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      07-06-2017, 08:03 PM   #79
smovva
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Glad it worked! You are right, crimping the plug may not stay a tight fit with vehicle movement and the hot glue should definitely help!

One of the crimped leads came loose on my right trunk lid light; buckled down and bought a really nice soldering iron (Weller WESD51 soldering station $100 on amazon) and some Kester 24-6337-0027 Solder Roll core solder ($25 on amazon) to do it right and still came out ahead of buying new lamps from BMW. Of course you could also do what I did with a $10 soldering iron and $2 soldering lead, but you don't get the same satisfaction!!! ;-)
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