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      01-16-2007, 05:37 PM   #1
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AMBER SUX!!! - The curse of the yellow

So I have ordered ALL xenon bulbs for my car and the ONLY one left that is the UGLY AMBER is the LED above the turnsignal bulb. I have called bmw parts, service, and corporate; they all tell me that if you want to replace that you have to replace the housing. Well F that!! If you can get into a e90 housing with a heat gun you can with the e92 as well!!!

Has anyone got in there to see what size bulb that is? If not I may be the 1st one to try it...

Here is a pic of the bult sent to me by another member:

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It's gonna be a lot of work, i'm guessing u'll have to bake the headlight housing to opening it, then use a solder to remove the led and put a white one in its place. I might might have to contact bmw to find out exactly what type of LED it is.
Also, can i ask what bulb you've replace the front turn signals (PY24W) with?
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I kinda like it. It gives some contrast, but is not always illuminated. So its completely clear when the lights are off, but gives of fthe amber light when illuminated...
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As an alternative, have you thought about just cutting the power to that LED? I havn't been keeping up with the E92 lighting setup, but what's the purpose of that light? If it's not the turn signal, and you don't need it, probably a lot easier to get rid of the power to that. Might also be a jumper just for that light in the fuse box.
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As an alternative, have you thought about just cutting the power to that LED? I havn't been keeping up with the E92 lighting setup, but what's the purpose of that light? If it's not the turn signal, and you don't need it, probably a lot easier to get rid of the power to that. Might also be a jumper just for that light in the fuse box.
cutting power to the LEDs might bring up the error message; the car will think the led's have blown.
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It's gonna be a lot of work, i'm guessing u'll have to bake the headlight housing to opening it, then use a solder to remove the led and put a white one in its place. I might might have to contact bmw to find out exactly what type of LED it is.
Also, can i ask what bulb you've replace the front turn signals (PY24W) with?
I have the same question. Where did you find a PY24W in hyper white?
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Found PY24W at bimmian.com
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It's gonna be a lot of work, i'm guessing u'll have to bake the headlight housing to opening it, then use a solder to remove the led and put a white one in its place. I might might have to contact bmw to find out exactly what type of LED it is.
Also, can i ask what bulb you've replace the front turn signals (PY24W) with?

yea BMW doesnt know the size I asked every department AND corporate. Rediculous!!!
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can you link to that page you found PY24W? I must be blind... i can't find it on bimmian...
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http://www.bimmian.com/SOL/92/1

here ya go...
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thats the same place where the description says its for PY21W.. ... not PY24W

the PY24W is much smaller then PY21W.
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ugh I will be calling Bimmian in the AM. I'll let you know their response!!
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