Converting H7 headlights for use when driving on the left to driving on the right, saloon, right-hand drive — VW
Converting H7 headlights for use when driving on the left to driving on the right, saloon, right-hand drive on VW: 12 steps.
Workshop procedure for VW — the exact step sequence and torque figures, straight from real workshop data.
🧭 Before you start
Fits: platform codes 601, 602, 603, 604
📋 Procedure
- Turn light switch to "“0”" position.
- Clean headlight lens.
- Remove protective film on back of assembly film (C) only in area (D) only.
- Align application film (C) edges (B) to the trim lines (A) on the lens of the headlight.
- Press (D) area firmly onto lens of the headlight.
- Carefully pull assembly film (C) off the headlight lens.
- The masking film (D) remains on the lens of the headlight.
- Remove protective film on back of assembly film (C) only in area (D) only.
- Align application film (C) edges (B) to the trim lines (A) on the lens of the headlight.
- Press (D) area firmly onto lens of the headlight.
- Carefully pull assembly film (C) off the headlight lens.
- The masking film (D) remains on the lens of the headlight. [Note: Remove any remaining adhesive using alcohol-based or alcohol and water-based cleaning fluid. For example a cloth soaked with isopropyl alcohol.Customers should be informed of how to remove residual adhesive after detaching the masking section.]
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- Checking injectors for break-off pressure and for leakage
- Removing and installing air cooling parts
- Dismantling and assembling selector mechanism, gearbox side
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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.
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