glovebox light

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reggid
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Fri Nov 07, 2025 12:01 am

can any share some pics of where the glovebox light is located and how it sits and the type of bulb?

i pulled mine apart ages ago, cant find some bits and dont remember how it all went togther
E30 325is with M20B31
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Tzantushka
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Fri Nov 07, 2025 11:24 am

Understand - they are bit fussy to assemble and tucked up behind the latch striker plate (the silver coloured mental bracket)

Have a read of this
viewtopic.php?t=189976

And some good pictures of the assembled part
https://premierbavarian.com/en-au/produ ... -1-386-316

And this pic (which is missing the black plunger, spring & contacts
https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https% ... d28752babd

Globe / bulb is a 5W often referred to a C5W or if you prefer Osram language it's a 6418.
I swapped mine out for a LED
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reggid
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Sat Nov 08, 2025 5:52 am

Thanks, i had bought one of those switches as mine never had it since ive owned it as there was some munted crap in there. Once i realised the bulb goes into the back of the new switch i bought it was straight forward. Also realoem threw me as the bulb shown is wrong
E30 325is with M20B31
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