MK5 Golf GTI

All Things Mk5 => How to Guides / Troubleshooting => Topic started by: daz5182 on October 26, 2011, 05:46:07 pm

Title: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: daz5182 on October 26, 2011, 05:46:07 pm

Had a look and this looks a nightmare, any ideas please or link to how to guide. Thanks.

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: hugh jass on October 26, 2011, 05:52:44 pm

 A pair of thin nosed pliers. Make very sure you get a hold of the bulb holder and NOT the wire. Give it a good tug/wiggle

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: daz5182 on October 26, 2011, 06:04:23 pm

So it's not a turn and pull job then? How do you put it back? Push and wiggle?

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: Little_Dave on October 26, 2011, 06:10:39 pm

Be interested in this too as i've got a free set of these coming with some philips blue visions i ordered online  :party:

Dave

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: vRS_Pagey on October 26, 2011, 06:21:52 pm

You should be able to fit it back with fingers only, unless you have a ham fist, then use the long nose pliers and just push it home.  :happy2:

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: RoMocop on October 26, 2011, 06:35:41 pm

Just changed mine and Mandys sidelights. Its not that hard at all- just use some long pliers to get them out. I was able to use my hands to push them back in.

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: Little_Dave on October 29, 2011, 02:37:20 pm

Managed to finally get these little buggers out and change them for the free blue vision W5W's that came with my H7's but i am a little confused by some pictures of some people's headlights  :confused:

My sidelight bulbs are located in the outer edge of the reflector of my main beam but on other cars when people show pictures of changing sidelights they have a bulb in the outer edge of the cluster at the bottom next to the indicator?? My car is a 54 plate and so did they change the design on newer headlights meaning i have the older design or am i missing something completely?  :ashamed: I also can't see for the life of me how i'd get the indicator bulbs out if they ever failed

Thanks
Dave

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: john87 on November 01, 2011, 10:00:08 am

The sidelight bulbs are located next to the indicator on cars with Xenon/HID headlamps - everyone else, unless modified, have them in the full beam reflector  :happy2:

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: daveangel on November 09, 2011, 04:25:07 pm

i just order some of these bad boys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220874005173&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

dont think they're going to fit with removing a bit of the white plastic base

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: hugh jass on November 09, 2011, 04:44:55 pm

 :popcornsoda:

Title: Re: side light bulb replacement.
Post by: vRS_Pagey on November 09, 2011, 04:47:49 pm

Quote from: daveangel on November 09, 2011, 04:25:07 pm

i just order some of these bad boys

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220874005173&ssPageName=ADME:L:OC:GB:1123

dont think they're going to fit with removing a bit of the white plastic base

They should fit ok, but for 99p I wouldn't expect much of a life expectancy!