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Old 09-04-2013, 02:03 PM
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can you see where the other end of that ground wire attaches inside the light? i may want to add this, so i dont have a meltdown like some others have had.
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That's what i also wanted to ask. Could you take a picture to the place where other end of wire is attached?
I believe it is attached later by someone, not not during manufacture.
Yea I can snap a couple pics but won't be able to until the weekend the lights are already on the car.I don't have time during the week to take em off, but yea no problem.
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Yea I can snap a couple pics but won't be able to until the weekend the lights are already on the car.I don't have time during the week to take em off, but yea no problem.
i wouldnt take them off. you should be able to tell just by maybe removing the bulb cover, i would imagine.
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i wouldnt take them off. you should be able to tell just by maybe removing the bulb cover, i would imagine.
Lol, right.... Will do
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Originally Posted by turboawd
can you see where the other end of that ground wire attaches inside the light? i may want to add this, so i dont have a meltdown like some others have had.
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That's what i also wanted to ask. Could you take a picture to the place where other end of wire is attached?
I believe it is attached later by someone, not not during manufacture.
Here you guys go...
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hey, thanks!
that seems simple enough to add.
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Very simple and efficient.
Thank you Quarta!
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This is what the instructions show that came with the lights. I don't want to mess anything up or start a fire or something crazy like that.
Interesting do these come with the ground wire now? I bought one close to 2 months ago but I didn't see a ground wire. I just got the right tail light malfunction error.
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I added this ground wire to my lights, just like in the photo.
I will never have problems with this in the future.
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Interesting do these come with the ground wire now? I bought one close to 2 months ago but I didn't see a ground wire. I just got the right tail light malfunction error.
If all the part numbers are the same, I would say yes I ordered mine at the end of August when I made this post. What's pictures is what I received. There was another post talking about this problem at the end of it someone also wrote BMW was shipping new lights with the fix.
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If all the part numbers are the same, I would say yes I ordered mine at the end of August when I made this post. What's pictures is what I received. There was another post talking about this problem at the end of it someone also wrote BMW was shipping new lights with the fix.
Interesting mine didn't come with the ground wire wth
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