Changing Fog Light Bulbs ***COMPLETE GUIDE***

Jul 6, 2010
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Northern Ireland
Just finished changing my fog light bulbs and I thought it would be so much harder than it even was.

Decided to make this guide to show everyone how easy it is, the other guide does not give much details or pictures unfortunately :s

Tools needed:

- Star head
- Slim arms :p

Right well lets get on with it...

Starting with the passenger side (hardest first) you need to turn ur wheels towards the right, preferably full lock. This so you you can access the screws to be removed:

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As you can see from my picture above I had to jack my car up as my drive is a hill basically lol

The next step is to find the two screws to remove under the bumper the picture below should help, they are right under where the arch meets the bumper:

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This will allow the gap for your handto slip through be abit bigger for those with fat arms :cartman:

The next step is removing four screws under the wheel arch these are located as follows:

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After these are taken out you shoud then be able to pull the bumper off at the top, right around to the start of the grille and you should be able to see the following:

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Pull the bumper to create a gap and you should see this:

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The above picture shows the rear of the fog light and bulb. If you hold the bulb and twist it anti-clockwise the buld will easily pull out of the fog light inclosure.

To take the bulb out of the plug there is a small clip to pull back of the bulb itself as illistrated in the picture below:

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The driver side is much easier as your hand does not need to bend round the oil container for the brakes (i assume thats what is at the passenger side).

The only difference when doing the driver side is that the underside screws only the first one needs taken out.

Happy modding everyone (or replacing to a standard bulb again :cry:)

Hope this helped you, if you have any questions please ask or leave comments on what you think of my first guide
 
Dec 3, 2009
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Lol did you know thats the hardest way.

Base to FR models the fog grills actually pop out. Techie did a guide on how to remove them.

But your way is for cupras/bocs.
 
Jul 6, 2010
66
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Northern Ireland
Lol did you know thats the hardest way.

Base to FR models the fog grills actually pop out. Techie did a guide on how to remove them.

But your way is for cupras/bocs.

No matter what i tried the grill's wouldnt pop out and i read on another thread that they mainly broke when you try to ''pop'' them lol

this is the easiest way in my eyes as you dont need a trim removing tool alls needed is s star head :)
 
Dec 3, 2009
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No matter what i tried the grill's wouldnt pop out and i read on another thread that they mainly broke when you try to ''pop'' them lol

this is the easiest way in my eyes as you dont need a trim removing tool alls needed is s star head :)

I think you didn't try hard enough. If i got mine popped out i'm sure you can pop it out. TBH i didn't use a trim removing tool. I just got a Chisel and wrapped it with a micro cloth and wedge it slowly until the little clips popped out. :)
 

Octane2097

Naturally Aspirated
Jan 20, 2007
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South Yorkshire
Why not just follow the guide? It took me all of 10mins no need to remove bumper or trim, undo a few screws in the wheelarch and your away!

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