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The metal contact pads inside the housing over time deflect inward and stay permanently deformed to accommodate the incandescent bulbs. I just replaced my brake lights with LED bulbs from superbrightled and had the same loose socket issue. I disconnected the battery and carefully pried the two contacts away from the back of the housing towards the cover lens using a very small flat head screw driver. After doing so the new LED bulbs were nice and snug once reinstalled...
The LED replacements are too tall for the side marker lenses though which caused the side reflectors to not fit. I used some black strip caulk from Eastwood to keep the front edges secured in place. When the lights are on the side markers illuminate the entire side of the road. Its impressive actually.
I also didn't need to mess around with the flashers. There was no difference in the signal speed once the LEDs were installed which was nice...
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