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Old 01-28-2025, 12:51 PM
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It's too bad so many little corners were cut on the newer BMWs. The E30 was still made in Germany and used better materials and grease on the contacts.
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These are the ones I bought, Wayne:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07N8G4SQN

They are wired correctly for my 04 4.4i. They even included wiring and sockets for the rear fogs (though I don't have them so can't say that the wiring works for them in particular).

One of the plugs was difficult to insert... I had to bend the pins inside the connector.
Good to hear they work but the giveaway here is they are listed to work with cards from 2000-2006, which indicates a lack of consideration for the lighting changes introduced in Sept. 2003 with the LCI update.

How many of the rear red sections are lit up when the lights or on (not braking)? All four or just two? LCI cars use all four rear sections as low-intensity tail lights, the lower two red sections as high-intensity brake lights (normal braking) and all four red sections as high-intensity brake lights (rapid brake application/ABS activated etc.)

I wonder if this force-dependent braking feature works with these? Hard to check/test!

The best feature of these aftermarket tails is they do away with the poor steel/zinc lamp circuit connections!
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I just double-checked and all four red lights on the outer sections come on with running lights on. I know the regular brake lights work, but haven't had an opportunity to verify that the high-intensity ones do. I expect they will since I'm using the same bulb type as before and the wiring is the same.

I used LEDs for the indicator and reversing lights. They're super-bright and more than make up for the moderately smoked out lenses.

Mine is a 10/03 build LCI. I can't say for sure that these lights will work for subsequent revisions.

The best feature for me is that they make the rear of the car look much more modern
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https://xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-forums/...light-fix.html

Have a read, see the pics, buy the part, all fixed.
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