04/A6/2.7t/S-line

is it true? I have to remove my bumper to remove my headlights?

Also I seen 2 different ways to remove the cornerlens... 1. by breaking it piece by piece and 2. by baking the headlamp.... \\


which is best? are there other ways?

Boston Driver

...but it is not an easy process. There is one hard-to-reach bolt, and you have to maneuver the headlamp a certain way to get it out.

Once out, you can either bake it, or use a heat gun to loosen the adhesive that hold the lens to the housing. I do not recommend the breaking apart method, as it is easy to scratch the reflectors inside the housing doing it that way.

Donuts

...10 minutes in the oven at 250 degrees and the headlight lenses come right off the case. I've used that method with like 6 or 7 headlight assemblies in the last year with no issue. Same deal with reassembly....10 minutes at 250, press everything together while wearing gloves and reinstall the 5 or 6 clips that hold the lens to the case. Done.

Boston Driver

...I've always done the heat gun method (actually, "nene" did it for me), but my passenger side headlamp needs to be replaced now (broken leveling adjuster) so I will be trying the oven method on my replacement headlamp.

Donuts

...something like a wood cutting board or something less heat conductive. The wire rack is metal and more heat conductive and I didn't want to risk any melt marks on the assembly.

A 2" metal drywall spackle knife make it easy to pop the lens out of the case too as it distributes the force over a wider space.

john in cincy

STFA re "clear corner".

GermanEngineered

the lenses. Then seal them back up. super easy
ps buy silver bulbs

04/A6/2.7t/S-line

good stuff guys I'll be tackling this one real soon

richardsc

I've got a whole gallery of images from my headlight project where I painted the housings and clear-cornered here:
<a href="http://www.charlesrichards.net/v/users/charles/a6/headlight_project">http://www.charlesrichards.net/v/users/charles/a6/headlight_project</a>


hi-tech tool for removal of the stubborn "third bolt":
<img src="http://images.charlesrichards.net/d/88086-7/IMG_6413.jpg">


Use some rags under the lights before you slide them out to keep from scratching the bumper / chrome trim:
<img src="http://images.charlesrichards.net/d/88315-1/IMG_6397.jpg">

great success:
<img src="http://images.charlesrichards.net/d/88321-1/IMG_6415.jpg">

thomas1978

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