How much to change xenon bulb??

[queese23]

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How much is it to change one bulb? I called the dealership and they told me 50 for bulb and almost a hour of work!! Is this true?! An hour just to put a new bulb in?? Do you guys think I should just buy bulb and take some where else? I don't want to spend 150 on just a bulb and them putting it in for me

[Xios135]

Isn't 1 hour the minimum charge for most places?

[queese23]

Originally Posted by Xios135

Isn't 1 hour the minimum charge for most places?

How much is the bulb though?? I was just told 273 smh

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by queese23

How much is it to change one bulb? I called the dealership and they told me 50 for bulb and almost a hour of work!! Is this true?!

Originally Posted by queese23

How much is the bulb though?? I was just told 273 smh

So is it $50 for the bulb or $273 ?

[doublevanosrc]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

So is it $50 for the bulb or $273 ?

??

I'm confused.

[queese23]

It's 273 they had it wrong at first sorry

[doublevanosrc]

Originally Posted by queese23

It's 273 they had it wrong at first sorry

Ha, that's what I thought cause I've seen car bulbs at walmart go for $50 no way at a BMW dealer. Doesn't the owners manual show how to change the bulb??

[awns729]

Here's the bulb for my 08 I think... $195
http://www.getbmwparts.com/parts/200...t=Xenon%20bulb

[queese23]

Originally Posted by doublevanosrc

Ha, that's what I thought cause I've seen car bulbs at walmart go for $50 no way at a BMW dealer. Doesn't the owners manual show how to change the bulb??

Well it's 273 just for the bulb but I have a guy that has his own shop that works on bmw's and he told me 175 and he said he would pop it in there for me

[FIRST1]

i'm popping into this thread b/c I did the angel eye mod and of course got water inside the housing. I'm out of warranty, but I think it's just the headlight that needs to be replaced. I'm taking it to BMW to get it all figured out. Then, if it's just the headlight, I'm using this link:

Originally Posted by awns729

http://www.getbmwparts.com/parts/200...t=Xenon%20bulb

^Thanks!

[drFUNK]

Originally Posted by queese23

How much is the bulb though?? I was just told 273 smh

273 is probably bulb + igniter. I've heard of people changing just the bulb for cheap, but don't know of any resources unfortunately.

[doublevanosrc]

Since we're on the subject about headlights, how hard is it to replace a burned out angel eye? I'm just curious cause i see bimmers all the time with them burned out and i know some day it will be me.

[AKopp]

Originally Posted by doublevanosrc

Since we're on the subject about headlights, how hard is it to replace a burned out angel eye? I'm just curious cause i see bimmers all the time with them burned out and i know some day it will be me.

Just to replace the bulb? Easy and cheap.

[Bigiggs]

Don't mean to thread jack, but how durable are our bulbs (xenon)? Do you guys run with DRL or keep them off unless it is night time?

[The Black Pearl]

Check this link out for the bulbs. I got replacement bulbs and the process was very easy to do. Not worth paying BMW for 10min worth of work.

http://www.burgertuning.com/BMW_D1S_HID_xenon_headlights.html

http://youtu.be/9pm5cA2NmoA

[Gray_Panther]

Originally Posted by Bigiggs

Don't mean to thread jack, but how durable are our bulbs (xenon)? Do you guys run with DRL or keep them off unless it is night time?

HID bulbs ballasts should last 6000+ hours.

I did the math on another thread posted awhile ago. There was a user in Dubai whose bulbs/ballasts failed after 70k miles. It should have last longer, but my conclusion was the constant extreme heat and his using them as DRL's cut short the life of the product.

I wouldn't advise running HID's as DRL's. Sure it looks cool, but if you don't want the headache of dealing with dead lights I would leave them off and save them for when you need them.

I use theretrofitsource.com when I retrofit HID's. They sell bulbs at a great price, and there is a selection. BMW uses 5000k D1S 35W(k is for Kelvin) bulbs if you are looking to just replace bulbs.

Morimoto and Osram make reliable bulbs and it would be unwise to get 50W bulbs, as our ballasts can not sustain that extra 15W needed to supply those 50W bulbs.

[doublevanosrc]

Originally Posted by Bigiggs

Don't mean to thread jack, but how durable are our bulbs (xenon)? Do you guys run with DRL or keep them off unless it is night time?

I use the halos for DRL, as of my knowledge i believe if you program the car for DRL headlights it uses the inner bulb which is not xenon.

[Bigiggs]

Originally Posted by Gray_Panther

HID bulbs ballasts should last 6000+ hours.

I did the math on another thread posted awhile ago. There was a user in Dubai whose bulbs/ballasts failed after 70k miles. It should have last longer, but my conclusion was the constant extreme heat and his using them as DRL's cut short the life of the product.

I wouldn't advise running HID's as DRL's. Sure it looks cool, but if you don't want the headache of dealing with dead lights I would leave them off and save them for when you need them.

I use theretrofitsource.com when I retrofit HID's. They sell bulbs at a great price, and there is a selection. BMW uses 5000k D1S 35W(k is for Kelvin) bulbs if you are looking to just replace bulbs.

Morimoto and Osram make reliable bulbs and it would be unwise to get 50W bulbs, as our ballasts can not sustain that extra 15W needed to supply those 50W bulbs.

Thank you very informative reply. I don't normally run DRL when I drive, however the convenience of leaving them on automatic is very nice.

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by The Black Pearl

Check this link out for the bulbs. I got replacement bulbs and the process was very easy to do. Not worth paying BMW for 10min worth of work.

http://www.burgertuning.com/BMW_D1S_...eadlights.html

Hey, the Burger replacement D1S bulbs are offered in 4300K, 6000K, 8000K, but the OEM Xenon D1S bulbs are 5000K I think. Is there an issue with replacing with these different 'K' values? I'm not too familiar with it.

[135ivert]

Originally Posted by FIRST1

Hey, the Burger replacement D1S bulbs are offered in 4300K, 6000K, 8000K, but the OEM Xenon D1S bulbs are 5000K I think. Is there an issue with replacing with these different 'K' values? I'm not too familiar with it.

It's going to look like a different color.

http://www.lightbulbsdirect.com/page/001/CTGY/ColorTemp
http://www.soslightbulbs.com/colortemperaturechart.aspx

[FIRST1]

Originally Posted by 135ivert

It's going to look like a different color.

http://www.lightbulbsdirect.com/page/001/CTGY/ColorTemp
http://www.soslightbulbs.com/colortemperaturechart.aspx

Yeah, I can see what they're going to look like from the pics on the BMS website, but I just wanted to be 100% sure there wouldn't be compatibility issues.

Thanks though! Now I get that the Kelvin value just represents the color

[queese23]

Ok so bmw looked at my light and said it was an aftermarket light.. Is there anyway I can tell which light to get to match up with the other light??