Don't get me started on this.....for a few weeks I've had a light on the dash saying one of my lights saying a light was out. I couldn't figure which it was. Then the other evening one of my dipped beams blew and I made the connection that the original alert was for the sidelight as I forgot to check them. Anyway I needed two bulbs. Went to the shop and bought a side light bulb and a main beam bulb.....as I was paying with a card the guy said I needed to make a purchase of over £5 and suggested I buy another sidelight bulb (50p or something) to knock it over the mark. I said...no you know what I'll have another main beam as they always go on mine. So I fitted the lights (more on that later) and then 3 days later the other sidelight bulb blew!!! Hahaha! Shoulda listened to the guy in the store.
So to get to change the dipped beam and sidelight bulbs I have to turn the front wheels to full lock so I can access a panel under the wheel arch. Take off a rubber cap and reach in through a 4" wide hole and remove the bulbs. You have to be on your back to do it...but I can do it pretty quick now. The only thing is - on the driverside a few years back the clip that held the main bulb in place got caught on a wire and came away, looking at it its hard to tell if it snapped or came out of it's fitting....either way I spent about 2 hours swearing and sweating trying to reattach it through that 4" wide hole!!! Never managed, so to hold the bulb in place I have to use a plastic coffee jar lid so the convex side pushes up against the bulb fitting and then duct tape it in place .... pain hate changing that side now!