Removing headlights

[Jonny_H]

ok, so today i bought everything needed to smoke my headlights.

took all 3 bolts off... ended up snapping a clip or 2 here and there (not happy about)

but the light doesnt seem to be removalble. it wont fit past the bumper. how do i get the light out. it hits the top of the bumper.

ended up giving up and putting light back in.

any advise as i'm going to try again tomorrow ?

[steveos_vts]

yea you have to remove the bumper there easy few 10mm 1 in each corner,and 2 or 4 behinh the bumper

[Jonny_H]

why does nobody mension this in there how to threads or whatever.

i can see the 2 bolts under the bumper but i dont know where the others are.

[Ma5on]

this a mk1 or mk2 mate??

[hesslevtr]

if you push down on bumper you wont need to take the bumper off

[steveos_vts]

well yea but be careful not to brake the brackets !

[Jonny_H]

i took the 2 underneath off and tried to push down but it seems well far off.

it's a mk2

it needs to be done tomorrow as hopefully having vt kit fitted on sat

[hesslevtr]

i ahve had my lights out twice now andnever took bumper off todo it get someone else to push down just infront of the lght and you wiggle it out

[Predator_R32]

could be different on a 1.1 bumper like, on my VTR it was a bit of a strugle but still came out after a bit of manouvering about

[Barry123]

Mines a 1.1 type of car and same as paul (hesslevtr)(for godsake change your username) I've never removed the bumper... but you will need an extender to get to that particular bolt.

After the 3 bolts were removed it was a bit of a fiddle getting the bloody headlight out but wasnt too bad. just a bit of trying to pull it at different angles.

England(lots of numbers)... if the vt kit is going on it then surely you can tackle it then yeh?

good luck either way... looking forward to seeing the kit on too :)

[Jonny_H]

ye but the bodyshop is doing it... i'm not utherwise yes it would have made sense to do it all at once. they keep letting me down so there saying the kit will be fitted tomorrow but it'll be middle of next week i think. or even longer. i'll be posting a thread anyways when it's done

[samcook]

well if your having the vt kit put on 2morro couldnt you just take the bumper off and leave it off?

[DevilDamo]

No... You will not need to remove the bumper. The bumper will have little play in it and this will be enough to push down and get access to the other bolts as well as popping the headlight out.

You have to remove the bumper when changing the headlights on a 106. Such a pain in the arse!