BenB
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 01:10 PM |
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Wish me luck.....
The headlight on my tintop has died. And it's the dreaded Megane II whereby the only access to the headlight is via the wheelarch involving a
bit of arm manoevering worthy of a gynaecologist.
The forums say it takes anywhere between 20 mins and a couple of hours (or £30-150 if you get a main stealer to do it).
Arse biscuits.
They did it on Fifth gear and a green flag mechanic took 45 minutes....
We shall see! I think my mahusive hands might be a problem here......
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chrisxr2
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 01:15 PM |
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good luck
you ,ight get lucky and take 10 minutes, our arosa was similar twas either instant or ages of fiddling.
Life moves pretty fast, if you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
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matt_gsxr
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 01:16 PM |
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Green Flag are rubbish, just local garage blokes with no incentive to fix at side of road, not like those RAC and AA men.
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prawnabie
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 01:23 PM |
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I takes 5 mins if you jack the car up!
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L5W
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 01:24 PM |
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Good luck there! I changed one on my girlfriend's megane recently in the snow and it took me about an hour, most of the time was spent figuring
out how you remove the old bulb. I stuck my camera up into the access hole in the end so I could see where the clips were, a few moments later I had
the bulb out using a screwdriver to depress the clip/tab thing but broke the bulb's glass whilst drawing it out.
A colleague has the same car and got their bulb replaced at halfords who charged something like £5 (apparently) so I'll be considering going
there the next a bulb goes
Lee
http://l5w-mk-indy-zetec.blogspot.com/
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nick205
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:03 PM |
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Why do manufacturers do this...?
Is it that they're just rubbish and don't think things through or are they actually trying to increase aftersales revenue?
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alistairolsen
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:19 PM |
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I did one on an A class which sounds similar. I spent longer worrying about it than it took to do the job, nice and easy! (unlike anything else on the
car  )
My Build Thread
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prawnabie
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:29 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by nick205
Why do manufacturers do this...?
Is it that they're just rubbish and don't think things through or are they actually trying to increase aftersales revenue?
No its beacuse we all demand safer cars and more crumple zones/crash protection decreases the space around components like headlights etc
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:31 PM |
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I did one last week. Didn't have a clue what i was doing but took 30 mins. Much easier if you take the wheel off.
How long can i resist the temptation to drop a V8 in?
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omega0684
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:38 PM |
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exactly the same as the modern astra, just stick hard lock on, took me about 15 minutes, getting the old one out is easy enough, its getting the new
one in without getting it dirty or a finger print on it thats the tricky part
I love Pinto's, even if i did get mine from P&O!
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BenB
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 02:42 PM |
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So what was all the fuss about? Did both of them in the car park at Halfords and topped up a few fluids whilst I was at it. Green Flag are obviously
shite! The drivers side is a bit of a PITA but the passengers took all of 5 minutes. Quite why the Green Flag geezer in the 5th gear thing took off
the wheel I don't know. Really not necessary, I didn't even bother turning the wheel to opposite lock for the passenger side. Only slight
issue was when I dropped the headlight cover (doh!) and it rattled down into the bottom of the engine bay but a bit of gropping through the access
port had it back again.
30 minutes tops for both.
Went for the blingy 90% brighter extra brilliance lights. BOGOF at the moment at Halfrauds too 
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Davey D
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 04:05 PM |
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Ive just done one on my 05 astra, and its just the same. hatch under the wheel arch. Once you know what your doing, it can be done in 5 mins with the
wheels turned to full lock 
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Davey D
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 04:18 PM |
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Ive just done one on my 05 astra, and its just the same. hatch under the wheel arch. Once you know what your doing, it can be done in 5 mins with the
wheels turned to full lock
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PSpirine
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 05:43 PM |
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Just done both on my t-reg Micra - bonnet up, rubber cover off, clips off, bulbs out, new bulbs in, pop the clips and covers back on.
Less than 60 seconds for both.
Those clever Japanese...
Pavs
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MikeR
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 06:04 PM |
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I guess someone from Japan must have designed the headlights on my mk2 focus
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rusty nuts
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 08:12 PM |
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I've got a headlight bulb to do tomorrow morning on a Citroen C5, front bumper off job!
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Peteff
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 08:31 PM |
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I once changed a clutch in a Nissan Cherry in less time than it takes to change that headlight bulb
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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BenB
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| posted on 13/12/10 at 09:14 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by PSpirine
Just done both on my t-reg Micra - bonnet up, rubber cover off, clips off, bulbs out, new bulbs in, pop the clips and covers back on.
Less than 60 seconds for both.
Those clever Japanese...
Pavs
Yes, shame they don't know how to tell good steel from rubbish steel. I agree that Micra headlights are easy to change (my other tintop) but I
have had to change both headlight connectors due to them rusty (and in one instance shorting and melting the plastic connector housing)....
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Davey D
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| posted on 16/12/10 at 07:34 PM |
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Exactly the same happened in my wifes micra, the bulb connector just corroded, and melted all the plastic from the arcing of the terminal 
Just chopped it off, and fitted a new one from one of the local Durite suppliers
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 16/12/10 at 08:49 PM |
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And I thought my Mondeo one was awkward, in that I had to take off the light cluster
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