BMW 3 of the E46 series

1 Removal of the holder of a lamp of the corresponding back lamp is given in the Section Replacement of Glow Lamps of External Lighting.

2 On an illustration the back lamp in a trunk lid fixed by means of a collar is shown. Turn off a fastening nut from within the car and remove outside a back lamp. At external back lamps it is necessary to turn off some nuts of fastening on a lamp contour.

3 in the presence of damages replace laying of a back lamp.
4 Insert a lamp and expose it in relation to adjacent elements of a body. Slightly tighten nuts the moment of 5 N • m.
5 Establish the holder of a lamp of a back lamp, address to the Section Replacement of Glow Lamps of External Lighting.
6 Close a trunk lid or a door of a back and check tightness of a back lamp, whether for what water on a lamp and then check it got into salon of the car.
7 If water got, replace consolidation or a lamp.