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Old 11-28-2011, 03:18 AM
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Talking got the new tails working

So after messing around with the wiring I finally got the lights to work properly. I have no idea what was wrong with them, but i still notified fishcakes and am going to have a replacement set issued just in case. I dont want to run into problems later down the road.

Now for the lights, I think they look awesome! I love the 2 black strips for the signal and reverse. Overall they really make the rear of the car stick out, eyecatching!
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Sweet. Where did you acquire these? Did you have to mod wires? Ismthat why you had issues?
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Is this a difficult mod for an average mechanical person? How Long and how hard?
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Nice!
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Is this a difficult mod for an average mechanical person? How Long and how hard?

this is an easy mod. All you need to do is remove some of the plugs to remove the carpet piece from the trunk and plug n play. I have the same look, smoked on the black s550. Nice job.
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The mod itself is not hard, its supposed to be plug and play. You just pop out the 2 round plastic pieces that hold the trunk liner around the tail light area. That gives you enough room to hold it back and then remove the 3 nuts that hold the tail light in place. theres 2 towards the top and one at the bottom.

then you just remove the plug from the stock tail, attach it to the new tail and mount it back on the car. my situation was prolonged due to the wacky wiring on the lights themselves. If I didnt have to mess around with that, the entire install would have taken me about 30 minutes i would say. the end result is well worth it too!
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We just ordered them for the 550.
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Where do you guys purchase these, eBay?
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if i get it, i would shop on ebay for sure. they are all the same
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yeah i found mine on ebay, theres a few different sellers.
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so nice, congrats man!
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Looks very nice!!

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