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Suffered the same re-occurrences on my 2015 ACE 30.1, same cheapy tail light assembly. I did like the Bergman repair in this blog however the Bergman with LED's is $160. I didn't care for the whimpy little back-up light on the Bergman. I was following a big rig one night and noticed the round LED lights with the large rubber grommet mounts. Perfect. Found them on Ebay for around $8.30 each with shipping. Cheap enough. I then needed to fashion a mount that could be screwed over the existing cut out on the RV. I had a piece of 1/4 inch Lexan left over from making router templates. I cut the 4.5 inch holes with a cut out tool and smoothed them with a spindle sander. Scuff the shiny surface with 0000 steel wool, painted them satin black, mounted with stainless steel screws. I applied 2 thick coats of polyurethane to the bare wood inside the RV cut out for water proofing. The rubber gasket is MD auto & marine rubber waterseal found in Lowes for about $8. No routing or enlarging for the Bergman. The Back up light is big and bright. Photos included to show result.