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Thread: E39 Facelift Question

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    Default E39 Facelift Question

    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?

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    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.

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    but it's nontrivial and involved sheet metal
    huh?
    Gone but not forgotten

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

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul in NZ
    huh?
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    Exactly.

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