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anybody ever replace w5w marker bulb inside Bi Xenon headlight?

9Bosco
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Regarding side/parking/running lights (seems they have a lot of names, it's the W5W bulb directly under the headlight in Bi Xenon) .Reading the owners manual, I can easily remove Bi Xenon headlamp assy from car, unclip & remove rear headlamp cover, and locate the rear of the socket of W5W "side marker" bulb. The manual says "pull lamp holder out of bracket", The back of the socket has a long grab handle of plastic which I'm pulling on hard enough to break. I cannot pull it out on either lens. I can easily rotate the socket in the lens assy but I don't feel a key, lock tab or anything similar. And It's a wedge mount bulb that pushes in from the front of the socket.

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I am following instructions outlined in the owners manual. If there is no trick to it that experience has shown, I am guessing heat or time must have made the "grommet" difficult to remove. Perhaps I need to use even more force.

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Neo1130 Member

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There are a couple of notches on the bulb holder that help keep it in. Just pull straight out while rotating and it will work loose... I broke the tabs off of mine and had to use needle nose pliers to get it out all the way...

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crazywally123 Member

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I just replaced mine. The lamp holder was a pain to get out and I broke the tab off on one of them like Neo1130 said, but they do just pull out. Find a long needle nose pliers and pull. It didn't seem to me there were any tabs that had to line up or anything. The bulbs are a basic wedge style bulb. I went to a local auto parts store and they found me a replacement. I think they cost about $1.30 a piece.

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