taillight replacement
 

Just found out today that my driver's side tailight needs to be replaced. The brakelight bulbsocket has burnt a hole throught the housing plate where it derives its voltage. So I need a new tailight. Does anyone know of any aftermarket tailights worth getting that look good?

Tail light quick fix
 

The rear tail light is infamous for collecting condensation, that corrodes the metal hard wires powering the 2 leads into the Socket. I didnt want to spend $250 plus on new housing.

I bought a new plastic socket and soldered two wires to each of the metal strips below the contacts on the socket. I then ran the wires about an inch and half from the original contact point ( the part of the metal that was corroded ) to the top where the metal appeared to still be in good shape. I wrapped the wire around the metal 3 times and put a little solder on it.

Problem solved, no more brake light warning, break lights work great, Saved $250. That was 3 months ago and I have not had a problem since.

Let me know if I can help further!

I needed my drivers side taillamp assembly replaced, too, but since I was under warranty, BMW got it and installed for free. You can pressure your dealer, or look on ebay.
Good luck.

I got tired of messing with my light sockets where the it kept going out regularly. I decide to purchase a brand new sets, the clear ones. I am totally happy for 2 reasons: 1. the clear ones looks nicer 2. no more twist sockets. The new ones came with wires that hook directly to the connector....all for ~$200 shipped. Check it out:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=150075004724

dtech, can you post some pics of them installed and turned on?

picts
 

I don't know if you can tell but it looks like the new model lights (mine is an 02).

sorry unable to upload picts..

Hi there,
see my posts for pics of them fitted

picts...finally.

So what did you get for the $200?? complete set with bulbs? reverse brake, rears??