Fog Light Access

[pops1368]

Hi,

I have decided to swap the bulbs on my 2009 mk5 Ibiza. Am I correct in thinking that removal of the bolt/screw, (looking at the driver's side fog light the bolt is located at the 10 to position) will give me the access required, or will I need the trim removal tool?

Also, do I need a HB3 or HB4 bulbs?

Thanks

 

[CraigFrTsi]

Hi mate on my FR you need a trim removal tool for the fog grill, once that's removed you can get acces to the foglight rotate the unit and it pops off giving access to the bulb which is HB4

 

[pops1368]

Cheers mate.

I know the trim removal tool can be bought really cheap, but I don't want to waste money on them unnecessarily if I don't need them. I'm tempted to undo the screw and see what happens, but not knowing what it's for makes me nervous. If you look at your fog light (offside) does it have the screwed the ten to position near the fog light?

Thanks for the advice re bulbs.

 

[Biker]

I believe that screw needs to be removed but you will still need a trim removal tool, have a look at the link below

http://www.seatcupra.net/forums/showthread.php?t=261388&highlight=fog

 

[CraigFrTsi]

Personally I used a knife in a tea towel removed the grill and that give me full access to the fogs when I changed them for Cree leds

 

[Biker]

Hi mate on my FR you need a trim removal tool for the fog grill,

So you need a trim removal tool.........

Personally I used a knife in a tea towel removed the grill and that give me full access to the fogs when I changed them for Cree leds

Make your mind up man...........

 

[pops1368]

Thanks guys.

Craig, where did you get your CREE LEDs from? Just been on auto bulbs direct and it suggests I need HB3 bulbs.

 

[CraigFrTsi]

So you need a trim removal tool.........





Make your mind up man...........

I said trim removal as a general term lol, as for the bulbs I got them off amazon being LEDs I had to cut away/modify the bulb holder as the polarity was reversed so had to insert them into the holder backwards

 

[pops1368]

Thanks mate.

 

[Rawibizafr]

Just undo the wheel arch liner and you will be able to squeeze your arm through, that's how I changed mine.

 

[CraigFrTsi]

So you need a trim removal tool.........

Knife in a tea towel is my trim remover lol, so spoke the truth

 

[Biker]

Knife in a tea towel is my trim remover lol, so spoke the truth

I never doubted that for one minute..........

 

[ataky]

Just undo the wheel arch liner and you will be able to squeeze your arm through, that's how I changed mine.

I changed them the same way this evening, just 2 torx T-25 screws need to be removed.