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Replacing tailight bulbs...
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:15 pm
by jackthelad1990
I have half a circle out on my back left light... M.O.T this week so needs to be changed.. got the bulb but dont no how to change it! Cant find an D.I.Y guide either... any help i will be very grateful!
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:58 pm
by pip_polo
open the boot
look behind the lights and there will be a wing nut type thing, but its plastic. undo the two of them and the whole light will come out the back. unclip the wires and you can then change it with ease.
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 4:59 pm
by jackthelad1990
cheers pip!
dont no why but i'm dreading the mot! i'm a mot virgin!
Posted: Mon Sep 22, 2008 5:17 pm
by pip_polo
it'll pass lol
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:22 pm
by RUM4MO
jackthelad1990 wrote:cheers pip!
dont no why but i'm dreading the mot! i'm a mot virgin!
Have you checked the rear indicator bulbs while you had the rear cluster out - once I got caught at MOT time for that - these orange bulbs end up getting their laquer burnt off them and show white light. I'd check the fronts too for same reason. My excuse to myself was that I did not know that these rear bulbs were orange!
Posted: Tue Sep 23, 2008 11:31 pm
by jackthelad1990
Cheers mate, i'll have a butchers tomorrow!
Posted: Wed Sep 24, 2008 4:52 pm
by jackthelad1990
What ball ache.. got the back light off... but... its the upper circle of the light gone.. which means its a smaller bulb to the lower one.... and just my luck, i bought the lower one! Will a polo dealership have one? Pricey? Cheers
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 10:41 am
by chewy
Yeah but they will want your eyeballs too, try halfrauds or some independent place. If you can’t identify it stick a pic up. Where did you get the larger bulb from?
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 5:43 pm
by jackthelad1990
Got the bigger bulb from halfords, was about 1.70, going to pop down, my local vw northampton dealer tomorrow.. might post a pic up of the bulb later if i'm stuck! WATCH THIS SPACE!
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 7:14 pm
by pip_polo
mine was som ething stupid likw 28p for top.
i got it from a car garage, just asked if they had one and showed them it
Posted: Thu Sep 25, 2008 11:21 pm
by RUM4MO
jackthelad1990 wrote:What ball ache.. got the back light off... but... its the upper circle of the light gone.. which means its a smaller bulb to the lower one.... and just my luck, i bought the lower one! Will a polo dealership have one? Pricey? Cheers
This a 207S that you want - don't be fobbed off this a 207, the 207 has a short round envelope whereas the 207S has a longer envelope with a round end. Halfords Exterior/Interior Bulb 12v 5w - or the more expensive Bosch equivalnet 207S - but what out because quite a lot of the Bosch 207S ones I looked at were actually just 207!
Posted: Fri Sep 26, 2008 6:13 pm
by jackthelad1990
Sorted now guys... thanks for your help... popped to my local vw today and showed them the bulb... cost 50p cant argue!