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Replacing a headlight bulb - Vauxhall Vectra

Liverbird
Liverbird Posts: 3,130 Forumite
in Motoring
Can somebody please tell me the easiest way to replace a main headlight bulb on a Vauxhall Vectra (N reg)

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  • Altarf
    Altarf Posts: 2,916 Forumite
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    Take it to Halfords and pay them a fiver to fit it.
  • trafalgar_2
    trafalgar_2 Posts: 22,309 Forumite
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    or ask on HERE :)
  • shandypants5
    shandypants5 Posts: 2,124 Forumite
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    The EASIEST way is to smash the front glass with a hammer and reach in and change the bulb...

    Or Halfords as mentioned...
    “Careful. We don't want to learn from this.”
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    Cheapest way is to buy a bulb and spend 5 minutes fitting it.
    Happy chappy
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    open the bonnet,look behind the light,there will be a rubber cover or a platic cover wityh clips,remove this and remove the bulb,find out the type,h4,h7,h1 etc.. put it back in,go and get the correct bulb and fit it.
    ...work permit granted!
  • Keith
    Keith Posts: 2,924 Forumite
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    Phone AA, watch man get bulb from van and fit it there and then.

    Pay about £8 per bulb :O Not the cheapest way but the easiest in an emergency
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,254 Forumite
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    Hmm - will Halfords do any bulb for a fiver? On my stilo (Pax side) it is at least 30 mins labour everywhere I have tried :(
    I think....
  • goldspanners
    goldspanners Posts: 5,910 Forumite
    michaels wrote: »
    Hmm - will Halfords do any bulb for a fiver? On my stilo (Pax side) it is at least 30 mins labour everywhere I have tried :(

    it will be a minimum charge of half an hours labour.
    ...work permit granted!
  • in2deep_2
    in2deep_2 Posts: 363 Forumite
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    You should try the first gen alfa 166 with xenon lights they were £600 when new as the entire light had to be changed......its different now thank goodness.
    'Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship'. -Benjamin Franklin.
  • tomstickland
    tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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    Oh yes, Xenon lights can be very expensive.
    Happy chappy
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