Hi Tom i'm preety sure i didnt have to remove that I know i started to remove those nots and my neighbour popped over and amnaged to do it. HE can change the angel eyes bulbs on his 6 series somehow by the time i got back to pick up my 10mm socket he had done it! By the looks of if the tab is on the top i did press down with a scredriver and pop the tab down he then managed to twist the bulb and and get the new one in. Or it maybe a acse of moving that bracket etc out the way. I think a coolant pipe is clipped there so u may have to just pop it out from its holder clip