DEPO Rear lights - globe connectors won't connect!

[Yiorgos]

Hey everyone,

Got a set of DEPO rear euroclears, I got all excited and started unmounting my OEM lights to replace with these euroclears. I got the bulbs out with their little globe connectors that simply click in, tried to click them into the DEPO tail lights and they don't click in!

Short of smashing the DEPO light in frustration, I had a closer look and compared the guides in the hole where the globe goes through, and on the OEM the guide gives you less restriction when trying to click them in.

IE. OEMs go like this __/======, where the slanty bit allows you to turn the connector in a clockwise fashion, and when it goes to the === bit it's clicked in.

The DEPOs go like this ()=====, so it's impossible for the guides to do their work and assist you in clicking in the globe, since theres a big fat ball of plastic you have to overcome, which is nigh on impossible to do so without smashing the light on the ground and punting it across my garage.

Can you sense the frustration?

Anyone got any bloody ideas on how to get these bastards in? I've tried vasoline but that was before I inspected and compared both tail light assemblies.

EDIT: added pic -- apologies for dodgy techniques in Photoshop...

[632 Regal]

depos suck man, can you dremmel the plastic part some? Wait til you get constant tail light errors and bust the **** up trying to get them to connect good. did I mention depos suck?

[Qube]

Use a sharp knife and cut an edge on it.

Else, use a pair of locking pliers

[632 Regal]

or a hammer.

Use a sharp knife and cut an edge on it.

Else, use a pair of locking pliers

[Yiorgos]

Thanks for the replies guys.

I was thinking a soldering iron, but some of these ideas are good too. I wasn't sure if a dremmel was a good idea, since the plastic flakes would litter the inside lens area and I don't really feel like filling that with glitter

Here are some high-res photos of the difference:
BMW OEM rear light globe cavity
DEPO rear light globe cavity

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to modify these to fit, but it seems like I have to. Oh well, I should have shopped around to find some Hellas instead, huh.

[Paul in NZ]

what about a small flat file,there isnt much material to remove is there?

[SC David]

Exact same fitment issues with mine. DO NOT try to force them in, when I did that the entire light cracked. I was pissed, but I'm finally getting a replacement light. I used a nail file, and was able to sand down that part until it was at the correct angle. I suggest this method because it's very easy to get one in there, and the shitty plastic will sand right off. Good luck!

[weazman187]

haha , wow i just had the same problem, just grab a wrench or somthing you can grip the end of the bulb thing with and grip it and just twist, they poped right in, and then after that you can remove and put them back on with no problem,

oh and also i just got depo eyes, can anyone help me install them , cuz it says plug and play but i dunnooooooooooooooo.......haha

[Qube]

haha , wow i just had the same problem, just grab a wrench or somthing you can grip the end of the bulb thing with and grip it and just twist, they poped right in, and then after that you can remove and put them back on with no problem,

oh and also i just got depo eyes, can anyone help me install them , cuz it says plug and play but i dunnooooooooooooooo.......haha

WAIT! BEFORE YOU INSTALL THEM! http://www.bimmer.info/forum/showthread.php?t=24115

[632 Regal]

man thats a great observation! I didnt even know what them little pictures represented but now I do...lol. I still like the hammer

just today my "depo" projecter fogs got a bulb error, something about 20,000 holes in them. what a bunch of crap man.

Thanks for the replies guys.

I was thinking a soldering iron, but some of these ideas are good too. I wasn't sure if a dremmel was a good idea, since the plastic flakes would litter the inside lens area and I don't really feel like filling that with glitter

Here are some high-res photos of the difference:
BMW OEM rear light globe cavity
DEPO rear light globe cavity

I was hoping that I wouldn't have to modify these to fit, but it seems like I have to. Oh well, I should have shopped around to find some Hellas instead, huh.