Dark thing between the tail pipes?

Cypress · 05-27-2009, 12:24 AM

What is the dark thing on the back between the tail pipes?

Robert_Nash · 05-27-2009, 10:13 AM

This is the location for the rear fog light which is required in many locations in the world (Japan, Europe, Canada, etc) designed to alert drivers approaching a car from the rear in foggy/low visibility conditions.

As far as I know, rear fog lights such as this are not "illegal" in the U.S. but apparently, the requirements for the U.S. Vs other countries are not compatable with the location/height, etc of the light on the Z; so, Nissan just puts a dummy/non-functional assembly in the spot (rather than completely re-design the rear bumper cover which, of course, adds a good deal of cost).

There are several threads on this that you might want to check including this one...

F1 Style Rear Blinker

I recently completed the work required to make my rear fog functional but there are many possibilities for this using this area.

Cypress · 05-27-2009, 07:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert_Nash

This is the location for the rear fog light which is required in many locations in the world (Japan, Europe, Canada, etc) designed to alert drivers approaching a car from the rear in foggy/low visibility conditions.

As far as I know, rear fog lights such as this are not "illegal" in the U.S. but apparently, the requirements for the U.S. Vs other countries are not compatable with the location/height, etc of the light on the Z; so, Nissan just puts a dummy/non-functional assembly in the spot (rather than completely re-design the rear bumper cover which, of course, adds a good deal of cost).

There are several threads on this that you might want to check including this one...

F1 Style Rear Blinker

I recently completed the work required to make my rear fog functional but there are many possibilities for this using this area.

Robert,
Thank you for an informative response.

caneman88 · 05-27-2009, 10:27 PM

What did u do to make the rear fog functional any pics I would like to do something with mine

Quote:

Originally Posted by Robert_Nash

This is the location for the rear fog light which is required in many locations in the world (Japan, Europe, Canada, etc) designed to alert drivers approaching a car from the rear in foggy/low visibility conditions.

As far as I know, rear fog lights such as this are not "illegal" in the U.S. but apparently, the requirements for the U.S. Vs other countries are not compatable with the location/height, etc of the light on the Z; so, Nissan just puts a dummy/non-functional assembly in the spot (rather than completely re-design the rear bumper cover which, of course, adds a good deal of cost).

There are several threads on this that you might want to check including this one...

F1 Style Rear Blinker

I recently completed the work required to make my rear fog functional but there are many possibilities for this using this area.

onethreefive · 05-27-2009, 11:47 PM

Cleaned it up a little for you. Welcome to the site

Robert_Nash · 05-28-2009, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by caneman88

What did u do to make the rear fog functional any pics I would like to do something with mine

There are pics in the thread I referenced above.

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