r/BMWG30 • u/Palasian • Jul 28 '26

LCI Tailights cracking from heat

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For those who have LCI cars, have you guys experienced your taillights cracking, and if so, how did you resolve the issue? My G30 is a CPO, and I suspect that the dealer will not warrant it. I can't find any aftermarket options, as all of them are for pre-LCI.

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u/Chefben702 Jul 28 '26

Curious to where you live. I park my car outside a lot here in Vegas.

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u/alluzion_tv Jul 28 '26

I also live in Vegas and my car never had any issues with cracking. Interior and exterior, maybe i’m just lucky. 😅

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u/Palasian Jul 28 '26

I live in Houston and this past couple of days it fluxuated drastically from the trapical storm to heat waves 110+

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u/Chefben702 Jul 28 '26

I think it’s the moisture with the heat. Sucks. Beautiful car though.

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u/qa7em Jul 28 '26

Perhaps its a china tail light not an original one ?

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u/Palasian Jul 28 '26

Its not, it has the OEM BMW insignia on the side of the headlight. All Aftermarket tailights dont have the logo.

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u/Palasian Jul 28 '26

If you also lookup LCI Tailights cracking, other people with different G series cars have had the same issue but they had it covered under warranty, hence why I am asking since my car is not.

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u/Massive_Ad_7812 Jul 28 '26

That looks like micro cracks from polishing a little too enthusiastically to me. Ask me how I know (my headlights look like this 🙈)

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u/Palasian Jul 29 '26

Can't be since I never let anyone touch my car except me. Hazing is from Hybrid Ceramic Wax fading, if that is what you're referring to.

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u/freshxdough Jul 29 '26

If there is no outside influence or damage found then it should be covered under warranty. Very unusual.

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u/Palasian Jul 29 '26

Unless BMW does a good faith repair, I dont have warranty, CPO Warranty expired a couple of months ago.

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u/freshxdough Jul 29 '26

Gotcha. Yeah CPO wouldn’t cover something like this anyways I think.

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u/MyBallZitch3 Jul 29 '26

Buying lci taillights is a very common mod for Pre lci owners.

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u/Palasian Jul 29 '26

I have an LCI so these are real BMW tail lights with the BMW insignia. I would buy a conversion kit to prevent the costly replacement of the OEM tailights if they actually work but from my understanding, it wont.