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Xenon bulb replacement

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 8:52 am
by Scotty
Hello,
I have stupidly left doing this until last minute as I wasn't doing any night time driving until I need to drive to an Airport on Tuesday so have taken the sting of £120 for a pair of replacement xenon bulbs at Halfrauds.
Had a search on the internet and replacing the bulbs looks pretty straight forwards , however I cannot find anywhere which fuses I need to pull to do this safely. Any help or tips would be greatly appreciated. Its on a 2006 3.0D.

Cheers,

Chris

Re: Xenon bulb replacement

Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2016 3:01 pm
by X5Sport
Safest is to pull the battery off.  So many systems interconnect, or have multiple power sources the only was to be 100% sure is take the whole supply off.

Fuses 9 & 32 are the light module ones (front box).  8 other fuses (some in the rear) are also involved, but the fuse board diagram does not specify exactly which ones are headlights.

When you do change them, wear eye protection as the bulbs contain high pressure gases.

Re: Xenon bulb replacement

Posted: Mon Jun 06, 2016 9:59 pm
by themoog
Chuffing 'ell. I did none of that when I replaced mine. I just didnt touch the glass bulb thats all.

Re: Xenon bulb replacement

Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 12:57 pm
by centurion
What bulb types are used on X53, DS1's?

Re: Xenon bulb replacement

Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:27 pm
by X5Sport
D2S 35W is the standard fit  :)