PPLd

拆泥水板應該係換霧燈。車頭燈下面有塊鐵皮同泥水板隔開，無位落手。

Exactly.  我係拆到燈膽，不過攞唔 ...
lawlaw01 發表於 2015-2-28 00:43

    Actually my car also...
I wonder why recent European cars have such a stupid design?
Would it be better during a crash? i dont know.

Edit:
My previous Nissan also has such design...
The owners manual tell you to remove pumper to replace bulbs.

cacacaca

回覆 50# lawlaw01


如果無換改包圍换霧燈唔洗拆泥水板吖.直接拆開霧燈框松螺絲就可以成個霧燈拆出來.

個燈膽系易拆難攞.要比少少技巧偷位就得,不過安全計都係拆咗好D嘅.

lawlaw01

Actually my car also...
I wonder why recent European cars have such a stupid design?
Would it ...
PPLd 發表於 2015-2-28 09:23

Maybe better for crash test?  Or just an extra piece to seal off the engine bay from water splash?

可能根本無預會換燈膽。正常 HID，閒閒哋用6~7年都唔會燒。係我哋 seafood 痕先會換

我之前換 CBI 已經拆過一次，第一次唔熟搞咗3個幾鐘。今次個半鐘搞掂已經偷笑。

lawlaw01

回覆  lawlaw01


如果無換改包圍换霧燈唔洗拆泥水板吖.直接拆開霧燈框松螺絲就可以成個霧燈拆出來.

個燈 ...
cacacaca 發表於 2015-2-28 11:37

Actually 前/後都可以。拆霧燈罩成個霧燈拆出黎換 OR 拆泥水板伸手入去換。

GTI 塊泥水板直頭有個蓋，甩咗個蓋就換到。但普通 Golf 就無。好奇怪。

trajectory

Actually 前/後都可以。拆霧燈罩成個霧燈拆出黎換 OR 拆泥水板伸手入去換。

GTI 塊泥水板直頭有個蓋，甩 ...
lawlaw01 發表於 2015-2-28 12:45

For my E60, the manual said replacing the HID bulbs "should be performed by a qualified BMW service technician", which translates to "we would like to take more of your money doing things that an untrained monkey can do, but purposely make completely obscure so that you can't".  

To open the HID compartment of the headlight assembly while it is still attached to the car is an impossibility.  There is maybe a 1.5" gap, and even if I could teach a 3 year old the finer points of replacing an HID bulb, I don't think he can reach in there.  

So, the way to go was to remove the entire assembly from the car, which is relatively easy.  Remove 4 bolts (needs an extension for 2 of them), detach the slide-lock clip for the harness, and wiggle it out while making sure you don't accidentally make a few unintended holes in your bumper.  Once the assembly is successfully removed from the car, you will be ready for a successful career in gynecology.

lawlaw01

For my E60, the manual said replacing the HID bulbs "should be performed by a qualified BMW servic ...
trajectory 發表於 2015-2-28 14:57

Same as mine.  There's about 1.5" to 2" gap between the headlight and the fuse box.  我隻手又大，真係識軟骨功都唔掂。

早期 BMW (起碼 E46 果代)，頭燈個透明罩甩開4個彈弓夾就可以單獨拆開。雖然換唔到燈膽，但係個燈罩舊咗變黃或者花咗可以換。又可以玩唔同款 projector lens。

而家無得咁玩，全部打晒玻璃膠封死咗。有乜事就要成隻換。

trajectory

回覆 56# lawlaw01

When I tell people that my car shared my blood and sweat, I'm not kidding.  I'm pretty sure there's a few drops of my blood and probably also flesh in the headlight bracket and inside the lights.

That's right!  Hella made it one complete sealed unit.  I saw some modding people cut the lense out anyways to install those "my angel eyes are brighter than your high-beam" LEDs and what not, then glue it back together with epoxy, but I can't bring myself to cut open my new headlights that I only replaced last year since E60 parts prices have gotten a bit more reasonable (instead of both kidneys, now just the left one).   

They actually went back to removable lenses in the F10 generation I think.  I've seen an Adaptive LED F10 non-lci and a X6M Adaptive Xenon that were removable.  I'm guessing that the replacement lens prices starts at 2 healthy kidneys.

lawlaw01

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When I tell people that my car shared my blood and sweat, I'm not kidding.  I'm pre ...
trajectory 發表於 2015-2-28 18:00

我仲諗緊換車。如果部 Golf keep 住揸我都會換頭燈。因為行 highway 俾石仔打到花晒一粒粒，好多火山窿。而家原廠燈平咗好多，一對原廠 Hella 4000 人仔有找。早幾年要 7000 一對未包 ballast 同燈膽。

E46 我見好多人拆開換 projector 玻璃鏡。因為原裝隻鏡唔掂。平平哋幾舊水換 ZKW 或 Koito 鏡已經光好多。

Yoda

回覆 57# trajectory


I don't know about Bimmers but when a taxi broke the left beam on my Volvo xc90 a couple years ago the insurance claim was something like $18000 sans light bulb!  (I'm sorry to say because their insurace was paying I replaced the light bulb too! )

trajectory

回覆 59# Yoda

Ouch... $18k for 1 side is quite steep.  It reminds me of the insurance repair quote someone in the states got for a Tesla Model S after getting hit in the rear quarter panel.  The body shop wanted USD $30k and the insurance company said, screw it, write it off, buy a new one.

I assume that's with dealer labour?  Bimmer dealers have something stupid unit called an FRU or flat rate units.  Nobody knows what an FRU translates to in hours, when I asked, the SA looked at me like I suddenly grew a horn out of my forehead like a unicorn.  

What I do know is that they quoted me something silly like 6 FRUs to replace both headlight assemblies.  Their procedure goes like this:
1.) Take car
2.) Run it over a speedbump the height of a small mountain at full throttle
3.) Park it in a service bay
4.) Hook it up to ISTA/P, proceed to flash all the module firmware in the car, kill a few of them
5.) Tell owner his car won't start and will need a new CAS and LM
6.) Install new CAS and LM after it arrives, judging from month it took, it probably came from Alpha Centauri
7.) Pull out headlight from the car, scratching as much area of the bumper as possible.
8.) Swap the bulbs over in a world record setting time
9.) Shove headlights back in, scratching the areas that were missed pulling them out

Total time car spent in the shop: about a month and a half.  
Total time spent on the original order: about 15 minutes (including 2 breaks).

Guess how much of the above scenario happen to me...  And they had the sheer audacity to charge me 6 FRUs for the headlights.  The moment the SA showed me the invoice, I thought to myself... "That unicorn horn would've come in handy.  I can stab him with it."