Ho w do I change my own lightbulb?

"Yeah I know, it should be with the car"

Actually no, shop manuals are never with the car, but you should buy
it as soon as possible. If you've gotten a quote on changing that
bulb at the dealer, you'll see that the price of the manual is much
less than you'll pay some hack to work on your car.

Don't know the procedure, since BOTH of my wife's lights went out
while the car was still under warranty. However, I'm sure it'll
happen again, so I'm getting the manual before it does. I do know
it's pretty involved, (I think the inner fender comes out) but it
can't be that bad.

redbug wrote:
>
> Okay i read the funny joke about changing a lightbulb, but really
> -how do I change my lightbulb.
>
> I own a 2000 vw beetle and one of my headlights is out. I bought
the
> new one but I would rather put it in myself than pay someone. I
> dont have the manuel ( Yeah I know, it should be with the car)
> HELP
>

I've got a 98 New Beetle and actually it is rather easy to change the
bulb. Dare I say a lot easier than it is to change the headlight in
my 64 beetle. There are also instructions in the owner's manual on
how to do this.
Ok, pop the hood. Now look down into the front corner of the engine
compartment to where the headlight is. You will see a black
assembly tucked up in the fender, Yes you can access the inner
fender from the engine compartment. The whole headlight assembly is
close to 8" long. There is a black metal strap around the assembly
with a metal clip on it. The clip flips back and opens up. Now
there is a black plastic lever sticking out of the assembly. Above
that plastic handle there is a little square that has like a diamond
pattern on it. Push that little square in to unlock the mechanism
and at the same time push the handle down. the handle should slide
down and as it slides you will see the headlight start to come out
of the fender. once it slides as far as it can go you can just pull
the headlight assembly out of the front of the fender. on the back
you unplug the wires and there is a plastic cap that comes off and
you can access the headlight bulbs. It takes an H-1 bulb. Put the
new bulb in and assembly is the reverse. I've changed the bulb on
both sides of my bug at least 3 times.
5 years and 106,000 miles along with the temp changes in upstate NY
and bulbs go.

The tailights are even easier... The only ones that I can't do and
would have to take back to the dealer is the fog lamps due to the
front apron having to come off of the car.

Good luck and have fun.

Luke

redbug wrote:
>
> Okay i read the funny joke about changing a lightbulb, but really
> -how do I change my lightbulb.
>
> I own a 2000 vw beetle and one of my headlights is out. I bought
the
> new one but I would rather put it in myself than pay someone. I
> dont have the manuel ( Yeah I know, it should be with the car)
> HELP
>

volkster1964 wrote:
>
> I've got a 98 New Beetle and actually it is rather easy to change
the
> bulb. Dare I say a lot easier than it is to change the headlight in
> my 64 beetle. There are also instructions in the owner's manual on
> how to do this.
> Ok, pop the hood. Now look down into the front corner of the engine
> compartment to where the headlight is. You will see a black
> assembly tucked up in the fender, Yes you can access the inner
> fender from the engine compartment. The whole headlight assembly is
> close to 8" long. There is a black metal strap around the assembly
> with a metal clip on it. The clip flips back and opens up. Now
> there is a black plastic lever sticking out of the assembly. Above
> that plastic handle there is a little square that has like a diamond
> pattern on it. Push that little square in to unlock the mechanism
> and at the same time push the handle down. the handle should slide
> down and as it slides you will see the headlight start to come out
> of the fender. once it slides as far as it can go you can just pull
> the headlight assembly out of the front of the fender. on the back
> you unplug the wires and there is a plastic cap that comes off and
> you can access the headlight bulbs. It takes an H-1 bulb. Put the
> new bulb in and assembly is the reverse. I've changed the bulb on
> both sides of my bug at least 3 times.
> 5 years and 106,000 miles along with the temp changes in upstate NY
> and bulbs go.
>
> The tailights are even easier... The only ones that I can't do and
> would have to take back to the dealer is the fog lamps due to the
> front apron having to come off of the car.
>
> Good luck and have fun.
>
> Luke
>
>
>
>
>
> redbug wrote:
>>
>> Okay i read the funny joke about changing a lightbulb, but really
>> -how do I change my lightbulb.
>>
>> I own a 2000 vw beetle and one of my headlights is out. I bought
> the
>> new one but I would rather put it in myself than pay someone. I
>> dont have the manuel ( Yeah I know, it should be with the car)
>> HELP
>>
>
> I tried to change my bulb...but when I went to push the diamond
cross button it pushed right inside the casing! I barley even
applied pressure! Hopefully that's not an important part! I can't
believe you have to take it to a mechanic for a stupid headlight! Is
there any tricks that can help?