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Originally Posted by gpraceman
Yep, that is what I do and let it gently drop the last few inches.
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Ditto. Perhaps the dampers on my car are worn but my trunk lid closes by itself with very little effort from fully open, yet it doesn't slam down hard enough to make me worry that it will damage the brake light.
Re the brake light, mine was cracked when I first bought the car but it was replaced by BMW under the original warranty - its been fine since. My car is garaged most of the time - could this be some form of UV degradation, or a hot sunny climate issue for those of us in the southern US (I'm in Canada)? Also, my brake light is red so could there be some issue with the plastic formulation in the clear lenses making them more susceptible to cracking etc?