Low Beam Bulb Replacement

[Europeenne]

hey beautiful nico peepz, happy 2017

noticed my right headlight was super dim... upon further investigating:




left working headlight for comparison:


looks like the low beam is out? my high beams work perfectly fine... searching the forum and looking in the official lighting thread, looks like i just need a 6000k d2s bulb?

https://www.amazon.com/Zone-Tech-6000K- ... +kit+6000k does this look right to order?

also can't process where in this the bulb goes?

[Ilya]

The bulb goes into the projector, it's held in by a metal retaining clip. And it looks like you have xenon lights, so yes, you would need D2S...however if you have halogen lights (not xenon) then you'll need H4 or H1 I believe (can't remember, you can find this information line with some further searching or maybe someone will chime in). Based on you having the journey and tech package per your user info, I believe that means you definitely have HID/xenon lights.

You'll likely have to remove the wheel unless you have super tiny hands/shoulders and remove the wheel well splash guard to get to the back of the headlight assembly...if you don't feel comfortable doing that you might have to make an expensive trip to your dealer to get this done. I believe there is a guide in the FAQ/HowTo thread in my signature on this.

Also, my personal recommendation, considering the age of the car, is to swap out both lights so they match. Your driver side lamp has a lot of hours on it and is 'burned in' while the new one you install in the passenger side is well...new. I can pretty much guarantee they will not match. Even if you don't have xenon lights, you'll likely see a difference between two halogen lights so I'd still swap both.

Also, if you do have xenon lights, the OEM 'spec' temperature is 4300k. I would not go over 6000k, your lights will be useless.

As for light bulb itself, many here would recommend you an OSRAM Xenarc CBI or CBH bulb from a place like TheRetrofitSource.com. Not sure I'd trust a cheap Amazon no-name bulb unless I was trading the car in very soon. I mean, those things are $11...while real quality HID bulbs are approaching $200...for a reason.

Up to you, of course.

[airmanhoward]

Super easy to replace shouldn't take you long.

[Ilya]

Yeah, with a good set of jack stands, etc. and knowledge/tools to remove a wheel and a wheel liner, it's like a 35-40 minute job for both sides.

[Europeenne]

Yeah, with a good set of jack stands, etc. and knowledge/tools to remove a wheel and a wheel liner, it's like a 35-40 minute job for both sides.

thanks so much for the informal replies, literally feel 100 times more confident about doing this, going to give it a try going super noob without removing the wheel or using a jack...

ordered a pair of genuine philips brand instead after hearing your advice lol... and good call on replacing both, my dumb bum self would have only replaced 1 side otherwise

i found this video on the forum of a 2011 g37's bulb replacement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ShSW-Vq7T1M just like the linked 1 in your signature

could anyone please confirm if it's pretty much the same exact process for an 06 M45?

[WillV]

official-lighting-thread-t515012-180.html#p6622584

In case this link does not take you directly to the correct post, the post you should look up is in the "Official Lighting Thread" on page 7. The third post down goes into detail with pics of what to remove and how to access the back of the bulb. Pictures are also posted of why you should change both bulbs together.. the OEM bulb color was not even close to the 5500K bulbs that this M owner switched in.

Good luck!