DocMike
I used 2001 lights and my installer had no problems. Sounds like you may have post 2002 lights sold to you by some mistake or slight of hand! I hear there is a way to open them with solvent and/or cutting from what my installer says...however EACH of those takes like 4 hrs a light to do!

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Rob C-G
'08 BMW M3 coupe Graphite Gray-on order (Mine)
'05 911 Carrera 997 Artic Silver (Mine)
'07 Mercedes CLS550 Iridium Gray (Herz)
'03 BMW X5 4.4 SAV Sapphire Black Metallic (Mine)


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