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Offline daz5182

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side light bulb replacement.
« on: October 26, 2011, 05:46:07 pm »
Had a look and this looks a nightmare, any ideas please or link to how to guide. Thanks.
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2011, 05:52:44 pm »
 A pair of thin nosed pliers. Make very sure you get a hold of the bulb holder and NOT the wire. Give it a good tug/wiggle
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2011, 06:04:23 pm »
So it's not a turn and pull job then? How do you put it back? Push and wiggle?
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2011, 06:10:39 pm »
Be interested in this too as i've got a free set of these coming with some philips blue visions i ordered online  :party:

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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2011, 06:21:52 pm »
You should be able to fit it back with fingers only, unless you have a ham fist, then use the long nose pliers and just push it home.  :happy2:
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2011, 06:35:41 pm »
Just changed mine and Mandys sidelights. Its not that hard at all- just use some long pliers to get them out. I was able to use my hands to push them back in.
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #6 on: October 29, 2011, 02:37:20 pm »
Managed to finally get these little buggers out and change them for the free blue vision W5W's that came with my H7's but i am a little confused by some pictures of some people's headlights  :confused:

My sidelight bulbs are located in the outer edge of the reflector of my main beam but on other cars when people show pictures of changing sidelights they have a bulb in the outer edge of the cluster at the bottom next to the indicator?? My car is a 54 plate and so did they change the design on newer headlights meaning i have the older design or am i missing something completely?  :ashamed: I also can't see for the life of me how i'd get the indicator bulbs out if they ever failed

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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #7 on: November 01, 2011, 10:00:08 am »
The sidelight bulbs are located next to the indicator on cars with Xenon/HID headlamps - everyone else, unless modified, have them in the full beam reflector  :happy2:
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #8 on: November 09, 2011, 04:25:07 pm »
i just order some of these bad boys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220874005173&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

dont think they're going to fit with removing a bit of the white plastic base
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #9 on: November 09, 2011, 04:44:55 pm »
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Re: side light bulb replacement.
« Reply #10 on: November 09, 2011, 04:47:49 pm »
Quote from: daveangel on November 09, 2011, 04:25:07 pm
i just order some of these bad boys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220874005173&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

dont think they're going to fit with removing a bit of the white plastic base

They should fit ok, but for 99p I wouldn't expect much of a life expectancy!
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