Another one of my E53 halo ring lamps has quit. At C$40 or so each at the dealer or C$19.33 each from Rock, they're pretty expensive considering how little use they are. When burned out, they throw a warning on the low dash that looks like the car outline with a pair of red 'dip beam' icons.


Being cheap like I am, I decided to cut the dead one apart. What do I find but a standard Philips Halogen 12082 10W lamp with bayonet base. Hold your horses folks, while the lamp is bayonet and fits in a BA9S socket, the hole in the reflector is too small to permit the lamp to be exchanged.


So, what's a skinflint like me to do? One out on 'Blair', and two out on 'Grey Goose'. LED? I expect that I'll get error messages with LEDs. Anybody know if the errors can be coded out? I have INPA.

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