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    Official BMW Lighting Guide for E46 with Pictures and All Known Bulb Aliases

    It has been time very consuming to look everywhere just to find what kind of bulbs I have so I can get a replacement or LED version. I also need various names of the same bulbs when I'm searching for a new bulb or LED version because some are listed under one name, and other are listed under another name for the same bulb.

    So I decided to make this quick guide to E46 lights.

    E46 BULBS:


    FRONT
    E46 without bixenon: Headlight bulb (outer): H7
    E46 WITH bixenon: Headlight bulb (outer): D2S
    High Beam bulb (inner): H7
    Front Fog Light: H8
    DRL (Daytime Running Lights, found in headlight): 501

    TURN SIGNAL INDICATORS
    Front Corner indicators (turn signal): 1156
    Side indicators (turn signal): 501
    Rear indicators (turn signal): 1156

    REAR
    Tail Light: 1157
    Stop/Brake Light: 1157
    Reverse Light: 1156
    Rear Fog Light: 1156

    ACCESSORY BULBS
    License Plate bulb: 239
    Interior bulbs: 501

    BULB ALIASES (other names for same bulb):

    H7: 477/499/PX26D
    H8: 708
    1156: 382/P21W/PY21W/BA15S/R5W/1156P/1073/1093/1141/1129/7507
    1157: 380/P21/780/BAY15D/1016/1034/1154/2057/2357/2397/3497/7528
    501: T10/W5W/WY5W/168/194/921/Wedge
    239: C5W/257/269/272/SV8/SV8,5/SV8.5D/SV8.5-8/TES1224/TES1229/T11X35/6479/TES1230/LIT17BN
    D2S: 66240/66040

    This list of aliases is not comprehensive; there may be other aliases not in this list. Check first before buying.
    See the pictures below for reference.


    PICTURES:


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    CHARTS:




    Of course, the above chart refers only to incandescent bulbs. LED bulbs will not apply to the above chart.

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    Here is a lighting guide for all BMWs:
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    Does it matter if the car is coupe/convertable/saloon etc ? I have a bw e46 prefacelift coupe and im looking for license plate bulbs and i want to know if the bulbs are the same as the facelift's because the products i found they say that they fit on a facelift but they dont mention anything about a pre-facelift model. Thank you.

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    Nope, all the license plate bulbs will be the same, as well as the majority of E-46's across the board. Of course there will be a difference between the U.S. and euro version is the DRL's AKA standlicht. The U.S. will use the turns as park, while the euro's will be found in the high beam bucket.
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    thank you

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    I'd throw in that for older e46s with single xenon headlights, it's the same bulb as the biXenon.

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