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Old 08-27-2012, 01:32 PM
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this bulb is not designed to come out - BMW wants you to replace the whole assembly, hence the 20 price tag...

That light bulb is 10W, I was able to buy a 20W light bulb to replace the original one that I managed to rip out the socket - the 20W bulb was available at some fishing store online outlet... otherwise - almost impossible to source... I'll have to look up part number for that 20W bulb, when I get home... that option did not make practical sense, to be honest...

The LEDs come already with the assembly that plugs into the opening, you just plug-n-play... the $200 ones are just overhyped chinese-made-US-marketed units... you can get set of 2 from ebay for about $30 shipped... of course, they are chinese-made-chinese-marketed... once you get them installed, you will need to turn off cold monitoring of the park lights to avoid flickering of the lights - the LCM checks the circuitry for break in the line, and the LEDs are fast enough to light up and you will see the flickering - the regular bulbs are too slow to light up, thus people don't see flickering...

Last edited by TerminatorX5; 08-27-2012 at 01:33 PM. Reason: spelling
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