One Part Number? This is rediculous!

[OlGeezer]

I was changing out my high beam bulb (which is a PITA for this ham fisted wannabe wrench) only to discover there is some melted plastic around the male connector. I called the BMW dealer (closest one to me that was open is 45 miles). I ask if they had a high beam socket. She put me on hold for a couple of minutes, returned and said "sure, it's forty doLlars and change". I said "Great! I'll be right there". When I got there, she had an electrical connector (multiple pin...). I showed her the part I had asked for. She goes in the back for a few minutes (maybe 5 or a little more) and returns to tell me that part is part of the headlight assembly! She looked at her computer screen and, without a change in expression, she said "the headlight assembly is six hundred and ninety nine dollars"!!!! I went home, and put the old one back in.

 

Sheesh!

 

Does anyone offhand know of an alternate part number, maybe automotive?

 

Thank you.

[Sheepherder]

try this

 

http://www.beemerboneyard.com/r1mine.html

[tallman]

Are you by any chance running non OEM higher W bulbs that get hotter or draw more?

Can't help w/the headlight assembly, sorry.

[Tony_K]

That's how it works. It's happened to other board members too.

Time to start kludging your ride back together!

[OlGeezer]

Are you by any chance running non OEM higher W bulbs that get hotter or draw more?

Can't help w/the headlight assembly, sorry.

 

I'm running non-OEM, but they are 55w. I'm using PIAAs.

[OlGeezer]

try this

 

http://www.beemerboneyard.com/r1mine.html

 

Thanks, but it won't fit my bike (fits R1100RT/RS and R1150RS)

 

 

[Boffin]

This data is a little old so the prices are probably way out. That said, the R1150RT shares a bulb holder with the K1200LT.

 

63122305859--Lamp Socket--$9.95

63122305854--Plastic Lamp Holder--$8.75 Researched by Greg at Mairn BMW, found on the K bike fiche.

 

 

Hope this helps,

 

Andy

[BMW_Ken]

I used the part numbers that Andy referenced on my 2004 R1150RT a few years ago.

[OlGeezer]

Thanks, Andy!

 

This board is great!

[CoarsegoldKid]

No!

[kmac]

No!? No What? No this site is not great, or no dont ude that part?

[elkroeger]

No!? No What? No this site is not great, or no dont ude that part?

 

Probably: "No! I paid $699!"

[CoarsegoldKid]

No! This would never happen to a BMW. The three times I asked about a weirdness about my BMW- Like the outside temp gauge was incorrect- the service manager would say I've never heard of anything like that. Or when the plastic connector to the headlamp bulb was so brittle it fell apart in my hands- he said he never heard about that before, or the reason for changing the headlamp bulb- the thing eats lamps- he never heard of that before either. Sorry I should have been clearer. I still like the bike.

[DallasR1100RT]

or like when my R1100RT main wiring harness caught fire for no apparent reason and the 3 BMW shops I called said they had never heard of that happening....

 

NO!!!

[notacop]

I got the same bike as Coarsegold. How'd that happen?

[kmac]

No!? No What? No this site is not great, or no dont ude that part?

 

Probably: "No! I paid $699!"

 

OUCH...sorry to hear that if it wasnt neccesary...somebody buy ELK a beer..