Do some BMW 5 series drivers.....

[Moley RUFC]

Fit lights behind the grill to make them look like police cars? Random question I know and maybe someone can explain but yesterday I parked up opposite a 535d which I guessed was a police car because I could see what I thought were 2 rectangular lights behind the grill.

5 minutes later a chap emerged from Ikea and drove off with family too. Thought nothing off it until driving home and a silver 5 series goes the other way with a young lady driving and again what appears to be lights visible.

Ex-police cars? Grill brackets? Dodgy eyes?

Edited by Moley RUFC on Sunday 13th February 11:48

[DannyVTS]

Dodgy eyes

If it was ex police the lights would have been removed, maybe he was just having a laugh?

Did you get the reg?

[Moley RUFC]

Didn't get the reg but it seemed odd that I saw 2 BM's in about an hour exactly the same

[joebongo]

Could also be ambulance officers.

[WBC]

Could be sensors for active cruise control?

[Timberwolf]

CID are redecorating.

The second one was going back after they opened up their Bumfröttig desk only to find the screws were missing.

[JoeRRS]

Don't no about these days but I no x undercover police cars still had flashing headlights or lights behind the grill fitted the police just use to strip out the switches etc leaving holes all over the place

[Rich_W]

JoeRRS said:

Don't no about these days but I no x undercover police cars still had flashing headlights or lights behind the grill fitted the police just use to strip out the switches etc leaving holes all over the place

Not true in the slightest!


To the OP. There's something fitted in that position behind the grille. I've seen it too. But I would guess it's not flashing lights.

[JoeRRS]

I'm talking about back in the rover vitesse days family friend had one and only the switches were taken off the one he bought from a dealer who specialises in x traffic cars

[volvoforlife]

WBC said:

Could be sensors for active cruise control?

I'm sure its this.

[derestrictor]

Active cruise on Audis and Mercs is normally observed as a single, slice of perspex, e.g. below the snout of an A8 6.0 W12.

It would not surprise me if there's a market catering accordingly for this type of psychological indequate.

[CharlieHotel]

The Crack Fox said:

Or fire brigade, coastguard etc etc...

Or military police. I noticed a car parked once with the lights in the car grill, took a picture of it as was curious. The fella who owned it seen me taking the pic and asked of I could delete the picture as he was meant to be somewhere else.
Lol I obliged. Useless story for you all.