I needed to change the bulb in the front left fog lamp on my car, since it burned out recently and my car's due for its annual safety inspection. Virginia's rules with respect to flog lamps are...weird. If you have them, and they are wired, they must function, or you fail. If they're there but not connected, the state doesn't care if they work. And if you don't have them, none of this is relevant, obviously.
I hit up Google for info on E46 M3 fog lights, and all it fed me were places to buy replacement housings and forums where people who obviously have zero business ever getting near a tool were complaining about how difficult it was to change them, but no one selling the actual bulbs. So off to BMW of Sterling I went. They sold me the right part, but pulled the wrong box off the shelf. I discovered this when I pulled the old bulb out. At home. If I hadn't have had to drive back to BMW of Sterling to get the right bulb, it would have been a three minute job that requires a single tool (an 8mm hex driver, if you care). I'm still trying to figure out how this is remotely difficult. Or complicated.
The bulb itself is fairly weird and yeah, that's gonna be something that I get from the dealer (in five years, this is the first time I've had to replace a fog light bulb, so it's not that bad).
I hit up Google for info on E46 M3 fog lights, and all it fed me were places to buy replacement housings and forums where people who obviously have zero business ever getting near a tool were complaining about how difficult it was to change them, but no one selling the actual bulbs. So off to BMW of Sterling I went. They sold me the right part, but pulled the wrong box off the shelf. I discovered this when I pulled the old bulb out. At home. If I hadn't have had to drive back to BMW of Sterling to get the right bulb, it would have been a three minute job that requires a single tool (an 8mm hex driver, if you care). I'm still trying to figure out how this is remotely difficult. Or complicated.
The bulb itself is fairly weird and yeah, that's gonna be something that I get from the dealer (in five years, this is the first time I've had to replace a fog light bulb, so it's not that bad).