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DIY - Changing HID bulbs on R36

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  • #16
    Originally posted by basic View Post
    Argh why didnt you write this up about 4 months ago, i paid someone to replace mine after looking online and thinking this is too hard [emoji14]
    The factory bulbs must have a failure rate which is about now.
    They are rated for 3000 hours I think.
    So cars are getting on for 10 years which is about 1.2 hours of use a day.
    Seems legit.
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    • #17
      2 x D1S D1R Genuine XENON 6000K HID BULB compatible with 66043 66144 85410 White 870230017013 | eBay

      Got my globes here, probably abit whiter than what I had. Cheers for the writeup
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      • #18
        I'm very happy to say that I never had to do this myself.

        Got my R36 and one of the globes wasn't in properly and someone had put a wood screw in to hold the dust cover..

        Had to have my front bumper replaced under insurance and asked if they could pretty please put a new bulb in (Supplied a pair) and I now have Phillips 6000k D1S' which are nice but were not cheap by any means.\

        Nice writeup too, you put me off installing these for six weeks while I waited for my claim to go through :p

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        • #19
          can actually do this without the removal of the front bar

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