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Old Mar 3, 2010 | 06:51 AM
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H1 bulb replacement HELP!

noticed my fog light was burned out on my 99 c280 went and picked up a couple H1 bulbs removed back round cover then un clipped the bulb and removed it from housing but I cannot get the damn bulb out of the plactic wire block......ended up breaking the male insert of the old bulb//is some kind of trick to gitin the bulb out i pried back the 2 small black clips no luck.....is there a chance its melted in there? HelP
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 01:27 AM
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>>is there a chance its melted in there? <<

FWIW, I did recently read a post about one of the headlight bulbs melting in the housing.
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Old Mar 4, 2010 | 06:43 AM
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Originally Posted by xvvvz
>>is there a chance its melted in there? <<

FWIW, I did recently read a post about one of the headlight bulbs melting in the housing.
Ended up heatin it up with a heat gun and it slid right out.......inserted new bulb and it still does not work...........thanx for the reply.........looks like a good excuse for some new projections lights!
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Old Mar 10, 2010 | 05:41 AM
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yeah yeah!

post pics while you're at it.

been dreaming of replacing mine, but haven't got the courage to replace it.
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