Replaced a headlight on my mk1 2006 skoda fabia estate today and god is it fiddly lol 😬. i was glad to see the wiring loom is already fitted in the new light but you still have to take the small electronic module in the small black box off and fit it to the new light. this has a plastic threaded bolt through it that has a ball end that push fits onto a gromit and its this that took me the most time to do very irritating.😠 all the bolts and screws were easy enough and you don.t need to take the bumper off at all like it says in the book only the screws at the side and 1 bolt . i hope i get no bleeps on the dash though after doing this light because i always seem to when working on a skoda. 😂 all lights work ok and it now looks far better with 2 new headlights. one was fitted before i had the car and it looked so odd with the other one all foggy and faded. any briskoda members out there who have recently done a light themselves. tell me how it went ? 😕   

41 minutes ago, enocha*******off said:

any briskoda members out there who have recently done a light themselves. tell me how it went ? 😕   

 

Did both of mine several years ago and found it pretty easy. Had no problem at all with swapping the levelling motors to the new ones. You can't possibly cause any warning bleeps with replacing headlamps.

 

Have you had the beam alignment done? I just marked where the beam was on my old ones & set the new ones to that and it's always passed the MOT and never been flashed by another driver.

Edited 23 July, 20223 yr by TMB

Cheers for that no i hadn.t thought about beam alignment mate takes it m.o.t for me well my last 2 cars this ones ok till next march. levelling motors i didn.t know there were any lol is that the bit of a whirring noise i heard a few times when i tested that all the lights worked ok ?  i.ll soon see if owts up when someone flashes at me. they did get flashed at before i put this new light on because the old one was so foggy and the brand new one on the other side put on by previous owner must have shone so bright compared to the other one.  £77 was all i paid for it brand new off ebay. i was quoted £180 by car accessory shop and not even sure wiring was included in that one either.  

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levelling motors i didn.t know there were any lol is that the bit of a whirring noise i heard a few times when i tested that all the lights worked ok?

 

Yes, the things you described as electronic modules contain motors. The rotary wheel on your headlight switch controls them. The motors move the headlight reflectors to compensate if you have a load in the back of the car and the beams rise too much.

 

Edited 23 July, 20223 yr by TMB

12 hours ago, TMB said:

 

Did both of mine several years ago and found it pretty easy. Had no problem at all with swapping the levelling motors to the new ones. You can't possibly cause any warning bleeps with replacing headlamps.

 

Have you had the beam alignment done? I just marked where the beam was on my old ones & set the new ones to that and it's always passed the MOT and never been flashed by another driver.

 

What he said.

 

I did this job with my Grampa. What we did first was park the car up facing the garage door (any brick wall will do) and then turned the lights on, marking a line where the beams are on the old lights.

 

Replaced the lights. At this point the bumper got removed too in order to make the headlight fitting much easier, plus it allowed me to sort out the hideous panel gaps (which still aren't right, but closer).

 

Fitted new lights, adjusted them to suit the beam pattern of the old ones and it's been fine since. No issues at the MOT either... Well no issues with the headlights at least.

 

I don't know about you, but I was too OCD to replace the one headlight, so did both. Looks better too.

 

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I've found this photograph from when I changed the headlights. The difference in lenses is quite something, especially when driving at night.

 

 

You don't have to remove the bumper and sit it elsewhere, just wriggle it forward enough to have a workable space.

Edited 24 July, 20223 yr by AnnoyingPentium
More info and smashing piccies.

I was thinking of replacing my headlamps as they do look easy to replace. But I opted to clean them up in the end which made them look like brand new again.

 

 

Replaced both of mine a few months ago. Passenger side was easy, but on driver side I had to unscrew the outer wing bolts and lift the side with a screwdriver. Asper another post, I'd advise before removing the lower nut/plastic adjuster to tie a string around the nut as it can decide to fall out and lodge in the under engine tray. It as per the old addage" if a screw.nut/bolt can/will fall out, it will drop in the most awkard place to retrieve it from.