Facelift tail light conversion
 

Current spec is X5 3.0 2002 model. What do I need to change for the facelift tail light conversion? rear bonnet? light switch? wiring harness? Any part number would be great.
Thanks

you know for the life of me i cannot tell what changed to the rear of the x5?? the front is obvious ... but the rear?!

I checked ETK there is a facelift taillamp upgrade. But I found they have a different part number for the rear trunk lid too. I dunno if the design is different.:tsk:

The newer model features adaptive braking taillights. It has an extra bulb that illuminates under hard braking. Otherwise they are almost identical. If you park an '00-'03 X5 next to an '04-06' X5, you wouldn't see the differences in the taillights unless you were specifically looking for them. The lens of the new light is a little bit of a brighter red and perhaps a little clearer in the clear portion, otherwise they look identical.

ah, interesting ....... well thank you for that :)

Yup, thats the biggest difference, they look clearer. Not a significant enough of a change to swap out though IMO.

thank you very much

See item 19 in the LIGHTING section of the X5world home page for instructions on this conversion.

I did this mod about a week ago. Just trim the little black vertical pieces of plastic (about 1/4 inch piece) above the wiring harness connector on the new tails (you'll see the part that iterferes with the install if u try to put the new tails in). Put them in with the same 3 screws you removed from the old ones and your done,