Renewing dipped beam bulb (gas discharge bulb) — VW

🧭 Before you start

Fits: platform code 6N1

📋 Procedure

1. Disconnect battery .
2. Pull off rubber cap (arrow) on headlight housing.
3. Release connector (1) by turning in direction of travel and disconnect.
4. Release retaining ring by turning in direction of arrow and remove.
5. ⚠ Always wear eye protection and gloves when removing and installing gas discharge bulb! — Carefully pull gas discharge bulb out of headlight housing. [Note: Do not touch bulb glass when fitting a new gas discharge bulb. Fingers leave traces of grease on the glass envelope, which evaporate when the bulb is switched on and cause the glass envelope to cloud over. Ensure that the glass envelope is not stressed mechanically. The bulb glass is extremely fragile and has a high internal pressure.Avoid looking directly into the collimated beam as the UV rays from the gas discharge bulb are about 2.5 times greater than normal halogen bulbs.]

6. Insert new bulb so that the lugs on the disc plate align with the recesses in the reflector.
7. Insert retaining ring by turning in direction of arrow and lock.
8. Lock connector (1) by turning in direction of arrow.
9. Check headlight settings and adjust if necessary Descriptions of work.
10. Check function of headlight.

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