9N Headlight Problems

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:04 am

Around 2 months ago i swithched on my headlights to find that i had lost one of the dipped bulbs, I replaced both dipped bulbs and for the next 2 months all my lights worked fine.

A couple of days ago when i got home from work i noticed that one of my side lights had blown, i was'nt very impressed. Then two days after at night i switched my lights on again and i saw in the the reflection that the other side of my dipped headlight had blow, so i had a dipped blown, and the other side a sidelight blown

I have replaced the dipped lights now so heres hoping they will not blow.

Anyone had problems like this? Was thinking maybe a short somewhere?

Also could someone tell me what light i need to get for the sidelight? (the lights that is in between the dipped light hole)

Polo-03 · Post by **Polo-03** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 5:20 pm

Yes had this problem before, I have had about 4 full sets of headlight bulbs in 3 years! Complaind to my dealer but the said it was a common fault! Plus the damn thing is you need to remove the bumper to get a new bulb in!

xx_loopy_xx · Post by **xx_loopy_xx** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 7:28 pm

hmmm i've had both my dipped ones blow.... near enuff at the same time.

Cheers pettsy for putting them in right

Petrified · Post by **Petrified** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:54 pm

you should be able to replace all the bulbs with out removing anything else, unless it's a 1.9tdi. the 1.4fsi is a bit pushed for space too but can still be done.

macemc86 · Post by **macemc86** » Mon Mar 20, 2006 11:58 pm

Petrified wrote:you should be able to replace all the bulbs with out removing anything else, unless it's a 1.9tdi. the 1.4fsi is a bit pushed for space too but can still be done.

never again lol, i changed my bulbs once and im not attempting it again ! haha

dino · Post by **dino** » Tue Mar 21, 2006 8:50 am

Petrified wrote:you should be able to replace all the bulbs with out removing anything else, unless it's a 1.9tdi. the 1.4fsi is a bit pushed for space too but can still be done.

Or 1.4TDi - there is NO space for hands

M7 · Post by M7 » Tue Mar 21, 2006 3:56 pm

macemc86 wrote:
Petrified wrote:you should be able to replace all the bulbs with out removing anything else, unless it's a 1.9tdi. the 1.4fsi is a bit pushed for space too but can still be done.
never again lol, i changed my bulbs once and im not attempting it again ! haha

took me hours to fit my new bulbs!!

lost alot of skin on my hands too and they aint even in properly! then these new ones blew (h7s i think they were) so i had to put the originals back in and they dont sit properly either!

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 8:49 am

m7, that happened to me about putting my old ones back in, the guy at VW said that i had some clips missing while i changed them, so mine dont si very well neither

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:00 am

so does anyone know which light wattage i need? I need to replace this light soon as, its the light that sits closest to the grill, i think its the lightbulb at the top of round hole, that make sense?

knaps · Post by **knaps** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 10:57 am

W5W fittament bulb for the side lights, the small round lights on the inside of the main headlight. Easy enough to replace, just get a hold of em where they clip in and pull real hard.

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 11:08 am

cheers, ill get some this friday, do you know hoe much they cost for a set by chance?

knaps · Post by **knaps** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:50 pm

I brought them off eBay in Australia for under $10AUD...cheap....I got blue LEDS for my sidelights. Looks sweet

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:55 pm

so i have just bought these,

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Philips-Blue-Visi ... dZViewItem

This right???

knaps · Post by **knaps** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 10:10 am

yes they are the ones you need, you will get a white light look which is much better then the normal yellow the original bulbs give off.

sweetinglooney · Post by **sweetinglooney** » Thu Mar 23, 2006 11:21 am

cheers knaps