Changing headlight bulb

[therock]

Okay, so my driverside headlight has popped.

Not sure if its fuse or bulb, but i've just decided to change it anyway.

How would i go about getting actually inside the headlight, as the MR2 has popup's, obviously.

Has anyone had any experience with these?

 

[Graham]

from reading this applies to all models

http://www.mr2.com/TEXT/LightenUp.html

 

[therock]

Jesus, bit of a fúck to change a bloody headlight.

 

[Graham]

well you will drive a car with fecked up lights that get aroused lol

 

[therock]

Apply sledgehammer to pop up unit with ease

 

[Big Pimp]

on my MR2 i had to pop the lights up, leave them up, unscrew the housings and take the bulb out that way!

absolute pain in the ass!
golf was nearly as bad, unless you had wee hands like a girl!

 

[therock]

Leave them up? they are off?
They only stay up if i have left the dipped lights on, having turned normal headlights off.
Surely that means theres still a charge running through the lights?

 

[Marc]

disconnect your battery

 

[therock]

What a bloody bugger.
3.30 now, time for home.

 

[Big Pimp]

if you flick the switch round one notch and flash your lights, they will stay up... no need to disconnect your battery.

also how you do the lazy eye look

 

[therock]

Already have that! Not too fond of it, looks a bit tacky i think. Doesn't run with the lines of the car, got the H4 bulb anyway, will give this a blast when i get a nice day

 

[ZS]

Headlights are getting more difficult to chage now-a-days. The Corsa needed the bumper to come off, then the lighting unit removed before you could even start changing the bulbs.

 

[Smick]

Take it that was a corsa c?

 

[ZS]

smick: Facelifted C with the projector style lights. Effing nightmare. I sold it with the 80Ws in it, wasn't going through all that again to put the 55s back in.

therock: you'll probably find the other bulb will blow soon - mine always go about the same time. So, worth getting a pair of bulbs and doing them at the same time.