Removing and installing main beam headlights on roof — AUDI
Removing and installing main beam headlights on roof on Audi: 14 steps, 2 torque figures. What to remove, what to tighten and to how many Nm, what to.
Workshop procedure for AUDI — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes S1, 2H
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- When removing headlight holder from roof bar, take care not to lose seal (4).
🔩 Torque settings
Values can differ between engine variants — check the code stamped on your block.
| Torque | Fastener / step |
|---|---|
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Fit headlight housing, screw in securing bolts (3), and tighten them |
| 20 Nm (15 lb-ft) | Screw in securing bolt (5), and tighten it |
ℹ️ Always cross-check the exact figure against your vehicle's factory manual before final tightening — a wrong torque can damage the engine. These values are extracted from workshop data and may not cover every variant or revision.
📋 Procedure
- Switch off ignition and all electrical loads, and pull out ignition key.
- Remove bulb for main beam headlight on roof .
- Remove securing bolts (3).
- Carefully remove headlight housing (2) and guide out wires (1) through passage in housing.
- Remove securing bolt (5).
- Carefully remove headlight holder (3) together with rubber seal (2) from roof bar. Guide out wires (1) towards bottom while doing so. [Note: When removing headlight holder from roof bar, take care not to lose seal (4).]
- Guide wires (1) through headlight holder (3) and rubber seal (2).
- Insert seal (4) between roof bar and headlight holder (3).
- Screw in securing bolt (5), and tighten it to 20 Nm. — 20 Nm (15 lb-ft)
- Guide wires (1) through passage in headlight housing towards the inside.
- Fit headlight housing, screw in securing bolts (3), and tighten them to 20 Nm. — 20 Nm (15 lb-ft)
- Install bulb for main beam headlight on roof .
- Perform functional check of main beam headlights on roof.
- Adjust main beam headlights on roof .
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Who makes these pages, and how
TorqFix was built by a mechanic — after a 2,700 km drive with five roadside repairs that no diagnostic tool could explain.
The figures on this page come from manufacturer workshop documentation and are shown as they are. The page is assembled automatically from that data — it is not written by an AI. The AI works in the chat, where it answers for your specific car. It writes nothing here.
Variants of the same model differ. Cross-check torque against the factory manual for your engine before final tightening.
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