DIY: OEM LED License Plate Lights for CSL bootlid

rlbmwm3 · Wed, Mar-25-2009, 10:29:51 AM

quick question... i tried taking my lights out of my OEM CSL trunk and they will not come out.. did not want to force too hard bc i dont want to break anything... what am i doing wrong here?

Got_S54? · Thu, Mar-26-2009, 07:00:35 PM

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Originally Posted by rlbmwm3

quick question... i tried taking my lights out of my OEM CSL trunk and they will not come out.. did not want to force too hard bc i dont want to break anything... what am i doing wrong here?

When you push with a screwdriver toward the long side of the light, does it move? If it does, you're doing it right. You just need to push to the side first, then pry out and away from the trunk.

r12tuning · Thu, Mar-26-2009, 11:33:58 PM

I have done but I have error in the check,sometimes appears,sometimes go,and when I have the car off the lights tend to blink,I don´t understand

car2lvr · Tue, Apr-07-2009, 06:14:56 PM

Can someone measure the size on these license plate light replacement?

r12tuning · Thu, Apr-16-2009, 10:48:09 PM

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Originally Posted by car2lvr

Can someone measure the size on these license plate light replacement?

what exactly?put a pic please

car2lvr · Tue, Apr-21-2009, 02:14:07 AM

What is the dimension of the light enclosure? Length, width, and height?

Mpowerza · Fri, May-01-2009, 01:36:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Got_S54?

You sure can, but the incandescent-based light housings are not designed for the light pattern festoon LED bulbs produce; therefore, the light output is more like a beam. If you look closely at the OEM LED light fixture, the lens is frosted/opaque and the LED's are mounted at an angle so the light output spreads evenly across the license plate.

Thanks for the info dude !

looks great, and yeah i agree, OEM FTW !! looks MUCH better IMHO.

Muscle · Tue, May-26-2009, 08:35:00 PM

so if I dont make my own wires, I jump from Pic#1 to Pic#8 in your DIY? I'm a visual person

Got_S54? · Wed, May-27-2009, 09:32:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Muscle

so if I dont make my own wires, I jump from Pic#1 to Pic#8 in your DIY? I'm a visual person

more or less. If you don't make your own wires, you will still need to buy the little aqau-colored connector you see in pic 8, as well as 2 pairs of wires that will plug into that connector.

To the best of my knowledge, you cannot buy the connectos with wires already attached to it.

Seans m3 · Wed, May-27-2009, 11:17:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Got_S54?

To the best of my knowledge, you cannot buy the connectos with wires already attached to it.

Not unless youre buying them from someone that cut them out of a car. You can buy them new with the prongs & just attach your wires.

Wed, Mar-25-2009, 10:29:51 AM	#41
rlbmwm3 Registered User Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 136 Reputation: 0 Location: Scotch Plains	quick question... i tried taking my lights out of my OEM CSL trunk and they will not come out.. did not want to force too hard bc i dont want to break anything... what am i doing wrong here? __________________ SOLD AW/BLK Gold Iforged Monaco's, Vredestein tires, PSS9's, OEM CSL trunk lid, vorsteiner csl bumper with 1 piece race splitter,rear csl diffuser, tint, depo smoked corners, 6000k HID's, JVT Headers no Cat's, Milltek secton 1 and 2, brushed aluminum trim, aluminum ///M engraved pedals.

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