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Originally Posted by andrewwynn (Post 1134159)

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

Which is a cool mod but something the LCI (facelift) cars kinda do anyway - via the adaptive brake light feature. And I wouldn't go goofing with tail light wiring in an LCI car due to the risks of frying the LKM (LCM) module.

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The-LCI (pre-facelift) cars are designed for double filament lamps. The LCI (facelift) cars use PWM to vary the brightness of a single filament lamp.

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Originally Posted by andrewwynn (Post 1134159)

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

I noticed that this warning light has been on and off this winter and I didn't bother to check (since it's cold all the time) until it becomes permanent a few days ago. I think the moment the warning is illuminated temporarily it's time to check it out before it will melt the plastic.

I think the aftermarket ones with clear lenses are better designed since they have individual wires (no metal circuit boards) which IMO is the best way to fix this nagging issue.

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Originally Posted by 80stech (Post 1131357)

I just put a blob of solder (acid core) on each of mine where the contacts had burned/corroded through, contacts in rings place if I remember right, and never had a problem since.

+1 on filling the hole with solder. My car is an '05 3.0L, and the left side brake lamp was giving a message -- actually, I got a message and had to find it in the left side tail lamp. In any case, there was a hole that came from arcing, I filled the pit with solder. I cannot say if I used acid core or not.