truckingscouser

Hi Dave. I got it sorted this morning, it wasn't as long a job as he'd anticipated, so he only charged me £40 (the bulb I already had, which cost me £35 for one, i've since seen D1s bulbs for £21 a pair, so lesson learned there. So, I now have 2 working dipped beam/main beam headlights again ☺️ But thanks for all the suggestions guys, I'll be sticking around now, but hopefully (for all the right reasons) I won't have to ask for help again, can't see that happening though 🙄

Cheers Tcon & Dave I've spoken to 'my' mechanic (I say that, he's a guy local to me and did my cam belt and servicing on my previous car) I rang him earlier and asked him for a price to replace the bulb (which I've already got) he said 'about £20' Fearing he wasn't aware of the work involved, I explained that the 'hand through the hatch' job won't work, he dug a little deeper. He quoted me 'worst case scenario' £80, which although steep for any normal kind of bulb replacement job, sounds reasonable (ish) to me, considering main dealer wants £130 or thereabouts, for diags, which I think is unnecessary, but also quoted an hourly rate of about £100+ from what I remember.

Hi guys, first beamer and first post,so bear with me. Only had the car about 2 months and o/s dipped beam failed. Looked through forums for existing cases of same problem, only to be met with lots of conflicting information. Initially, I thought I could go in through the flap in the wheel arch, only to discover mine is an LCI model (4 torx screws, rather than twist off cover) But reading elsewhere that if the indicator bulb is non LED, the headlamps are halogen, but the sticker on my headlight unit says it's d1s type lamps. So, I believe it's a bumper off job (not happy with that, what a backward step for a so called 'upgrade' 😳 So my question is, can I do this job by taking of the inner wheel arch liner, or will this just expose more metal underneath (is the work area the same size as the inspection cover, or bigger) Sorry it's a novel guys, just trying to fit as much info in as I can to hopefully find a solution.