SO, I went to the bmw dealership this afternoon about the light removal since i tried it a few more time and couldnt seem to get it out. I didnt want to end up with something broken. Anyhow, the service department was very helpful sending two techs out to my car to figure it out. The tech was concerned about breaking the light out and the light having to be replaced since the two metal clips (can see in picture on previous page) were bent up and not easy to push and release. I went to the parts department to see how much the light was before we were going to attempt breaking it out to get to the bottom of the situation ($120.00 +. I was opent to the idea of breaking the light out and replacing it because i figured already ruined it out of its normal fitting and didnt want a loose fitting light anyway. So the tech bent the light out and showed me what had happened to the pins. I was convinced that after some manipulation with some pliers i could get them back to being able to fit snuggly before my decision to attempt to remove the light. I removed the two screws that i was trying to get to and there was nothing inside that front plastic piece rattling like i thought. I said "screw it" and went back to the dealership and payed for a one hour diagnostic to find out what the rattling was. I drove around with a tech for 10 minutes trying to figure out where it was coming from. Back at the dealership, while im waiting the first tech comes out and tells me it was my parking brake making the rattling noise, so it was adjusted an now NO MORE RATTLING ! I came home bent the metal pieces back to where they will fit snuggly ( i tried this with the whole plasic piece out so that i could remove and manipulate as needed before putting the whole piece back) and put the overhead piece back...Another journey down, hopefully no others soon!!

Sorry for long post, but was kinda a long story.