E39 Facelift Question

[cschollum]

after 2000 apparently the E39 got a face lift, I have a 1998 TDS - will the facelift rear lights fit it or did the body panels alter slightly?

[SRR2]

There's information on this over at Roadfly on the E39 board archive. Short answer, the newer lights don't easily fit. A few people have made the mod, but it's nontrivial and involved sheet metal. Others have bought look-alike cheesy lights from Fleabay that look similar to the newer lights.

[Paul in NZ]

but it's nontrivial and involved sheet metal

huh?

[winfred]

sounds like cutting was needed, maybe for different holes in the back


huh?

[SRR2]

Exactly.