help please ....lights again

[cass]

I put a post on here a couple of days ago about hids being fitted to my car and it failing the mot . Long story short.....who ever fitted the hids has totally buggered it up . So ive took the hids out and want to fit the normal bulbs . What i need to know is what parts i need apart for my headlamps , is there a website that gives a breakdown of parts .....like the ones that vw parts department have . Please help as this is doing my head in now

[SteveP]

try vagcat.com, think you need to register but this will giver you access to something similar to the VW Parts system 

[Andy]

Can't you just take the hids out as.I thought they just wired into the existing wiring

[vRS_Pagey]

Can't you just take the hids out as.I thought they just wired into the existing wiring

+1
I have HIDs fitted in my vRS and they consist of a bulb and ballasts which plug in to the existing wiring.  You should just need to unplug them and refit the standard halogen.  Out of interest why did they fail, the new rules regarding these don't take effect until January 2012.....

[cass]

Ive took the hids out already and looks like some original parts are missing and the ones that are there have been drilled ,snapped etc....looks like a propper cowboy did it

[vRS_Pagey]

Ive took the hids out already and looks like some original parts are missing and the ones that are there have been drilled ,snapped etc....looks like a propper cowboy did it

Thats a nightmare for you, the kit I used literally took 5 minutes per side to fit (although the Octy is more user friendly than the Golf when it comes to the headlights.....).

[Andy]

Might have to purchase some new head lights if they have been butched and sort the wiring out

[cass]

your right its a nightmare , ive got two more days before before the mot retest is up . And the guy that fitted them used like a plastic welding putty to stick them in the light causing the bulb to be in the wrong place and no amount of adjusting would correct it.......

[Andy]

I would be looking at putting new lights in

[cass]

right ive just been on vagcat and i think i need a mounting for the bulb......i think.....has anyone got pics of the headlight parts .....longshot i know

[Andy]

Don't think you can buy this part individual

[DJM]

right ive just been on vagcat and i think i need a mounting for the bulb......i think.....has anyone got pics of the headlight parts .....longshot i know

Yeah will be was going to say this, as bulb mounts are different to the ones HIDs use.

Best bet is to go down a scrap yard near you, unsure where your about but there is a good one by coventry for VW parts.
But its just the bulb cradle kind of thing you would need id assume.

[Andy]

take it your car is a gti with the black head lights---just to get it through its mot thier is the chrome ones on e bay £50 for the pair
here

[vRS_Pagey]

So it sounds like the cowboy fitters tried to fit OE xenon bulbs in standard halogen lamps, if the correct HID kit had been fitted you wouldn't have had any problem.

As Maxitrol says, get a set of bog standards in for the MOT.