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      01-14-2015, 05:34 PM   #1
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Map reading lights

I just got my car back from the panel shop after some repairs. When I got it back, I noticed that the lens for the map lights seem to be missing. ...then I started to have doubts they were ever there... Would someone mind taking a look to check if their 1 series coupe has a lens cover over the map lights?
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      01-14-2015, 06:18 PM   #2
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      01-14-2015, 06:26 PM   #3
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Thanks - I tried that. I wasn't sure if there was a difference with overseas models etc. On mine, I note that the lens is missing from both the front and back reading lights - makes me think they'd have needed to make a special effort to loose them all!

Hence my request for someone local to checks theirs.

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      01-15-2015, 12:38 AM   #4
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They are clipped in with very small clips.. easy to break / knock out. If they were servicing your roof lining / roof area then it's likely they've knocked them out.
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      01-15-2015, 01:50 AM   #5
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Thanks everyone. Took it back to them today. Turned out they had another 1 series there, so was able to verify. Parts being ordered.
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      02-17-2015, 02:08 AM   #6
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The plot thickens...

Saw the guy at the panel shop again the other day. He showed me another 1 series coupe without the lens over the map lights (before they'd done any work to the car). The car he'd originally shown me was a 1 series hatch, so believes that something must have changed between the two models. The images on the web seem to show some with and some without.

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...I guess that means they were never there? ...unless someone can tell me otherwise?
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      02-17-2015, 03:11 AM   #7
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No lenses on mine. Never did.
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      02-17-2015, 03:19 AM   #8
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No lenses on mine. Never did.
+1 never had them, car ordered new in 2013.
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My car never had them too
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      02-18-2015, 02:12 AM   #10
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Thanks for that. That settles it then. Funny that they made so many versions - and how it looks kinda unfinished with the bulb exposed the way it is.
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