05-24-2011, 08:38 PM | #1 |
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Inner Tail Lights Removal
Can someone give me some pointers as to how to remove the inner tail lights? I bought the LCI tails to replace the pre-LCI ones. From just looking at he inner panel of the trunk lid, , I only see two screws where the inner trunk lid handels are. Really appreciate any help. Thank you!
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05-25-2011, 10:51 PM | #2 |
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i'm sure because i'm stupid, but this mod took me a good 3.5 hours, mainly dealing with the lift gate inside liner. I love the darker lens on the LCI tails! They are essentially smoked tail lights compared to pre-LCIs.
The original inner tails were held by a very sticky black caulk with only foam on the top side. The LCI tails is pure foam. Everything works, however the dash has an error (exclamation mark) and upon engine startup, the NAV says right tail malfunction. I'll schedule an appointment with the dealer when I get a chance for coding. pic1: LCI pic2: Pre-LCi Last edited by c-dubmobile; 05-26-2011 at 12:32 AM.. |
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05-26-2011, 06:29 AM | #3 |
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Very nice, looks good! Thanks for sharing your photos, I'm thinking to buy a pair from USA and ship it to Oz.
Did you buy your LCI taillights locally? Do the turn indicator signals have amber-coloured bulb or red-coloured bulb? |
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05-26-2011, 08:28 PM | #4 |
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I bought mine from getbmwparts. I believe the turn signal bulbs themselves are amber, bu the bulbs can be changed easily if desired.
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05-27-2011, 07:31 AM | #5 | |
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Will place an order soon, thanks so much!!! |
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01-12-2014, 10:12 PM | #6 |
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well...how did you install them? did you get them coded? did the error go away?
I heard...from the dealer that these retrofit lights wont work with "certain" vin numbers... I find that very odd...I ordered them anyway and will get them in a couple weeks and a buddy's going to code them. Anyone know how to get the new idrive set up on a 08? |
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I'll be attempting to do this shortly on my 09/2007 3.0d X5. Im fairly confident they will work with my VIN going from the fact they're listed under the Retrofittings category for my VIN: http://www.realoem.com/bmw/partgrp.d...39&hg=63&fg=95 Perhaps you could confirm like this too ... Keen to understand what was recoded and if thats only for LED bulb applications? |
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