Another appeal for help from peeps with Mk IV Golf knowledge

[vr6storm 0]

mind this is Aberdeen in the heart of Jockland............£20 is a fortune to spend

[Supercharged 2]

mind this is Aberdeen in the heart of Jockland............£20 is a fortune to spend

 

LOL - I don't know why but i'm going to dig out my 'So I married an axe murderer' DVD to watch...

[A1 VR6 0]

£20 Roddy - we're all doomed in the immortal words of Fraser.

[Mr Sands 0]

Mr Sands - the worst bit as we've said is getting the spring clip back on as you're doing it blind and the thing is it's actually very easy as you'll realise when you've been trying for half an hour to clip it back the wrong way and suddenly it's back on correctly.

 

Good luck - it can be done.

 

Cheers pal. Will have another go tomorrow, preferably with some daylight. From having had a squiz at the Mk IV owners' forum, it would seem that everything you fellers have said is true, about it being possible to do (but very fiddly) without removing the bumper, but that removing the bumper is the only way to get the entire headlight unit out.

 

Seems the way forward would seem to be to remove the plastic battery cover to free up a little more room, then finding someone with girly hands (the missus?) to try and reach where I can't! Oo-er...

 

Will let you know how it goes, but again, most appreciative of your expertise and ready advice, as will be my mate when I pass on the word tomorrow.

 

All the best,

 

Ed.

[vr6storm 0]

just tell him has to remove the bumper :twisted:

[Mr Sands 0]

Trust me chap, you don't want to watch this chap trying to remove his bumper. Unless it's by cresting hump on a B road at speed, in which case he stands a chance.

[Mr Sands 0]

Latest update: my mate rang round a couple of likely places just to gauge the cost if needed. The Stealers wanted £120 min to change it! Kwik-fit wouldn't touch it, advising him to go to a Veedub specialist since apparently the sensor for the airbags is in the bumper, which makes removing it complicated!

 

Thoughts anyone? It's looking increasingly like trying to do it in situ!

[latestarter2 0]

yeehahh...!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

There is a god and he's alive and well and living near Swindon..

 

Thought I had theis job to do..had my knuckle repair kit ready and swearing phrase book to hand!! only to notice that the plug at the back of the light had worked loose and just needed a friendly push back into place!!

 

Get in there!!!!

 

Seems this is the week to do the lottery !!!...lol

[Mr Sands 0]

Holy thread resurrection Batman! My mate did indeed get this done and fairly simply. It went to my ever reliable mechanic at a small village place who'd done it many times before. He managed it in about ten minutes apparently.

[G60SC_Stoney 0]

yeah, i had to change the ones in my sisters MK4, unfortantly she bought the wrong bulbs so i had to do the job over 2 days! real pain to do! dont quite understand why they make them like that, i carry spare bulbs in my corrado so i can change one at the side of the road if need be, Waste of time doing that in a MK4 Golf, you cant see a thing!