quick! go check your fog light bulbs!

[bahnstormer]

just kidding, there is no hurry, but
according to my bmw manual i have
h3 bulbs in my fogs (usa spec, non ellipsoid 9/90 production)
yet when i went to look it turned out i have 9006 bulbs
in my fogs.

so i went to spp and ordered thier 80 watt yellow fogs
i'll take some pics tonight =]


what do u have in your fogs?

[632 Regal]

mine are Ebay H3 clears

[bahnstormer]

what's it say in your manual?

[Russell]

Cannot seem to figure out how to get to the bulb? Bentley and other advice seems to state there is a "sliding lever" on the front grill area that takes the glass cover off. Yet I cannot find it. It also does not look like the bulb removes form the rear.


just kidding, there is no hurry, but
according to my bmw manual i have
h3 bulbs in my fogs (usa spec, non ellipsoid 9/90 production)
yet when i went to look it turned out i have 9006 bulbs
in my fogs.

so i went to spp and ordered thier 80 watt yellow fogs
i'll take some pics tonight =]


what do u have in your fogs?

[632 Regal]

turn the deal in back of the fogs counter clockwise and they should slip right out, kinda like the headlights.

[Russell]

Thanks I will do

[bahnstormer]

yeah just lay down and peek behind your
lower front bumper...you'll see the wiring and everything
at least you should...

[winfred]

the e34s don't pop out like the e36s with the lever, they are held in with a screw and a couple pins. 89 90 elipsoid fog lights run h3s and the later ones are 9006s


Cannot seem to figure out how to get to the bulb? Bentley and other advice seems to state there is a "sliding lever" on the front grill area that takes the glass cover off. Yet I cannot find it. It also does not look like the bulb removes form the rear.

[bahnstormer]

ah thank u to winfred for the explination

and as promised pics

http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~szwarc/e34/80watt/

u can't really see the yellowness of the fogs
but they are SPP 80 watt 9006 bulbs "yellow ion"
in real life they look much more yellow, here
in the pics they are just bright...

[Jon K]

ah thank u to winfred for the explination

and as promised pics

http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~szwarc/e34/80watt/

u can't really see the yellowness of the fogs
but they are SPP 80 watt 9006 bulbs "yellow ion"
in real life they look much more yellow, here
in the pics they are just bright...

Are you sure you don't want to buy my Canon G5, those pics are horrid.

[liquidtiger720]

how come you all have h3's? i have h1's in my us ellipsoids. =x

[Paul in NZ]

i got 55w H1's just like the headlights....

[Dan in NZ]

H1's with ellipsoids here too...

[winfred]

hell now i am not sure, 9006 h1 h3 all common fog light bulbs

[Dan in NZ]

H1 is the best... While we're on the topic, I recently completely disassembled my foglights, ran the parts through the dishwasher, and put them back together, now my fogs are so clean they're actually brighter than my low-beams! The beam doesn't travel as far/high of course... Must do the low-beams next.

[granit_silber]

just kidding, there is no hurry, but
according to my bmw manual i have
h3 bulbs in my fogs (usa spec, non ellipsoid 9/90 production)
yet when i went to look it turned out i have 9006 bulbs
in my fogs.

so i went to spp and ordered thier 80 watt yellow fogs
i'll take some pics tonight =]


what do u have in your fogs?

My manual says H1. So after buying two H1 bulbs, I open the light and I have 9006. 3/92 production.
-ashley

[Paul in NZ]

Must do the low-beams next.
had to replace one of my bulbs the other day,just a new 55w bulb made a big diffrence,the new bulb is noticeaby brighter and wider beamed than the old(had a coupla new bulbs lying around otherwise would have gone for 30 or 50 plus

[Dan in NZ]

had to replace one of my bulbs the other day,just a new 55w bulb made a big diffrence,the new bulb is noticeaby brighter and wider beamed than the old(had a coupla new bulbs lying around otherwise would have gone for 30 or 50 plus

I can actually see a film of dirt inside my headlights, so when I clean them out, I might replace the bulbs too! I wonder what those super-white +30 or +50 bulbs are actually like... I saw them at Repco, and a standard bulb was $13, but the fancy ones were over $20...

[Paul in NZ]

do the hedlights actually come apart?I was gonna do the dishwaher thing or i think one of the aussies had some concotion of water kerosene and detergent.Try the cleaning first you may be pleased with that....I think the 30 and 50 do give more light without the risks associated with higher wattages.

[bahnstormer]

my lenses are all cracked =]
if i take em out, well they're not going back in heheh =]

anyone try those ebay lenses?

[winfred]

h7s in the e39 i did today

[Dan in NZ]

do the hedlights actually come apart?I was gonna do the dishwaher thing or i think one of the aussies had some concotion of water kerosene and detergent.Try the cleaning first you may be pleased with that....I think the 30 and 50 do give more light without the risks associated with higher wattages.

I'm not sure if they do actually come apart, I think I remember someone here saying the US lights were glued together, but euros come apart. Water and detergent does a good job on most things, if you mixed kerosene in with that it would just bind with the detergent (non-polar end of detergent chain binds to non-polar kerosene) and not do much. I assume the kerosene is a seperate step...