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Evening all, anyone have any tips to remove the xenon bulbs? I have it all exposed just don't know how to get it out and don't want to break it as we allknow what gti headlights are like...

From memory it twists out like a bayonet. You take the red igniter off the back by carefully twisting it a quarter turn and then the bulb twists out, though it may be held in with a clip (its been a while since i changed the bulbs in mine!)

well i've got the bayonet connector out, its just getting the actual bulb out itself- has a black metal ring/clip around it which seems pretty on there and the last thing i want to to do is yank it off and break the adjusters

Oh yes the black ring twists off now i remember

hmm.... think i'll have to uber careful then!

I'm having hell with this guys, I have no idea how you get the black ring off without breaking the whole headlight assembly and adjusters- just the force I'm putting on my old gti headlight is immense. Arghh!

I'll check the service manual tomorrow

Right you twist the black retainer ANTI clockwise and remove it. Then refit in reverse.

Cheers for that Alex, although i still can't twist the metal retainer an inch.. looking more like a case of sticking with the 4300k

Its not metal..its plastic?

Take a pic of the back of the headlight for me and ill draw what u need to do onto it

Correction Plastic hence why my old one snapped so easily

get a pair of long nose pliers on the gaps in the retainer ring and twist it anti clockwise

Mr Perkins you're a live saver that's cured my bad mood now i'm no longer being beaten by a headlight bulb

Happy days