Headlight removal

[Rs4nutter]

Evening all

Osf headlight bulb has popped, is it an easy job to do myself? Or best to go to a dealer?

Cheapest bulb I've seen is at Halfrauds for £50, is this about right?

Cheers

[vishmr2]

Never done it but doesn't seem tricky (OS headlight may need to come out or moving the expansion tank which is right up against it in the RS) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiR257B3R_c

Just replaced my xenon bulbs on a mk5 gti and can recommend Osram night breakers (got them for £85 from GSF albeit probably more for the RS fit bulbs) - they were noticeably brighter than the previous bulbs. When mine go, I'll probably replace them with those Osrams

[Rs4nutter]

@vishmr2 thanks, did see a video on YouTube but not an RS. Will look at those bulbs as got all weekend to do job

[AndyBrad]

super easy and get the osram from halfords.

However on mine it was the balast. 25 quid from ebay. Swap the bulbs or just buy one as well as i did

[Rs4nutter]

Just changed bulb, think ballast has is not playing ball

[Rs4nutter]

@AndyBrad do you still have info from ebay?

[AndyBrad]

i dont im afrad, there are a few, all around the 30-40 quid mark. I got both different types. The only difference i could tell is one looked more cheaply made presses steel whie the other had a cast heatsink.

[Rs4nutter]

@AndyBrad cheers, had a look last night, so many different types about!!

[johnnydog]

I've just changed my offside ballast after swapping the bulbs from side to side to confirm it wasn't a defective bulb.
I trawled through all those available - the vast majority if new ones seem to be of Chinese origin, although some claim to have a 5 year warranty. There are several used which are sold as good.
I bought one that appeared to be and was listed as a geninue Mitsubishi unit (as the original) for £50. It came in a authentic VW box with the label, and although it appears we'll made, I really could question whether it is a genuine part or not ( the company have a few negative feedback re copy items sold as genuine).
But it works OK, and for a fraction of the price of one from Audi, and hopefully will continue to do so.
Worth noting that the original VW Group ballasts have a number 4 printed on the top of the aluminium cover plate, above the label. It appears copies (whilst claiming they are genuine) don't.
Also worth checking the suffix on the part no - there are B, C, E and F available. Mine was an E suffix.

[Rs4nutter]

All sorted, bought a ballast off amazon, changed it over, put original bulb back in, all works fine

[AndyBrad]

winner

[mod.dom]

Out of interest, did you have to remove the bumper to get the headlight out?

[AndyBrad]

nope