bulb brand.

[BobombETA]

Which brands are recognized by the check system? My check system does not recognize the tail light bulbs i used.. Today I have to replace a lowbeam and I want to make sure that the check system will recognize it.

[BobombETA]

anyone?

[gearheadE30]

It isn't a brand. Generally they are okay if they have the bronze-looking base. It has something to do witht he resistance of the material.

[John in VA]

I've always heard just the opposite, that you should only use the bulbs with the silver-colored base (Sylvania, Osram, Phillips). A buddy who's owned his '83 528e since new said this is bunk though - he's an engineer and has run the brass based bulbs, always using the Caig products to optimize the electrical connection.

[StereoInstaller1]

If you guys think the color of the fucking base is capable of pissing off the check panel system...complete BS, NFW.

Clean your check panel diode pack connectors and clean all the contacts in the tail light housings. That will fix your shit or I will refund every fucking cent you paid to get this info.

Make sure you are using a correct bulb too...no 1057s or such shit, get euro fitment bulbs

[cferb]

Either you're using LEDs or the connections are bad. Any bulb that fits will work without tripping the sensor. The wrong bulb will burn out faster, but that shouldn't be a problem. +1 nothing to do with color or material of the base.

[TrentW]

Anyone know what local auto places carry euro fitment bulbs or will I have to order online? I just got my clear turn signal lenses and need to find amber bulbs since I'm not running the amber lens insert. The original clear bulb is an Osram 7528 dual filament two contact bulb, but having a hard time finding ambers in a euro bulb.

[gearheadE30]

heh, I dunno. Switching to the other base color fixed it on the e30's that I;ve seen with that problem. I guess it was just the jiggling of the connection or something.