How long to change a light bulb............
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Moose1978 said:
Don't ever buy a Megane then!!!
There is an inspection hatch inside the wheel arch makes the job slightky easier if you are long armed and thin. A MK1 focus is easy to do until you get to the ST or RS, at which point you would probably choose to drive only during the day than bother with the messing about.
Remove the bolts holding the headlight in. Move it forward ( don't take it all the way out). Replace bulb. ( lamp to be pedantic bulbs grow out of the ground). Then push it back and replace the bolts. It's much easier than f
king about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life.
king about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life. Edited by Syndrome on Tuesday 2nd March 09:50
Syndrome said:
Remove the bolts holding the headlight in. Move it forward ( don't take it all the way out). Replace bulb. ( lamp to be pedantic bulbs grow out of the ground). Then push it back and replace the bolts. It's much easier than fking about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer.
Ah, but this works on some cars, for others (The foci I mentioned) you either need to be a contortionist or take the front end apart to get the units out. king about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. Negative Creep said:
It's like that on most cars now. I'm not one for rules, but shouldn't there be some sort of EU directive to state someone must be capable of changing a bulb by the side of the road without tools? Ever wondered why every 206 and Ka seems to have one headlight out? You now know why
206 is no problem to change headlight bulb ! suspect the real issue is gender related .Syndrome said:
Remove the bolts holding the headlight in. Move it forward ( don't take it all the way out). Replace bulb. ( lamp to be pedantic bulbs grow out of the ground). Then push it back and replace the bolts. It's much easier than fking about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life.
Mk4 Astra - you have to remove the bumper first to remove the headlamp.king about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life. Edited by Syndrome on Tuesday 2nd March 09:50
Negative Creep said:
It's like that on most cars now. I'm not one for rules, but shouldn't there be some sort of EU directive to state someone must be capable of changing a bulb by the side of the road without tools? Ever wondered why every 206 and Ka seems to have one headlight out? You now know why
You have to carry bulbs when driving on the continent, by law. But what's the point if bulb changing is a garage job?!! I agree though safety critical things like this *should* be user replaceableNegative Creep said:
It's like that on most cars now. I'm not one for rules, but shouldn't there be some sort of EU directive to state someone must be capable of changing a bulb by the side of the road without tools? Ever wondered why every 206 and Ka seems to have one headlight out? You now know why
Ford ka's are a complete pain in the arse to do, have to take part of the arch liner off to take the front bumper partly off to release the headlight to change a fking stupid bulb on a car that isn't even mine.Daston said:
Dont Audi TT's have to have most of the bumper removed?
Possibly. Certainly I couldn't work out how to do it when one went pop on my girlfriend's TT. The manual is really helpful "Take your car to the nearest dealer and hand them your wallet on a silver platter".I can change the headlight bulb on my Corsa one-handed.
Saab 93 + 95 have the same bizare set up where by the headlights need to come out and to do that the indicators and grill units have to come out first...depending if its the drivers or passenger side it can take 5-25min and you need to have the correct Torx adapter which i suspect prevents the majority of people to.
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Fastra said:
Syndrome said:
Remove the bolts holding the headlight in. Move it forward ( don't take it all the way out). Replace bulb. ( lamp to be pedantic bulbs grow out of the ground). Then push it back and replace the bolts. It's much easier than fking about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life.
Mk4 Astra - you have to remove the bumper first to remove the headlamp.king about removing bits of engine or giving it to a stealer. It falls down a bit with xenons and the leveling that needs to be done by computer but hey ho such is life. Edited by Syndrome on Tuesday 2nd March 09:50
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