Check your front light assembly bracket!!
07-26-2005, 07:48 AM
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ks: my bad. I had the orientation of the photos wrong (its side down, not front down). The brackets to the side of the car are the same, but no cracks.
Originally Posted by Clevertrousers' date='Jul 25 2005, 11:04 PM
US 2006 525 with Xenon - Bracket design looks very different from thread starter's photos. No damage.
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07-26-2005, 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Clevertrousers' date='Jul 26 2005, 09:48 AM
ks: my bad. I had the orientation of the photos wrong (its side down, not front down). The brackets to the side of the car are the same, but no cracks.
[quote name='Clevertrousers' date='Jul 25 2005, 11:04 PM']US 2006 525 with Xenon - Bracket design looks very different from thread starter's photos. No damage.
[quote name='Clevertrousers' date='Jul 25 2005, 11:04 PM']US 2006 525 with Xenon - Bracket design looks very different from thread starter's photos. No damage.
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[/quote]Understood! Just glad there are no cracks. The last set they installed on mine have lasted quite a while now, so hopefully they are fixed for good.
07-26-2005, 03:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ericdbs' date='Jul 26 2005, 05:25 AM
[quote name='alohalc' date='Jul 24 2004, 01:41 AM']
good one, kigerka 
. my girlfriend wouldn't let me buy any additional things for my car. yes, it's my car but she's kind of bossy 
. i should tell her this and since she likes the car so much, she'll tell me to change the lights asap 
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OOOOhh!!! If mine are cracked maybe I can swap them out for the euro style
. my girlfriend wouldn't let me buy any additional things for my car. yes, it's my car but she's kind of bossy . i should tell her this and since she likes the car so much, she'll tell me to change the lights asap .[snapback]18560[/snapback]
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[/quote]i wonder how many of us are the same :'(.
07-26-2005, 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by ericdbs' date='Jul 26 2005, 10:25 AM
funny you should say that aloha......i call my wife.... BANK OF ELAINE....... eventhough it my car i have to ask as well..... she owes me big time though..... no soon to be fathers day and wedding anniversary gif..... so i? told her i would save it for something big....
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07-27-2005, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by sango' date='Jul 27 2005, 09:01 AM
i have both side cracked i think...it is same situation like on photos on first site...what to do now???i must tell to my dealer to fix that or??
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08-03-2005, 09:23 AM
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Originally Posted by moballa' date='Jul 23 2004, 05:33 PM
I bet your brackets are cracked too! Have a look at your left and right front light assembly mounting brackets. The bracket holds the light assembly to the side front frames under the hood. (Hard to explain...see pics below)
I went to my dealer, I checked every E60 they had in service, and BINGO, they are all cracked. My dealer is looking into it...However, the part number written on the bracket references that the entire assembly would have to be swapped out to fix it...($1000 per side! - under warranty of course) They didn't want to swap it until they heard back from BMWNA.
Anyway, here are some crappy cell phone snapshots of the bracket's location. (the crack is hard to make out in the pictures but basically, it is cracked across the bolt hole)
Interested to know who DOESN'T have these cracks!
Cheers,
Marco
I went to my dealer, I checked every E60 they had in service, and BINGO, they are all cracked. My dealer is looking into it...However, the part number written on the bracket references that the entire assembly would have to be swapped out to fix it...($1000 per side! - under warranty of course) They didn't want to swap it until they heard back from BMWNA.
Anyway, here are some crappy cell phone snapshots of the bracket's location. (the crack is hard to make out in the pictures but basically, it is cracked across the bolt hole)
Interested to know who DOESN'T have these cracks!
Cheers,
Marco
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08-03-2005, 01:59 PM
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I have a MY05 Dec 04 Build date, no cracks and the brakets appear diiferent from the post. But thanks for the heads up.
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