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There have been a few threads on this over the years. To summarize some of the comments, get an H7 bulb, sit in a chair in front of the bike, reach up behind the headlight, remove the cover, pull off the electrical socket, loosen the little wire bails, and pull the bulb out. Replacing it is the interesting part, especially getting the little wire bails to hook in the right places and making sure the bulb is seated correctly.
I have done the job twice, and found that getting the horn out of the way makes it a lot easier. Others don't think this is important.
I used my iPhone to take a photo of the bulb in the socket with the wire bails in place. I found that this makes it easier to visualize the job as you do it. The first time I replaced the bulb it took about 1/2 hour. The second time was 15 minutes. Patience is your friend.
If you do break the wire bail or retaining clip, BeemerBoneyard has a replacement for you. See it here: https://www.beemerboneyard.com/r12h7bulbclip.html
Also does anyone have any tips or tricks as to how to
change the bulb without busting knuckles or scraping
3 layers of skin?
Thanks for the great photo!
Some take the headlight assembly out and then can do it with ease. What I'd love to see is someone doing this do a nice close up video of those clips to demonstrate exactly how they are released which would really be the most help of all for newcomers to the normally blind procedure.
No pain here I figured it out (it's in the text box by the photo) but for those not familiar it would be most helpful to see a video of it at point blank range from someone who went thru the hassle to remove the headlamp assembly...hint hint....
No pain here I figured it out (it's in the text box by the photo) but for those not familiar it would be most helpful to see a video of it at point blank range from someone who went thru the hassle to remove the headlamp assembly...hint hint....
I posted the videos on this thread. Hope they help someone doing this for the first time.
https://forums.bmwmoa.org/showthrea...lip-removal-and-locking&p=1149979#post1149979