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Had a couple of people asking me how to remove the fog/cornering & DRL surround from the Passat, so as I wanted to replace the fog light bulbs (turned out I didn't as I thought they were H1, but they're H8
), thought I'd take some pics while I was at it.
And before anyone asks, I haven't had the passat resprayed Sandman metalic purple, it's just a reflection from the rag I was sitting on.
The procedure was done to the righthand side surround (i.e the drivers side on a RH drive car).
1. remove single screw located on outer side:
Do not be tempted to remove this one as it is the beam adjuster:
You'll see it when you get the surround off:
2. Gently pull the top part of surround away from body a little (this is not the right way, but I find it lets the assembly flex a little and makes the next step easier)
3. Grab the centre 'fin' and pull, quite hard. As it starts to come away, push from the RH side where you removed the screw from (this takes some jiggling and is really quite hard as the whole unit is just held in by plastics clips, so don't be afraid to pull hard, just make sure that when this starts to come that you slide the unit across towards the centre of car so the side tabs (near the screw) come clear (you'll see what I mean when you do it):
4. The surround should now be in your hands!
5. To remove the bulb housing, just remove the two screws:
6. You can just see here where I mounted the resistors for the LED:
REPLACMENT
This is where you can get into trouble. If you look at the back of the surround you will see two tabs sticking out at 90degrees. If you don't get these located properly at the start, they will bend over easily - then when you straighten them, chances are they'll snap off.
So, make sure you have these tabs located into their slots, then line up the tabs on the otherside so that they will slide in - it's sort of a push on the right, while at the same time sliding to the left, but remember to double check that those 90degree tabs are actually in their slots.
A bit of a push and slide, then locate all the top and bottom tabs on the rest of the surround, replace the screw and you're done!
), thought I'd take some pics while I was at it. And before anyone asks, I haven't had the passat resprayed Sandman metalic purple, it's just a reflection from the rag I was sitting on.
The procedure was done to the righthand side surround (i.e the drivers side on a RH drive car).
1. remove single screw located on outer side:
Do not be tempted to remove this one as it is the beam adjuster:
You'll see it when you get the surround off:
2. Gently pull the top part of surround away from body a little (this is not the right way, but I find it lets the assembly flex a little and makes the next step easier)
3. Grab the centre 'fin' and pull, quite hard. As it starts to come away, push from the RH side where you removed the screw from (this takes some jiggling and is really quite hard as the whole unit is just held in by plastics clips, so don't be afraid to pull hard, just make sure that when this starts to come that you slide the unit across towards the centre of car so the side tabs (near the screw) come clear (you'll see what I mean when you do it):
4. The surround should now be in your hands!
5. To remove the bulb housing, just remove the two screws:
6. You can just see here where I mounted the resistors for the LED:
REPLACMENT
This is where you can get into trouble. If you look at the back of the surround you will see two tabs sticking out at 90degrees. If you don't get these located properly at the start, they will bend over easily - then when you straighten them, chances are they'll snap off.
So, make sure you have these tabs located into their slots, then line up the tabs on the otherside so that they will slide in - it's sort of a push on the right, while at the same time sliding to the left, but remember to double check that those 90degree tabs are actually in their slots.
A bit of a push and slide, then locate all the top and bottom tabs on the rest of the surround, replace the screw and you're done!
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