Removing and installing bulb for main beam headlights on roof — AUDI

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes S1, 2H

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• Insert reflector (3) with "“TOP”" marking facing upwards in headlight housing (5).

📋 Procedure

1. Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
2. Unscrew the 4 securing bolts (1).
3. Remove headlight ring (2), and carefully pull reflector (3) slightly out of headlight housing (5).
4. Disconnect connectors (6) and (7), and remove reflector.
5. Pull bulb (4) out of reflector.

6. ⚠ Do not touch bulb glass when installing a bulb. Fingers leave traces of grease on the glass, which evaporate when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass to cloud over. — Connect connectors (6) and (7) to bulb (4) and reflector (3).
7. Insert reflector (3) with "“TOP”" marking facing upwards in headlight housing (5).
8. Fit headlight ring (2) such that water drain aperture (arrow) faces downwards.
9. Screw in and tighten the 4 securing bolts (1).
10. Perform functional check of main beam headlights on roof.

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