I am at this point and I got 2 of these 1 series cars. Today I looked at the one that has completely fallen off (128i). I cut off the tab thinking I was going to buy a replacement third brake light and the dealer qouted me $118 ( I need 2). They said on the 128 it was replaced at 06/24/2010. Does this mean for the life of the car this would be a maintenance item?
The issue is that the lens is constantly under pressure because it is pulling against the cut out for the light on the trunk and the base (this is the reason for the spring tension)
I am going to try and cut-off the part of the lens (red part) that attaches to the base of the light and mount the red part independent from the base so there will be no constant force pulling against it.
I'll try to take pictures as we go along, I have nothing to loose at this point.
