Stupid question? How do change a light buld E60 535d

[RedRobert]

Computer gave the fault that front left parking light has failed and on inspection I see its the angel eyes on side lights not working.

went to the local motorfactors store and he gave me a little 50p bulb - confident that its the part.

how the feck do i change it now? Does the little bulb the size of you wee finger nail actually fit the bill to light up the 2 angel eyes?

Can anyone give me some steps on the best way to get this fitted? Do I have to dismatle alot of parts to get at it?

She has bi-xenon lights.

Stupid I am, I know!
Cheers
Ronan

Edited by RedRobert on Thursday 7th May 17:22

[Rob.]

Knowing BMW they have engineered these so only a main stealer can do it at stupid cost. There is a BMW tech on here I think who could probably be of more help than me!

[Deano_BMW]

this might help, or not lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15ght75I-mo
http://reviews.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E60-angel-eyes-guide...

Edited by Deano_BMW on Thursday 7th May 21:19

[cat220]

RedRobert said:

Computer gave the fault that front left parking light has failed and on inspection I see its the angel eyes on side lights not working.

went to the local motorfactors store and he gave me a little 50p bulb - confident that its the part.

how the feck do i change it now? Does the little bulb the size of you wee finger nail actually fit the bill to light up the 2 angel eyes?

Can anyone give me some steps on the best way to get this fitted? Do I have to dismatle alot of parts to get at it?

She has bi-xenon lights.

Stupid I am, I know!
Cheers
Ronan

Edited by RedRobert on Thursday 7th May 17:22

How did you get on with replacing the bulb? Facing the same problem myself.

[RedRobert]

cat220 said:

RedRobert said:

Computer gave the fault that front left parking light has failed and on inspection I see its the angel eyes on side lights not working.

went to the local motorfactors store and he gave me a little 50p bulb - confident that its the part.

how the feck do i change it now? Does the little bulb the size of you wee finger nail actually fit the bill to light up the 2 angel eyes?

Can anyone give me some steps on the best way to get this fitted? Do I have to dismatle alot of parts to get at it?

She has bi-xenon lights.

Stupid I am, I know!
Cheers
Ronan

Edited by RedRobert on Thursday 7th May 17:22

How did you get on with replacing the bulb? Facing the same problem myself.

Hi

The 50p bulb is not the deal. I bought a unit from BMW for about £18, but when I wiggled the wires on the light unit and hit it a few gentle "taps", the light worked again, but only for a few minutes. It does not want to seem to work now at all. The bulb is not fused - I can see that from the outside. I have started another thread on this but no replies yet.

Thinking I might have to get the bulb unit again and fit it to see if that works - even though the bulb is not fused, the unit may be faulty.

The youtube link was helpful - will probably try and do that myself.

Good luck