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Originally Posted by itsbrokeagain
had this same exact issue yesterday with my girlfriends e46 325. Had to grind down the support on the plastic lens, in addition to dremeling the old bulb holder out. I cut the old holder out and soldered in the new led light to the existing wires, and drilled a hole in the trunk to run the antenna inside (im using the wireless setup).
covered the hole with some clear silicone, even though the trunk latch/plate lights are insulated with foam from the factory, so no rusting there.
reception is ok, it took me a while to get the antenna in the right spot to get the best pickup without getting distorted. Turns out if you bundle the turn on wires from the reverse light near the antenna, it causes all sorts of crazy static on the headunit. Had to loop it out and away from the antenna and that solved 90% of it.
Makes me wonder how Im going to run the wires for mine in the X, going to be an insanely long run from the top part of the tailgate, up into the cabin and the back down into the lower tailgate to pick up the reverse light power on.
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I'm running mine across the top hatch from the handle lip to the passenger side. Then up beside the window to the rubber boot that goes from the hatch to the body. Then I will run the wires thru the boot and down the inside on the passenger side where the fuses are. Luckily the video input for the stereo is on the cable that plugged into the harness that used to go to the factory radio module. So its right there where the cables will come down basically.