Vw Beatle 2006 Beetle Vw Vw Headlight Headlight
I just thought I would give a quick heads up to all those that are thinking of changing the head light in their 2006 VW Beetle. There is more to that thing then meets the eye. In the following I will try and help you avoid some of the pitfalls that I found.
First things first go down to Checkers or AutoZone and grab yourself a pair of headlights. When it comes to buying these things, just spend the extra money and get the long life ones. I promise you it’s worth those ten dollars to avoid having to replace them multiple times or even worse get that stupid ticket for a burnt out head light. The guys at checkers will know what type you need.
So go home and open up that hood. As you probably noticed the fender is pretty much covering the headlight unit. You probably even asked yourself “how the heck am I going to get to the back of that thing in that little door thing. The answer is, you won’t! The entire headlight unit, on both sides, is going too slid straight out.
So now the tricky part, disengaging the lock mechanisms to let the unit slide out. You will notice there is a small nut looking thing near the base of the unit towards the front the car. It is pretty easy to pick out because it has two little pad locks by it. One that is locked and the other that’s not. So take out you small socket with the extension and turn it to the unlock position. This has to be done on both light. On the left head light, after you have unlocked it, you should be able to now push on the back of the unit and it will slide right out. On the right unit it’s a little trickier. Near the back of the right unit, still on the base you should see a little shiny bar looking thing. You should recognize it once you see it. It’s made out of some sort of thin metal and you need to press down on that. While pressing down on that you can press on the back of the whole unit and it should slide right out. THE UNIT WILL NOT COME OUT UNLESS YOU PRESS DOWN ON THAT BAR. If you try and pry it out it will only destroy the unit so find the bar and do it correctly. After you have pulled out both units it’s pretty simple you just open up the back of them, replace the bulbs and set the units back in place. You don’t need to press the bar down to slide them in. They will lock in automatically. Although you do need to make sure you turn the little lock nut to the lock position.
Well done, you did it and saved yourself a trip to the car dealership. If you have any question about this or anything else on your bug I might be able to help you.
