@@opporeno3nido937 all of the bulbs are easily replaceble, except this front turning indicators. I have no idea, why is this stupid solution built into the cars...
I've just done this myself and the easiest and cleanest thing to do is to use a Stanley knife or anything with a very thin blade(I recommend a thin and narrow blade that can bend, which will help to move it around the edge which obviously has a bend to it). Just poke through the edge of the cavity where you see it's already got a circular stamp to it, so just poke through it(it's very easy to poke through) and then just cut along the edge all the way around. Just make sure you do not push the blade further in than necessary, because you only need it to pierce the plastic, so just be mindful. I've never done anything like this and I got two perfect holes now with no mess or anything. The hardest part of it all is the two side screws for the front fairing, which can be a pain(oh, and the 2 plastic tabs you need to push down in the middle of the fairing can be brittle. One of the two snapped on mine, so it gave me a bit of a fight). For me this is something I've done for peace of mind because I do not own a garage, and if one of the turn signals go out in the middle of winter, I'd have to hand it over to a shop and pay premium for something silly like that. Now I can change turn signal bulbs like it should've come from factory. I also wish they would be smart enough to give you clear access for all bolts for the ballast, so you can remove a xenon igniter unit without removing the whole fairing. You can get access to 2 of 3 bolts, so removing a front fairing for one bolt that is just bs in my opinion. Someone did not want people to work on these headlights...
I couldn't believe this so I went and had a look. I actually managed to get my hand in and loosen the indicator housing but there wasn't room to rotate the bulb out. So I wriggled it back in, and only lost a little skin off my knuckle. Whoever designed this should be absolutely disgusted with themselves. Its like they mass produced the prototype instead of the production version!
That is insane. I wanted to replace mine with led indicator bulbs but I'm not messing around with that now I've seen this!
The same thing for me maaan that's not fair why too much for a lamp!!
@@opporeno3nido937 all of the bulbs are easily replaceble, except this front turning indicators. I have no idea, why is this stupid solution built into the cars...
I've just done this myself and the easiest and cleanest thing to do is to use a Stanley knife or anything with a very thin blade(I recommend a thin and narrow blade that can bend, which will help to move it around the edge which obviously has a bend to it). Just poke through the edge of the cavity where you see it's already got a circular stamp to it, so just poke through it(it's very easy to poke through) and then just cut along the edge all the way around. Just make sure you do not push the blade further in than necessary, because you only need it to pierce the plastic, so just be mindful.
I've never done anything like this and I got two perfect holes now with no mess or anything. The hardest part of it all is the two side screws for the front fairing, which can be a pain(oh, and the 2 plastic tabs you need to push down in the middle of the fairing can be brittle. One of the two snapped on mine, so it gave me a bit of a fight).
For me this is something I've done for peace of mind because I do not own a garage, and if one of the turn signals go out in the middle of winter, I'd have to hand it over to a shop and pay premium for something silly like that. Now I can change turn signal bulbs like it should've come from factory.
I also wish they would be smart enough to give you clear access for all bolts for the ballast, so you can remove a xenon igniter unit without removing the whole fairing. You can get access to 2 of 3 bolts, so removing a front fairing for one bolt that is just bs in my opinion. Someone did not want people to work on these headlights...
Well done doing the job, thanks for sharing your experience with everyone, I’m sure it will help.
I couldn't believe this so I went and had a look. I actually managed to get my hand in and loosen the indicator housing but there wasn't room to rotate the bulb out. So I wriggled it back in, and only lost a little skin off my knuckle.
Whoever designed this should be absolutely disgusted with themselves. Its like they mass produced the prototype instead of the production version!
The complete opposite of simply cleaver 😅So stupid actually
And thank you so much for your effort 🙏🏼
That's mad
Fucking hell…. I now what rid of my mk3
If it makes you feel any better, I've had a 2014 vRS for 10 years and haven't needed to replace any front bulbs
Crazy, stupid, evil. This kind of illogical mad design.. is just one example of corporate desire to make people dependent on corporations.. Evil