Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: kent
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replacing front n/s headlight bulb d3
has anyone out there replaced the above,last night was the first time i have used the lights on my 2008d3.only had this one 5 weeks and not used the lights before.
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sandy
23rd Aug 2010 7:25 pm
MacLeod 313
Member Since: 18 Apr 2008
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Lift the tabs at the top of the light unit on both sides till the holes line up below the tab, headlight pulls easily out from there
I take out the front grill too - I find a claw hammer pulls the one tab up easier than anything else.Mark.
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23rd Aug 2010 7:44 pm
mik
Member Since: 08 Feb 2010
Location: Skoatland
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What these guys said.
Lights superbly easy to remove on the Disco3.
23rd Aug 2010 7:57 pm
jamieg7762
Member Since: 05 Mar 2010
Location: Warwickshire
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I find putting a cloth/towel on the bumper helps protect the bumper from scratches until you get used to removing & putting back in the lights.
23rd Aug 2010 8:01 pm
rnlisg
Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: kent
Posts: 209
thanks guys for the help i will hopefully sort it out tomorrow.
cheers
sandy
23rd Aug 2010 8:29 pm
rnlisg
Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: kent
Posts: 209
hi guys
i bought a pair of xenons to replace the u/s bulb,got them off ebay for £6.50 inc free white sidelight bulbs,
as you all said it was easy,i did also take out the grill so i could see the holes line up and put a towel under the lamp body so as not to scratch the bumper.
thanks again
sandy.
If they are real xenon's, then they are not legal!
But I'm guessing at that price, that they are the xenon filled Halogens. Mark.
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28th Aug 2010 8:05 pm
rnlisg
Member Since: 07 Aug 2010
Location: kent
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hi mark yes they are probably xenon filled,the add did say they were definitly
road legal though,and they certainly seem brighter .
cheers
sandy
29th Aug 2010 8:52 pm
AliG
Member Since: 18 Aug 2010
Location: Hertfordshire
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Hi - just thought I'd add a quick note to say you can actually replace the main headlight bulb (not sure you'd get to the other bulbs) without removing the front grill and headlamp unit. I found someone with small hands (!!) who simply unscrewed the part that holds the bulb in place (it's an off-white/grey plastic piece on the rear of the unit) and accessed the bulb easily.
Am sure I'll now get told that I shouldn't have done it that way - but as one who is not technically-minded, I wasn't looking forward to taking any more bits off my car myself - having fitted the removable towbar the weekend before and breaking one of the clips that holds the removable bumper cover within 5 seconds of turning it!
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25th Oct 2010 12:50 pm
mik
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Old Sailor wrote:
AliG wrote:
I found someone with small hands
Thought J Beadle had passed on??? Unless you're illegally employing minors??
Jeremy Beadle had a really small p3nis.
But on the other hand.... it was quite big.
25th Oct 2010 1:21 pm
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He's really into cars.... and Land Rovers especially which means he is destined to pay through the nose for a car that will let him down, cost a fortune when it does and trigger much shaking of heads amongst his peers - coupled with the most enjoyable ownership and driving experience there is. As I said to him when the EPB failed a couple of weeks ago, locking on and making him miss football - "why am I not surprised"... his reply??
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My 10 year old son actually.....so don't know about illegally employing as it's free labour (if you discount food, board, clothes, education, PS3s, computers......)
He's really into cars.... and Land Rovers especially which means he is destined to pay through the nose for a car that will let him down, cost a fortune when it does and trigger much shaking of heads amongst his peers - coupled with the most enjoyable ownership and driving experience there is. As I said to him when the EPB failed a couple of weeks ago, locking on and making him miss football - "why am I not surprised"... his reply??
