o.b.c light fitment!!! help!!!!!!!!

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:36 pm

hi all, i have just been to lind and got my obc light(bulb, slot in thing) is there any other way of putting it in other than takeing the stereo out? the geezer on parts said that u can take the obc out from the front. how true is this?

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:33 pm

e30bmlover wrote:the geezer on parts said that u can take the obc out from the front. how true is this?

Not true.

You have to take the stereo out.

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:37 pm

thanks mate. will have to investigate it tonight at work! another thing to strike off of the list of things to do!

Post Wed Apr 26, 2006 9:11 pm

In fact, you'll have to take apart most of your dash to get to it "the proper way", because it's held in there by screws on the back of the radio/ventilation/buttons "facia". *#@(!

The "easy way" is to remove the radio, pop out the buttons above the radio, unscrew the two screws holding the top of the facia. Then, gently pull the facia out (don't worry, it can take quite some force, if you're gentle) just enough to see the right side of the OBC and take a peek...

By now you should've noticed that there is a (*$#(*! strip of plastic blocking access to the slot for the backlight, so either decide to dismantle everything to get the OBC out the proper way, or grab the good ol' Stanley knife and be done with it in 5 minutes.

Good luck,
Rick