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Removing and installing headlights, Arteb headlights with H1 bulb — AUDI

Removing and installing headlights, Arteb headlights with H1 bulb on Audi: 12 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.

12 steps

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform codes S1, 2H

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  • Insert headlight into bracket. When doing this, make sure that the lateral guide (arrow) is correctly seated.

📋 Procedure

  1. Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
  2. Unscrew upper securing bolts (arrows) from headlight.
  3. Loosen front bumper cover on the respective side and carefully push it until the lower bolts can be reached.
  4. Unscrew lower securing bolts (arrows) from headlight.
  5. Using a screwdriver, push connector off headlight from below (arrow), while lightly pressing headlight upwards and towards the side.
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  1. Take headlight housing out forwards.
  2. Insert headlight into bracket. When doing this, make sure that the lateral guide (arrow) is correctly seated.
  3. Start all securing bolts.
  4. Use adjuster screw to align headlight (arrow) in relation to the body.
  5. Tighten all securing bolts to torque specified in assembly overview .
  6. Check functions of headlight.
  7. Checking and, if necessary, adjusting headlight setting .

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Workshop data on this page last updated 20 Sep 2026.