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Old 12-16-2019, 07:41 PM
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Well, looks like driver side ballast took a shit.
Swapped bulbs and igniter left to right, nothing.

I'm guessing I have to take the bumper off to take the headlight out to get to ballast?

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Not all the way off. You will have to remove all the screws and bolts but you should be able to slide it back a few inches and that will give you the room to pull the headlight out.
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Old 12-16-2019, 08:59 PM
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Well, looks like driver side ballast took a shit.
Swapped bulbs and igniter left to right, nothing.

I'm guessing I have to take the bumper off to take the headlight out to get to ballast?
Hey snik! Haven't seen much of you on here. How are things?

Bumper needs to be loosened but not totally removed. Can't remember if you have cold weather package. If so, the headlight washers might necessitate removing the bumper.
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Yeah, haven't had much to post, been mostly doing bike things. The woman drives it all the time. I drive the car, but she's in Germany with the kid, so I'm trying to get the M3 in the shop to do rod bearings and then catch up on a few X5 things. Then this happened with the light. I hope it's just the ballast and not some other stuff.



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Not all the way off. You will have to remove all the screws and bolts but you should be able to slide it back a few inches and that will give you the room to pull the headlight out.
Thanks mate. I snagged a used one off eBay real quick. So we'll see this weekend.

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You know my headlight washers don't work. I think someone wired up the hoses to run back to the windshield washer. So maybe having to pull the bumper is a good thing.

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Old 12-17-2019, 06:10 AM
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Thanks mate. I snagged a used one off eBay real quick. So we'll see this weekend.

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That's exactly what I did when mine went out. A nice used one off fleaBay and loosened the bumper just enough to pull the light and replace the ballast. I think I was $30 all in...
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That's exactly what I did when mine went out. A nice used one off fleaBay and loosened the bumper just enough to pull the light and replace the ballast. I think I was $30 all in...
Sweet. I paid a bit more. $60 I think. It was a used OEM. All the cheaper ones seemed to be knock offs of some sort.
Only issue is, the cover on the back of the headlight it cracked at the top screw and seems to let moisture into the headlight. I'm wondering now if maybe some moisture accumulation drained into the ballast that sits right below it and that's what ruined it.
I just washed the damn thing on Sunday and it wasn't until Monday morning on the way to work I realized the light wasn't working and was a tad foggy when I got home and was swapping bulbs and igniters.

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Put a battery in it.

7yrs out of the last one and it sits a lot in the summer along with a radio that seems to have a constant drain(aftermaket) but I think that is fixed now
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Sweet. I paid a bit more. $60 I think. It was a used OEM. All the cheaper ones seemed to be knock offs of some sort.
Only issue is, the cover on the back of the headlight it cracked at the top screw and seems to let moisture into the headlight. I'm wondering now if maybe some moisture accumulation drained into the ballast that sits right below it and that's what ruined it.
I just washed the damn thing on Sunday and it wasn't until Monday morning on the way to work I realized the light wasn't working and was a tad foggy when I got home and was swapping bulbs and igniters.

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Yeah mine was also used from a bone yard in Georgia. Still fine to this day. Water can definitely kill them.
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