£30 for a sidelight bulb!

[Sidewaze Samm]

Front sidelight has just failed - the car has xenons and sidelights are those angel eye things.
It seems it's not just a case of popping in a two-quid bulb, but a specific unit.

Part 63127170858 on realOEM that comes in at something north of £30

Anyone suggest best place to buy from? Or for quality is it BMW only?

cheers

 

[-Tom-]

It is possible to get the bulb out of the holder and replace the actual bulb. It involves filing / heating a point on the holder to make way for one of the lugs. There are some threads about it somewhere. I had to do it not so long ago as I couldn’t get hold of the whole unit and didn’t have luxury of time!

 

[-Tom-]

https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=56645

 

[dhobbs]

Another suggestion is to go for the osraam 20w bulbs instead of the candle like 10w.

I did mine years ago and not had any issues

 

[Mr Tidy]

My 330i has Xenons and had a sidelight out when I bought it, but came with a pair of LED ones. When I started trying to get to the fitting I found out why they hadn't been fitted.

I was quoted over £30 for a new sidelight fitting by ECP but filed the holder to align with the bayonet prongs so I could get the blown bulb out and just fit a bulb that I already had in a spare bulb set.