Popped into Halfords today for an offside front sidelight bulb.Girl on the till said they could fit it for £3.00 so thought, ok go on then.
Out came the bloke but he was baffled so I got a refund on the fitting.
Can't find my owners manual as I've just moved.Is it behind the black round thing that might screw off? If so, I need bloody tiny hands.

 

Battery out job on the nearside and yes the circular black plastic part on the rear of the headlight unscrews

 

Easier to remove the light than the battery I would say.

 

nearside I meant sorry..yup the battery's in the way..cheers

 

i did it gently with a long pointy nose plyers

 

cheers Ozz..another red blobeye in South Wales

 

Manual says to remove the head lights.

 

Trust me to go the battery removal route then!!

 

I took the headlights out when I did mine.

 

The only way is to remove the headlight as I did. The `back` of the sidelight area is in the wing

 

Yep, that's what I thought.

The headlight, indicator and main beam are accessible through the main bit but the side light bulb is up in the wing.

 

I changed both the side & headligt bulbs in my mates MY05 STi Type UK the other day.
Head light out was easy!
Follow this - http://www.subaru-impreza.org/forum/...placement.html

 

bloody ell..this is sounding more complicated..found the manual..it just says turn the holder counter clockwise and remove the retaining spring and connector..Halfords guy thought the bumper had to come off

 

Took me about 30 minutes to do the 4 bulbs, taking the head lights out!

No bumper or battery removal required...

Now my Hawkeye indicator bulbs.....thats another story!

 

For the sidelight its a headlight out Job, Very easy to do

 

Changed both of mine the other week and what i thought was goig to be a 5 minute job turned into an hour lol!!!! Next time i do it i will take lights out as it looks easier

 

hi .. i got one stupid question .. my sidelight bulb is broken a couple of weeks ago .. where can i buy the new bulb ? can i get it from halfords ? my car is jdm blobeye .. how about the price ? I am not from UK so finding accesories shop is new for me .. thank you

 

yea halfords or any motor factors will do them. cost a couple of pounds max

 

so just to clarify, i need to take out the lamp before i can change the bulb ? means that i need to detache the bumper first ?

 

I got mine from Autobulbsdirect.co.uk, and as the LED replacement bulbs are soooo small, most online distributers will deliver anywhere for a small charge!

Good luck

 

is it this one for the sidelight ?

581 PY21W (Amber) Indicator Bulbs

It is just the same for blobeye UK spec or JDM isn't it ?

 

I got mine off a guy on ebay

 

i was just wondering.. the bulb that is broken on my blobeye is the parking light bulb .. is this the same as 'sidelight' bulb that people always mentioned ?

 

Just thought i'd add to this incase anyone searching google, hear is a picture of where hidden bulb is.