How to change a sidelight bulb

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How to change a sidelight bulb

Post by S4driver » Sat Oct 16, 2004 8:03 pm

As the heading says........One of my sidelight bulbs has packed up :(

The question is, how on earth do you get to the bulb :? What needs to be removed to get at it? Any BTDT

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Post by UKS4APR1 » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:04 pm

Hi..no help I'm afraid! Just to say I've been watching your post for a reply, I've been pondering same thing. Luckily my sidelights are OK at the moment. Also wondering about the cap. discharge bulbs?.

ALSO....how do you convert them to Left Hand Drive ????
Hope someone replies.
Good Luck!

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Post by UKS4APR1 » Thu Oct 21, 2004 11:41 pm

Found this on a search............

You need to take the xenon power pack off and slide your hand down behind the back of the lens. Your hand will have to be the width and thickness of a pencil though. I have just taken out both my headlights and changed the side + main bulbs, its much easier. two screws on top and one on side.

Sounds obvious really

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Post by S4driver » Fri Oct 22, 2004 7:35 pm

UKS4APR1 wrote:Found this on a search............

You need to take the xenon power pack off and slide your hand down behind the back of the lens. Your hand will have to be the width and thickness of a pencil though. I have just taken out both my headlights and changed the side + main bulbs, its much easier. two screws on top and one on side.

Sounds obvious really
I found this reply before, but i still could make head nor tail of it :oops:

The other downside is i have big ,clumsy hands, so they will not be much use sqeezing bdown behind the light :roll:

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Post by UKS4APR1 » Sun Oct 24, 2004 5:00 pm

What the guy is saying is that it's easiest if you remove the headlight assy completely from the car. Then remove the power pack assy from the back of the headlight to gain access to the sidelight bulb.

I'm trying to find out how you can convert to RH dipping(for Europe driving) I'm pretty sure you just make a small adjustment.

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