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Qbone · 12-30-2009, 03:16 PM

hello everyone! a friend of mine want to install a quad exhaust on his 123d, now he wonder if he can remove the white part? what is it?
(not his car on the picture)

Qbone · 01-05-2010, 08:22 AM

up! is it even there on a 135i?

Eyeman · 01-05-2010, 07:13 PM

I don't remember anything like that when I exchanged the diffuser on my 135.

ennislaw · 01-05-2010, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Qbone

hello everyone! a friend of mine want to install a quad exhaust on his 123d, now he wonder if he can remove the white part? what is it?
(not his car on the picture)

Just a very wild guess - could it be a backup light? I know some European cars do have what looks like a single foglight (to folks in the US) attached under the rear bumper that lights up in reverse. Again, since it's difficult to see most of the object in question, just a guess.

BTW, do you know the make of the exhaust system?

pge

SlickShift · 01-05-2010, 07:41 PM

^ LOL, no. It kinda looks like a bag of coke or something. :P Anyway, I look off my rear diffusor on my 135i last week and don't remember seeing anything white like that. Are there electrical wire coming out of it? It could be for the PDC or something. idk.

///M1 · 01-05-2010, 10:46 PM

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Originally Posted by SlickShift

^ LOL, no. It kinda looks like a bag of coke or something. :P Anyway, I look off my rear diffusor on my 135i last week and don't remember seeing anything white like that. Are there electrical wire coming out of it? It could be for the PDC or something. idk.

+1, this car crossed the Tijuana border!

syenisch · 01-05-2010, 10:48 PM

Looks like a block of styrofoam to cushion the bumper.

Qbone · 01-06-2010, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Eyeman

I don't remember anything like that when I exchanged the diffuser on my 135.

okey

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Originally Posted by ennislaw

Just a very wild guess - could it be a backup light? I know some European cars do have what looks like a single foglight (to folks in the US) attached under the rear bumper that lights up in reverse. Again, since it's difficult to see most of the object in question, just a guess.

BTW, do you know the make of the exhaust system?

pge

i dont think it is a backup light, never seen one of those you explane:S

and no sorry, dont know what make it is

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Originally Posted by SlickShift

^ LOL, no. It kinda looks like a bag of coke or something. :P Anyway, I look off my rear diffusor on my 135i last week and don't remember seeing anything white like that. Are there electrical wire coming out of it? It could be for the PDC or something. idk.

hmm, what is the street value on coke nowadays?

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Originally Posted by syenisch

Looks like a block of styrofoam to cushion the bumper.

hmm could be, i think he said it was "box" or semething, maybe just scrap metal:P

mad chemist · 01-06-2010, 01:28 PM

Could be the lead weight BMW put in to get the perfect 50:50 F/R balance.

I know my 135i has one.

Mad.

Qbone · 01-06-2010, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by mad chemist

Could be the lead weight BMW put in to get the perfect 50:50 F/R balance.

I know my 135i has one.

Mad.

aha, could be! im ganna check it, thanks

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SlickShift Major Drives: '09 135i - 6MT Join Date: May 2007 Location: Tampa, FL Posts: 1,293 iTrader: (1)	^ LOL, no. It kinda looks like a bag of coke or something. :P Anyway, I look off my rear diffusor on my 135i last week and don't remember seeing anything white like that. Are there electrical wire coming out of it? It could be for the PDC or something. idk. __________________ -Nick TiAg/Coral/Glacier Breyton Race GTS-R - Eibach Springs - E92 Front Sway - BMW CF Strut Brace - JB4 - DCI - Synapse BOV - MagnaFlow Exhaust - Berk Midpipes - LCI Blackline Tails - CSR Eyelids - BMW Performance Sideskirts

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Qbone Second Lieutenant Drives: BMW 123D Coupé Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Västervik Posts: 261 iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 123d [0.00]	up! is it even there on a 135i?

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mad chemist First Lieutenant Drives: TTRS Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: South East Posts: 320 iTrader: (0)	Could be the lead weight BMW put in to get the perfect 50:50 F/R balance. I know my 135i has one. Mad.