Hi
I was wondering where do you guys buy your replacement bulbs for the main projector headlight. Mine starts to flicker a bit and I suspect its the bulb going out.
I shopped with auto goody before but I forgot which bulb I got.
Thanks.
Hi
I was wondering where do you guys buy your replacement bulbs for the main projector headlight. Mine starts to flicker a bit and I suspect its the bulb going out.
I shopped with auto goody before but I forgot which bulb I got.
Thanks.
-Daniel
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Philips D2S from www.theretrofitsource.com
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Hey man, if you want a cheap alternative, I've got a bunch of Philips 85122 OEM xenon bulbs, removed from various headlights I've taken apart/repaired...
If you want one, $25 shipped and its yours. I've got like 4-5 of them... Lemme know.
Otherwise, I went with mine at the retrofit source also.
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I don't think flickering is a sign of a bulb failing. Could be a ballast or ignitor issue? A friend of mine had this issue and it actually turned out to be the LCM.
Yours are standard Xenon, right? Not Bi-Xenon? Is yours a D1S or D2S setup? If D1S, Joop's bulbs won't work for you.
I don't think any E46 comes with D1s (not that hard to convert an AL setup to D1S, and I've been thinking of doing so myself... but that's another story).
Flickering could be anything really. Trouble shooting is as follows: Switch bulbs (left to right). If issue follows bulbs, it's the bulbs. If not, switch the ballasts. If it follows the ballasts. If it doesn't follow the ballasts, it's likely the ignitor
That said, sometimes it's something stupid. In my case, my flickering was caused by the ignitor pins being bent outward slightly too much. I bent them inward, and now my lights never flicker. The red herring was that the issue only manifested with my CBI bulbs; I think their rings are manufactured a hundredth of an inch too small or something
Damn, thanks for the tip on how to trouble shoot the headlight. I believe I used d2s.
Anyone got a pictorial diy I can refer to? I want to try and trouble shoot it ASAP.
Thanks.
-Daniel
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I agree with BP and terra on this one not being the bulb.
My driver side headlight flickered on startup and sometimes didn't even start up. For my issue, the ignitor needed to be replaced. At least confirm its not the bulb since its the easier to switch out. I would swap the bulbs from left to right (I am assuming one bulb is flickering) and then confirm it is not the bulb flickering. If it does flicker, you were right and BP and I were wrong. IMO, it sounds like ignitor or ballast problem.