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rwb   
Sat May 11 2019, 06:19pm
Joined: Dec 22 2014
Member No: #1988
Location: Telford
 Got the unit out: pull plastic trim off and three clips begind the indicator/drl unit.

DRL was full of water and bulb had smashed.

Indicator bulb was in tact but I smashed it trying to unscrew it.
How do they come out? Do they unscrew?
What type of bulbs are they?
Any possibility of getting a new unit?
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rwb   
Sat May 11 2019, 06:35pm
Joined: Dec 22 2014
Member No: #1988
Location: Telford
 So the bulbs aren't replaceable?
- Click Here -

Does a new front (6303.89) come with bulbs? Or do you need to buy the bulbs part (6303.91) as well separately?
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joopajaa   
Mon May 13 2019, 05:18am
Joined: Sep 06 2017
Member No: #3261
Location: Byroslavia, FIN
 I have no links but the bulb can be changed - also a led version (of a BMW model) is doable. Personally I might just solder in a different bulb when the original bulb fails.
Tjensen   
Mon May 13 2019, 09:04am
Joined: Jul 17 2012
Member No: #954
Location: Bergen
 Not replaceable and Citroen is slow to deliver them (complete units with bulbs). The bright sides are. 1. not expensive 2. they will last long and are robust due to the construction with integrated bulbs. 3. They are are easy and fast to change

(but a lot of C6'ers have soldered in new bulbs, I just bought an extra set to be prepared next time)
Jas16   
Mon May 13 2019, 07:15pm
Joined: Feb 07 2017
Member No: #2994
Location: West London
 is it worth seeing if there are any cars being broken for parts?
rwb   
Mon May 13 2019, 07:29pm
Joined: Dec 22 2014
Member No: #1988
Location: Telford
 Need a new unit as it was full of water and all the silvering has washed away.

So it looks like "normally" you're supposed to get the ~£25 back part from the dealer, and it seems that it has rotatinal symmetry so that the same part works on both sides?
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vaho   
Thu May 30 2019, 12:42pm
Joined: Jun 25 2015
Member No: #2228
Location: Tallinn
 The bulbs are replacable. Marking is PY24W and aliexpress.com is full of different variants:
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32219286119.html?spm=2114.search0104.3.29.668e3a5dIXBHrw&ws_ab_test=searchweb0_0%2Csearchweb201602_3_10065_10068_319_10059_10884_317_10887_10696_321_322_10084_453_10083_454_10103_10618_10307_10820_10821_10303_537_10302_536%2Csearchweb201603_51%2CppcSwitch_0&algo_expid=08c443ff-0da8-4122-aad6-5a5a74611b06-4&algo_pvid=08c443ff-0da8-4122-aad6-5a5a74611b06&transAbTest=ae803_5
e3steve   
Sat Jun 15 2019, 07:50pm
Joined: Jan 21 2013
Member No: #1163
Location: Warsash, Hants & Palma de Mallorca, Spain
 These are excellent: - Click Here -

Downside: you need to open the apertures, in the back of the lamp units’ reflectors, to 20mm. I used my 4-20mm step cutter in a cordless drill on slow speed. Make sure the lamp unit is absolutely dry before starting the mod, then just tap the side of the unit against a hard vertical surface to eject the resultant swarf.

Downside 2: I had to install a 10W/56R resistor in line in my 2006 2.7, but my 2009 3.0 seems to have a more compliant CANbus; they worked fine in her.

I used white versions for the DRLs — very bright!
rwb   
Mon Aug 22 2022, 04:25pm
Joined: Dec 22 2014
Member No: #1988
Location: Telford
 I tried some AliExpress LEDs but they don't fit through the holes.

Had new parts from Citroen, but full of water again.

Any ideas how to keep the water out?
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