did you find one. few e53s at the junkyard in my area, i can grab one for you over the weekend.

light just turned on today, bulb holder/socket looks good when I pulled it out this morning. Going to spend some time to take out the assembly and check what's busted. I know that the tail light assembly was designed by the guys who did the CCV..

was wondering if I could just rewire it using plain wires soldered directly instead of relying on that metal circuit board..





https://scontent-dfw5-1.xx.fbcdn.net...28&oe=5B99B8AF


https://www.facebook.com/diybmwx5

LOL :bustingup

:bustingup:bustingup

Picture of yours and if it was broken in the way mine was I can tell you exactly how to fix it


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

the metal portion is pressed down due to the melted plastic behind it, caused by a loose contact (burnt mark)
https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...f4&oe=5B839ACC

I have to push the metal upwards to provide a better contact but for how long this fix will last? Thinking of putting some epoxy behind the metal to offset the melted plastic..
https://scontent.fmkc1-1.fna.fbcdn.n...16&oe=5B93DB43


over-engineering at its best..



https://www.facebook.com/diybmwx5

Time is money. After attempting a number of fixes I decided a new tail light assembly was in order. I’m happy I did it.

I fixed Lumba2 (wife's e53) good as new with the steps shown here:

https://www.icloud.com/sharedalbum/#B0SGrhkPxG3LazS


Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Pro

that's a great fix! never thought of using the screws. What kind of material you put behind the metal?




https://www.facebook.com/diybmwx5

I believe I had some really tough rubber like roofing material. It worked perfectly. I like using rubber in such a fix because I can twice the screws while the rubber squeezes to get the right depth perfectly.

I did both sides right away as it's a straight up design defect they will all fail.

I checked mine but due to an accident my 2001 has lamp assemblies from 2009. They are a slightly different design which allowed me to rewire to use both brake filaments for full brightness