Removing and installing headlight main beam bulb M30/M32 — AUDI
Removing and installing headlight main beam bulb M30/M32 on Audi: 10 steps. What to remove, in what order, and what to check after.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: Audi TT Mk2 (8J, 2006–2014)
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- Insert new bulb in housing; do not touch glass part of bulb with bare hands.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and take out ignition key.
- Turn light switch to position "“0”".
- Lift activated charcoal filter out of bracket (arrow) and place it aside with hoses still attached.
- Detach cover (2) for main beam from headlight housing (arrow A).
- Remove bulb (3) from spring clips (arrows B).
- Unplug electrical connector (1) at main beam bulb.
- Insert new bulb in housing; do not touch glass part of bulb with bare hands.
- Position bulb at lower spring clip.
- Push bulb beyond resistance of upper spring clips into housing.
- Plug in connector and close housing cover.
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