds to obtain the amber look through red lenses? Are the lenses clear? If the leds are amber, I assume there is no way to swap them out into US spec vehicles.

The turn signal inner LEDs are originally red, for conformity and also sometimes styling but they add a green optical filter, in the ROW version, so to the human eye, they appear amber, meeting ROW regulations.

[COLOR="DarkRed"]Red[/COLOR]+[COLOR="Green"]Green[/COLOR]= [COLOR="DarkOrange"]Amber[/COLOR]
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