[OGPRESTAR]

Hi, please can someone help.

I dropped my bulb in headlight unit while trying to change them. Can't figure out how to completely remove unit .

I removed 2 torx screws from top and 1 from behind but unit still would not slide out. What am I doing wrong??

 

[ormesome]

i can't help, but why where you doing this?!! surely your car is still in warranty! get Audi to do it! My old A3 was bumper off job for bulb changes!

 

[OGPRESTAR]

So I was switching from halogen to leds but space to work with is toooooo tight. :-(

So can't take it to them.

 

[ormesome]

Bulbs or the actual unit? which bulb are you changing? have you checked they are compatible and road legal? most LED bulbs are not legal and fail MOTs. The police are actively pulling people over for this. Also, most will be Canbus bulbs meaning if they dotn have this then they will produce an error code on your MMI.

I really think a headlight out is a bumper removal job, but i could be wrong as i havent had this on the Q2.

 

[OGPRESTAR]

Yea check all the spec for led bulbs. They fine for road etc and are error free. And yes need to remove the whole unit . Can't reach bulbs from back

 

[mr c]

I have the LED headlight as standard and have got the self levelling system and headlamp wash, I assume this will be a legal requirement like the xenons so in theory yours could fail an mot but to be fair as its a new car I would think most testers would not pick this up.
The idea of self levelling is with a heavy load in your boot the lamps would lower so you don't blind oncoming traffic

 

[OGPRESTAR]

I just need to find out how to remove the whole unit out of car so I can take out the lose bulb in side the unit.

Does anyone know how to remove it completely from the car?

 

[aidam11]

You can find the original audi workshop manual on erwin.audi.com. 7 EUR gives you one hour to download the PDF.
I'm not a fan of these dodgy mods either.

 

[OGPRESTAR]

Thank you Aidan11. Found what I was looking for on that site &#x1f44d-1f3fd;&#x1f44d-1f3fd;. And it requires a bit of bumper removed if anyone else is wondering. Got the screen shots also.

 

[aidam11]

Nice one, glad it helped! Erwin rocks

 

[Silvergray]

Hi !
You will have to remove the bumper cover !
Then the headlight bracket ! There are 5 screws holding the headlight . two on top , one at the back of headlight and two behind the bumper on the bracket !

 

[carvax]

@OGPRESTAR Can you upload a picture of the result after switching the halogen bulbs to LED? Does this change affect the warranty?

 

[AllanG]

Instead of removing the headlight unit, would there be room to insert a thin rod with a blob of Blutack on the end to try to stick this to your LED bulb and carefully withdraw it?

 

[Akinvrl]

Hey people, same happened to me with the daytime running lights. I somehow managed to drop the bulb into the headlight while pulling off the plug. Do i need to remove the plastic cover off the front bumper to reach the other screws? Or do i really need to remove the whole bumper?

Thankful for any help!