Tail lights fitting

Ponta · 10-03-2017, 03:05 PM

This bothers me a lot because it triggers my OCD

I have seen many zeds and every single one of them has a problem with tail lights spaces between bumper and fender and trunk, not to mention this hilarious tail light plastic covers.
I have tried to move them a little bit so that spaces can be same on every corner and so on. Just look at this piece of engineering...
Do you have the same problem with it?

StickMon · 10-03-2017, 04:13 PM

Mine are the same. Gaps are uneven and not the same on each side.
Left side of my trunk lid also has excess curvature.
P.O. either backed into something or slammed the trunk hard while overloaded.

Reborn_ · 10-03-2017, 05:30 PM

My taillights are the same. Gap bugs me every time I wash or detail.

chickdr · 10-04-2017, 08:37 AM

Funny how different people are. I am pretty compulsive myself and I can't see any issues in the photo posted (the gaps look even all the way around the light to me). Mine looks the same and is great compared with the horrible panel gaps in my '16 RDX...

elerner61 · 10-04-2017, 09:23 AM

Life is too short, people. Go for a drive, then sit down with loved ones or friends and crack open your favorite adult beverage. Time better spent.

Huz-Z · 10-04-2017, 01:23 PM

Here is the problem - its relativity.

The taillights in your car are designed to appear properly proportioned while the car is in motion and when viewed by an observer who is also in motion. Your car is parked and you are also stationary so that's why they look all wrong.

Bazinga.

Efthreeoh · 10-04-2017, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by elerner61

Life is too short, people. Go for a drive, then sit down with loved ones or friends and crack open your favorite adult beverage. Time better spent.

This.

Shutterspeed · 10-04-2017, 04:38 PM

Anyone know if they sell the little plastic piece to the left of the tail light. It's crescent moon shaped. It's the piece that's resting against the rear fender in that picture. Mine has a lot of play in it.

StickMon · 10-04-2017, 06:18 PM

I think that plastic thing is all one piece.
#6 in this.

Ponta · 10-05-2017, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Shutterspeed

Anyone know if they sell the little plastic piece to the left of the tail light. It's crescent moon shaped. It's the piece that's resting against the rear fender in that picture. Mine has a lot of play in it.

You will need to remove bumper. Just saying.

Ponta · 10-05-2017, 02:20 AM

Look at this stock BMW pics, even here gaps are even.

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Ponta Private 17 Rep 52 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Poland iTrader: (0)	Tail lights fitting This bothers me a lot because it triggers my OCD I have seen many zeds and every single one of them has a problem with tail lights spaces between bumper and fender and trunk, not to mention this hilarious tail light plastic covers. I have tried to move them a little bit so that spaces can be same on every corner and so on. Just look at this piece of engineering... Do you have the same problem with it?
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StickMon My other car is on Mars 636 Rep 3,124 Posts Drives: 2006 MR Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lo-Cal iTrader: (1)	Mine are the same. Gaps are uneven and not the same on each side. Left side of my trunk lid also has excess curvature. P.O. either backed into something or slammed the trunk hard while overloaded. __________________ Warning: May contain traces of nuts.
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Reborn_ Lieutenant 295 Rep 410 Posts Drives: 2007 BMW Z4MC Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: SoCal iTrader: (7)	My taillights are the same. Gap bugs me every time I wash or detail.
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chickdr Lieutenant Colonel 140 Rep 1,989 Posts Drives: 2006 M Roadster Join Date: May 2009 Location: Buford, GA iTrader: (0)	Funny how different people are. I am pretty compulsive myself and I can't see any issues in the photo posted (the gaps look even all the way around the light to me). Mine looks the same and is great compared with the horrible panel gaps in my '16 RDX...
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elerner61 Major 157 Rep 1,107 Posts Drives: '07 Z4M Roadster Join Date: May 2011 Location: Mount Kisco, NY iTrader: (0)	Life is too short, people. Go for a drive, then sit down with loved ones or friends and crack open your favorite adult beverage. Time better spent.
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Huz-Z Brigadier General 846 Rep 4,057 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si, 328 XDrive, X5 35i Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Canada iTrader: (0)	Here is the problem - its relativity. The taillights in your car are designed to appear properly proportioned while the car is in motion and when viewed by an observer who is also in motion. Your car is parked and you are also stationary so that's why they look all wrong. Bazinga. __________________ Huz-Z BMW Z4 3.0si Roadster. Montego Blue Metallic. Premium and Sport Package.
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Shutterspeed Second Lieutenant 80 Rep 270 Posts Drives: 2008 Z4 M Coupe Join Date: May 2016 Location: New Orleans iTrader: (2)	Anyone know if they sell the little plastic piece to the left of the tail light. It's crescent moon shaped. It's the piece that's resting against the rear fender in that picture. Mine has a lot of play in it. __________________ 2008 BMW Z4M Coupe (BLTZKRG) 2013 Scion FRS (Kamikze) Sold
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StickMon My other car is on Mars 636 Rep 3,124 Posts Drives: 2006 MR Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lo-Cal iTrader: (1)	I think that plastic thing is all one piece. #6 in this. __________________ Warning: May contain traces of nuts.
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Ponta Private 17 Rep 52 Posts Drives: Z4 3.0si roadster Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Poland iTrader: (0)	Look at this stock BMW pics, even here gaps are even.
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