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Replacing fog light bulbs ?

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#1 ·
The owner's manual seems unhelpful in educating us how to replace headlight bulbs or fog light bulbs. I just looked underneath the car and it doesn't look as easy as I'd hoped to replace fog light bulbs. Has anyone done this? Anyone have a link to some schematic on how to approach? :confused:
 
#3 · (Edited)
I saw on a GTI that there is a nice place from which to pry.....I see only a tiny little circle opening on the black part of the cover. What do you use to get in there? How hard do you pull?????
 
#5 ·
Good evening Darren,

See if the following 3 JPEG's are of a help to you.

Rgds, YVR
YVR-- THANK YOU!!!! PERFECT!
Do you have similar photos for headlamp and high beam bulb replacement (though I suspect they are inherently easier)???
:D
 
#13 ·
I finally got to changing out my fog light bulbs. I'd had bulbs I bought for my 2008 Eos but the car was traded in before I replaced the bulbs.

The pictures above were perfect. I agree that it took a bit more force than I'd planned to remove the trim panel but it was easy. I replaced the standard Sylvania 9006 bulbs with Philips Xtreme Power 9006 bulbs.
 
#14 ·
Many thanks Guys!
I was going to drop the pan and go from behind. I never would have figured it out. I repealed headlights and fogs with Phillips Crystal Vision Ultras. Wow, look like Xenons with a blue white light. Night driving so much easier to see and really gives the car an updated look. I also put chrome handles, mirror caps and grill inserts. Bling! Looks like an Audi even more!
I think the EOS original design is best. The updated look is very generic and bland. Oh, Amazon.com is the way to go! Everything so much cheaper than trying to find it locally here in Hawaii!
Mahalo,
Lopaka:D
 
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The bottom pan does NOT have to be dropped.

Before you decide to change your fogs again, I suggest you read (probably for the first time) this entire thread starting from the beginning.:D
 
#19 ·
hey guys, 2008 Eos here. Thought i would throw my two cents in: i just replaced my front two headlight (beams) and took some pics.

Like Odie said, it is a pretty easy fix: all you have to do it locate the housing assembly, lift the silver latch towards the hood and off pops the hatch to the housing. From there you need to give the light a quarter turn (counter clock-wise I believe) and the light bulb is exposed. Note I had some issues actually getting the bulb out of the wiring base, so i gently popped it out using a flat head screw driver (picture a male end of a plug). Once complete i did the other (they recommend doing both at the same time).

NOTE: Make sure your engine is cool AND the headlights are cool. I made that mistake when changing the second bulb. Also, wear latex gloves when changing them so you fingerprints dont burn into the bulb.

Lastly, i went with Philips Extreme H7 (H7XVB2 to be exact) bulbs. They ran about $60. So far so good! they are much brighter than the original bulbs, that's for sure!

http://www.vweosclub.com/forums/album.php?albumid=457
 
#21 ·
Lastly, i went with Philips Extreme H7 (H7XVB2 to be exact) bulbs. They ran about $60. So far so good! they are much brighter than the original bulbs, that's for sure!
As long as you accept the lower bulb life and higher cost of changing them more often!

You cannot get something for nothing with automotive lamps. If you stick with tungsten halogen and want brighter lamps, it is an easy fix to drop in some xenon gas and raise the filament temperature (overun!) but you will be paying out and replacing bulbs more often. Personally I don't want to spend my time changing bulbs when it is inconvenient or risk getting stopped for a non-working lamp. It is not just the $60 either, because if local laws require you to travel with spare lamps, you will need to buy some more of these.

The only way you can get real brightness with lower power, heat and longer lamp hours is Xenon HID or led in oem designed lamp units.
 
#22 ·
2012 Eos, non-HID headlamp assembly. Hi everyone, I need your help directing me to a video or a page out of a service manual. I'm trying to upgrade my headlamps, DRL and fog light bulbs. I think I figured out how to get the fog light black panel off, but I still need your advice on how to take it off without breaking the clips. And I've searched and searched on the Internet on how to get at the low beam halogen light bulbs. The manual simply tells us to take the car to the VW dealer. Do I have to lower the front bumper to access the headlamp assembly? Can I get at the head light bulbs and the DRL bulbs from the removed wheel wells? Help! I would really appreciate your help. John
 
#23 ·
When I went about replacing my washer pump, the shop procedure said remove the front plastic wheel linings, the front grill AND the one piece plastic front below the grill (the front of the car!).

The inner arch linings and front grill were easy, but I couldn't quite get the front (bumper) off as there are some molded plastic tags at the top and I never did find out how to release them.:(

I did notice in the headlamp section they were giving the same 'front of the car removal' procedure so I wish you luck. I must say though, if you can figure out their locking clips at the top which you can't easily see, removing the front gives a lot more working space. But breaking them could be very expensive for a new replacement front body panel and re-paint.

I am waiting for somebody to go further than I did on the front removal and post back how the locking clips are released - You could be the one!:)
 
#24 ·
Hi All,
I realise that this thread's old now, but hopefully I might get some info

looking at the pics on YVR's post, (reproduced below ) it looks very easy to pry off the cover, I'm a little dubious to pull off the central red cover ( see pic) for fear of breaking it. Any advice would be gratefully received.

I'm wanting to remove the black foglight cover to cut a hole to fit drill's.

Thanks....pete




 
#26 ·
Just use the tool and do as the diagram says, it comes off surprisingly easy, I felt like you initially...lol

Show us pics of your DRLs when you have them in.

Dave
 
#27 ·
Hi Dave,
thanks for that, I was confused initially, as the photo that I'd seen of the covers had a black body panel on it, and I didn't realise it was there at all, thinking it ( and the diagram ) was just the black plastic without the colour coded body part. (wonder how that fixes on? ).
Takes quite a tug to get it off doesn't it, always afraid of breaking off the lugs!

I ordered the lights at the weekend, in the end decided upon the Philips Daylight 9, was originally going to go for the Daylight 8 which dim down rather than cut off with the sidelights, but as they came out in 2010 I think, and the 9's came out last year went for the more up to date ones, added to the fact that I'm not quite sure of the legality of having 2 sets os sidelights on at the same time in the UK, The construction and use regs are a bit complicated.
I found that the sets of lights were about 20% cheaper in Germany than the UK so got them from there, I'll certainly take and post some pics of the installation and finished job.
Thanks again for the info

regards...Pete
 
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Use the small wire hook that should be with your spare tyre and insert the end of the wire in the small hole in the black plastic panel just below the central bar in the fog light surround. Pull the hook away from the front of the car. The red bar and the black plastic backing will all come off as one piece. You can see the hole if you zoom in - it is on the right hand side - middle of this picture. It is designed to be pulled off and it goes back on very easily.
 
#33 ·
There should be a little metal "hook" in the back of your car for getting the plastic covers of your wheel nuts. This hook can also be used to extract the covers. If you look, you will notice a small hole on the cover. Put tho hook in it and pull the cover off. It may take some force. Then you can take off the lights and replace the bulb.
 
#34 ·
As your EOS gets older the plastic holding pegs stiffen and can be a pig to remove even with the tool and a very strong pull. They can also break!

You will find my photos and write up here which gives a slower trim removal approach and shows where the hidden pegs are located:

http://www.vweosclub.com/forums/showthread.php?t=20625&highlight=drl
 
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