Hi so i ordered some Blackjack LED sidemarkers off out motoring

http://www.outmotoring.com/mini-coop...al_lights.html


And i pulled off my current oem sidemarker and the plugs dont match up?

did i order the wrong thing? or am i missing something..

i have a 2005 MCS convertible

 

Current Sidemarker and connector:




new sidemarker + connector:

 

Also for the life of me i cannot get the sidemarker housing off.. i have found the pin on the inside of the bonnet and i have been pushing and pulling from the outside and it just will not budge..

 

Maybe you should call out motoring, cus we're going to tell you to stop complaining and just splice the wires lol.

*Solder and heat shrink your wires for safety. Eye protection recommended.

 

I would not be here if i knew how to do that :/

 

To remove the housing, you have to slide it back and then push out.

To splice, you disconnect the battery, cut the wires, strip off the insulation, twist the wires from the light to the car wires (one wire to one wire each), tape them safely with electrical tape, and then that's it. With most LEDs +,- polarity isn't a huge issue.

-this is NOT official electrical advice. This is the half assed way of doing things.

Call out motoring first, maybe they'll send you a different harness.

 

that LED bulb goes into the socket for the OEM bulb that is why the connectors don't match up

Otherwise I can't see enough of the rest to tell you whats up with it.

 

You havn't taken it apart all the way, the white male portion twists off of the lens, then you'll see how it plugs in.

as far as pulling the scuttle, should just pop out from the rear (near the door) and have a catch in the front, just be sure & use a piece of cardboard or a rag to protect your paint if you use a screwdriver to pry it out.

Edit: Now I'm 2nd guessing myself, I think it's back=pin & front=tab.

 

Okay so i twist it off?


Then im here..





and nothing connects still? except i was playing around with them and oddly the light connects to my new light..





But that does not help me one bit..

 

Pull the orange wedge bulb out of the off-white housing. The new piece should plug in there



I think the picture above is from a R56 but the difference should just be the shape of the R50/52/53 bulb holder.
(R56 is straight like in pic above, R50/52/53 is "L" shaped like in OP's pic)

 

Thankyou very much drillslinger, I feel like a idiot now but thankyou guys and i called outmotoring and they were great help and told me exactly what you posted above just verbally!

Thanks

 

Pull the bulb out. The new sidemarker plugs into the bulb socket.

Edit: I guess already answered while I was typing!

 

No worries, I've been there myself

 

Still kinda stuck on the sidemarker housing tho :/ trying to dip it black.

Tried prying it from the near the door side with a screw driver but it just dosent budge, i also went inside the hole where the side marker light goes and tried to pull it out from the inside but nothing moved really.

 

It's been awhile since I painted mine so someone'll probably have better info but I seem to remember having to push the whole thing towards the rear of the car first in order to clear a tab at the front.

HTH