Changing "Accent Bulbs" in Hi-Beam Enclosure?

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Mar 14, 2011 | 01:47 PM

dh360

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Changing "Accent Bulbs" in Hi-Beam Enclosure?

This might be the dumb question of the week, but I'm having some trouble with headlights. I've routinely changed my standard and hi-beam headlight bulbs, but I recently had one of the "accent" lights that resides in the high-beam enclosure go out... How the heck do you change that, and what bulb is it? I can get a hold of it (passenger side - the bulb seems to be just up and to the side of the hi-beam bulb), but it just spins and resisted my attempts pop it out.

Any help would be greatly appreciated - I would like to return nighttime incandescent symmetry to my x-type...

Mar 14, 2011 | 04:09 PM

blank101

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I tried changing these bulbs just the other day to LED. Though I decide they look good as is.

ANYWAY, they can be removed by turning it counter clockwise. The bulb is a 194, W5W, T10. All the same just different coding for the bulbs.

Check out http://www.eautoworks.com/ for all the bulb replacements.

Cheers!

Mar 14, 2011 | 06:00 PM

C5pilot

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The front marker lights (inside the headlight housing) don't need to be twisted, they are push in friction style bulbs. The bulb type is W5W.

Mar 14, 2011 | 06:06 PM

sidewalkman

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just did mine, swapped out to little LEDs. Take off the round cover, the plugs are right there, pull straight back and they pop out, then push the metal tang down to unplug.

Mar 15, 2011 | 10:13 PM

seanshamrock0000

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i had this same problem. i went to change mine and i was told it was a double filament bulb with both the high beam and other light

Mar 15, 2011 | 10:34 PM

Jaggyx

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I just replaced mine with some 194 LED bulbs from V-LEDS.com.

Mar 15, 2011 | 10:47 PM

C5pilot

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Jaggyx

I just replaced mine with some 194 LED bulbs from V-LEDS.com.

I replaced mine with a bluer color range 194 (similar to 6000k) and they look great. Sadly, the H1's I bought to match would not last very long. The aftermarket fogs still work though.

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Mar 22, 2011 | 04:36 PM

cbrica

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hey! i thought of changing the front marker lights but cannot access them. should I take off the front bumper for this? seems a lot of trouble for such a small job.
please advice! thank you!

Mar 22, 2011 | 05:34 PM

sidewalkman

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cbrica

hey! i thought of changing the front marker lights but cannot access them. should I take off the front bumper for this? seems a lot of trouble for such a small job.
please advice! thank you!

If you mean the amber lights on the side you just move the lense forward and the whole thing comes off.

Feb 25, 2012 | 07:50 PM

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cwalker256

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OK, seriously. I too can reach the little parking light connector in the high beam, but it certainly doesn't pull straight out. I must have had 10 lbs of force on it and nothing happened. I also tried twisting the connector it rotates clock wise and counter clock wise, but still the connector is stuck on the head lamp shell.

What's the trick? I'm ready to take the bumper off and remove the lens to get to the stupid thing.

Feb 26, 2012 | 03:38 AM

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Thermo

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cwalker, the trick is just to hold the housing in place (so you do not break the mounts to the headlight) and then pull straight back. If you go at even a slight angle, it will bind up and not want to go. LIke was mentioned above, they are only held in with friction. So, a gentle pull straight back is all that is needed to remove the bulb.

Feb 26, 2012 | 01:23 PM

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Spooky pantz

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I had mine replaced at a bodyshop while it was getting work done. They ended up breaking one of my headlights and blamed it on me.

Mar 6, 2012 | 07:11 PM

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JasonERF

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Spooky pantz

I had mine replaced at a bodyshop while it was getting work done. They ended up breaking one of my headlights and blamed it on me.

What bulbs did you end up buying.

That's exactly the look I'm going for

Mar 6, 2012 | 09:21 PM

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Spooky pantz

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Those are 8ks and the LEDS are just from eBay. I would recommend superbrightleds though, I have them in the interior. They look great and are more reliable