Excellent, just scored a pair of the covers from D.M.Keith parts dept, so waiting for some nicer weather to give it a go.

I've managed to cut out the opening of indicator bulbs and managed to fit the repair cap successfully without removing anything, just working behind headlight, happy days I thought. BUT!!! Annoying I can't get my fingers behind with enough force to remove the old bulb, so frustrating!!? Any tips from anyone? Just can't get enough room behind there to twist old bulb out, literally can only grape bulb holder with tips of 2 fingers!

On 20/02/2026 at 17:25, NorfolkBluenose said:

I've managed to cut out the opening of indicator bulbs and managed to fit the repair cap successfully without removing anything, just working behind headlight, happy days I thought. BUT!!! Annoying I can't get my fingers behind with enough force to remove the old bulb, so frustrating!!? Any tips from anyone? Just can't get enough room behind there to twist old bulb out, literally can only grape bulb holder with tips of 2 fingers!

It's just possible to get thumb and forefinger to it, using both the indicator bulb aperture and the main one. It's less than 1/4 turn anticlockwise to release, but the passenger side (uk) was extra resistant to i had to fashion a tool with a 6mm slot to turn it.

Along with the fact that only one of my two caps actually had any T15 screws in the bag, I'm mighty unimpressed with some design person at Skoda and their penny pinching ideas. I bet they just pay someone to change a blown bulb.. speaking of paying through the nose, who had the bright idea of switching from a standard amber indicator bulb costing pennies to a fancy unique bayonet jobbie at about TWENTY QUID A POP??

I'll be on the phone in the morning!

Thx 4 the reply, the tool idea sounds plausible as no matter how hard I try I just can't get enough purchase on it with just the tips of finger and thumb. Agree that the whole design is a nightmare. I've managed to find these at £2 a pop so hopefully will work, so don't wanna take the bumper off!

I just found this on AliExpress:

2pcs PW24W PWY24W Led Turn Signal Lamp 4014 30smd DRL Daytime Running Lights CANBUS Car LED Fog Lamp White Red Amber Blue

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mLzb19L

These

Managed to do it all today without bumper off. Found best way to twist bulb out was with a stubby flat head screwdriver, get it in-between the slotted plastic bulb holder and twist. Bulbs I linked earlier for £2 a pair work great with no errors, looks a million times better than the halogens 👍. Hope this helps someone else. Thanks to hubrad for earlier comment which gave me inspiration to use a tool of some sort to twist bulb out.

Edited 23 February23 Feb by NorfolkBluenose
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Nice work, daft that it takes all that just to change a bulb!

I couldn't find an Edit button, but those screws aren't T15, although it worked fine, they're actually T20 once I used an unmashed T20 bit!

Turns out my local Skoda dealers don't carry the screws(!) and they're having to order in a whole new cap pack so hopefully I can just get the missing screws that way..

Caps cost me £11 something each from my local Skoda dealer, was actually cheaper than anywhere else I could find. Luckily mine had 2 screws in each pack lol. I do find though the caps are quite hard to remove again though as there's not much to grab (another design flaw!) so I added a bit of grease around the cap oring to help in future removal.