HI,
My instrument cluster lamp for burnt out light came on the other day and after checking around, my third high mount brake light bulb is toast. With bulb in hand, nobody, I mean no car parts chain has this simple bulb (Pep Boys, Oreilly's, Autozone, etc.) I do a search and this forum says we need and use a special $26 (MB dealership) 21W, 12VDC halogen bulb. So, I search the net and find a BMW biker forum that says we can use as an equivalent Philips #12452, Osram/Sylvania #64115, Napa-Wagner #47835, or Hella #78165. I haven't confirm this...
I visit the closest Napa and they are closed. On the way home, I swing by a VW dealer and bring the bad bulb in for sh*ts and grins. The parts guy goes, "That looks like a Beetle turn signal lamp". I say, "It does? It actually came off a MB..." 2 minutes later, he comes out from back and we match up the pair, same wattage and voltage with bayonet end. I grimace and lay out $10.70 and what do you know? IT WORKS!!!
VW #N-104-456-02
My instrument cluster lamp for burnt out light came on the other day and after checking around, my third high mount brake light bulb is toast. With bulb in hand, nobody, I mean no car parts chain has this simple bulb (Pep Boys, Oreilly's, Autozone, etc.) I do a search and this forum says we need and use a special $26 (MB dealership) 21W, 12VDC halogen bulb. So, I search the net and find a BMW biker forum that says we can use as an equivalent Philips #12452, Osram/Sylvania #64115, Napa-Wagner #47835, or Hella #78165. I haven't confirm this...
I visit the closest Napa and they are closed. On the way home, I swing by a VW dealer and bring the bad bulb in for sh*ts and grins. The parts guy goes, "That looks like a Beetle turn signal lamp". I say, "It does? It actually came off a MB..." 2 minutes later, he comes out from back and we match up the pair, same wattage and voltage with bayonet end. I grimace and lay out $10.70 and what do you know? IT WORKS!!!
VW #N-104-456-02
