Removing headlights?

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 11:21 am

Just wondering, has anyone ever attempted to remove their headlights?

I need to do so and was wondering that do you only have to remove the front bumper, and simply undo the bolts you see for the headlights and prise the unit out?

My reason for asking is because they look ever so close to the wing's, and the levelling motors are probably sitting more inwards, so would i also need to remove the wings?

Any advice or help to removing these would be great! thanks

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 12:58 pm

Take the bumper off, few screws hold the headlight unit in - pull it out....simple-ish!

The levelling motors are actually in headlight unit.

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 1:07 pm

Cheers Dino

, so these levelling motors, can they be removed easily from the original headlights and applied to another headlight unit?

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 2:10 pm

no idea, never had a look at the levellers - just know where they are

vwclub.gr · Post by **vwclub.gr** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 3:34 pm

If your headllights are "Valeo" then removing the leveling motors is very easy and you don't have to remove the headlights. If not, then these motors can't be taken off

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:21 pm

VWclub.gr - My headlight's are the Valeo ones. I'm fitting the same headlights as you - the FK smoked ones!

Sorry to sound stupid but I dont know what the levelling motor looks like. Can you describe where it would be? or can it be seen in the picture of my lights below? as I need to remove and fit it to the FK ones.

Cheers

dino · Post by **dino** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:23 pm

No it can't be seen from the front - look behind the caps on the rear of the headlight unit. it's under one of them

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Wed Aug 23, 2006 4:26 pm

oh right

Ill have a look down there. Cheers

vwclub.gr · Post by **vwclub.gr** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 12:07 am

There are 3 caps. The 2 of them are for changing the bulbs. The other one is for the motor. It is the centre one. It is very easy to remove it and fit it in your new headlights.

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:21 pm

thanks mate

, hopefully I can fit them now with no problems! (well once I can find a day when its not raining

)

vwclub.gr · Post by **vwclub.gr** » Sun Aug 27, 2006 9:59 am

Really? It has been over 1 month here that it hasn't rained and the temperature is over 35

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 10:51 am

Well i finally got the time to fit the lights yesterday. Really like them

Just not so happy about how they fit.

They seem to sit too far in at the bottom and you can see a gap. Ive spent about 1 hour trying to adjust them perfectly in proportion to the panels. However at the bottom of the bumper, a gap is visible. I think its even with the standard lights but cant remember, maybe its a bit amplified as they show up more than the standard ones on a silver car. Does anyone else have this sort of gap?

its where the bottom part of the bumper (of the larger light) meets the wing!

vwclub.gr · Post by **vwclub.gr** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:05 pm

I have the same problem but I thought it was because of my bumper which has been changed

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 12:13 pm

Thanks for the reply mate...

Hmm, guess it may just be the FK lights then. Ill get some pics up of it. Ive got the genuine factory bumper

and i still have it.

I think I will try using thick washer's between the bottom bolts and the lamp. This way the headlight unit at the bottom will raise slightly so that there is no gap

rob-g · Post by **rob-g** » Tue Sep 05, 2006 6:26 pm

Mine has a bit of a gap with standard lights and bumper, you can make it out in these pics:

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b100/ ... car033.jpg

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b100/ ... car014.jpg

were the new lights easy to fit? is it just a straight swap?