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Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 2:30 pm
by gareth.collins
Anyone got an idiots guide? Asking for a friend.....
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 3:30 pm
by silverhairs
Look in your hand book, it's got pictures in there which screws to remove before you push out the headlight unit from the back.
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 4:00 pm
by gareth.collins
Will dig it out. Had a look in the online one and couldn’t see it. Must be looking at the wrong page.
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 7:16 pm
by gareth.collins
Struggling to get the headlight out after I have unscrewed the three screws. Is it just push it out from behind? It wouldn’t budge with moderate force.
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 08, 2019 9:02 pm
by JMiddo94
They are a swine, took me ages to get mine as I was worried about knocking the paint, but a big thud from behind should pop them out.
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Tue Apr 09, 2019 5:18 pm
by RUM4MO
I think that doing this the first time is always going to be tricky, both from the fact that you have not done this before on that model of car and maybe even because these cars are assembled in a space that is a bit warmer than outside in UK is right now. My wife has a 6C Polo and prompted by someone asking me how to do this, I took the plunge and eventually got the headlights out - so now I know for the future!
Re: Changing a headlight bulb
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 9:07 am
by Andy Beats
There aren't three bolts that need undoing, just two per headlight.
Then a thump from behind and they pop out no problem.
Trying various bulbs, I must have done it at least six times now.