MK5 Headlight bulb change

lazy · Post by **lazy** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:56 pm

Hi,

I know this has been asked before, but the answers provided were not detailed enough.

Can anyone please tell me how to change the damn passenger's side headlight bulb? I have spent almost an hour trying to remove the old bulb, but without success.

What's the best way of doing this? I can't seem to remove the back plastic cover behind the unit.

Many thanks

niks · Post by **niks** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:38 pm

unscrew the battery and move it out the way to give you more room to take the cover off

stu nwpoc · Post by **stu nwpoc** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:13 pm

Yup, as above, remove the battery completely and then the black plastic will come off quite easily, just be VERY carefull when removing and re-fitting the bulbs as the headlight (insides) are very brittle and break (trust me i know as i spent Â£61 on a new one a couple of weeks ago)

Good Luck

niks · Post by **niks** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 2:20 pm

im not just a pretty face....

lazy · Post by **lazy** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 4:46 pm

Ok, thanks for the advice.

I'll give it a go this weekend. I had an MR2 Turbo before and even changing lights on that seemed a doddle compared to this, and that had pop-up headlights!

workinprogress · Post by **workinprogress** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 9:18 pm

DON'T disconnect the battery completly unless you've got the code for the radio or a aftermarket radio or your gunna cause yourself grief

stu nwpoc · Post by **stu nwpoc** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:59 am

disconected my battery completely for about an hour and the radio was fine when i re-connected it !