How much to change headlights on Ford Focus?

tonymc

The saga continues - the offside bulb went the other day, and sure enough again I struggled to remove the headlamp unit. Took it to Halfords once I had tried for about 10 minutes (well worth the few pounds fitting charge), and I found that the lamp unit has two plastic retaining clips on the underside, one which is fairly visible and easy to get to (on the rhs of the unit as you look at it), the other is on the lhs and more difficult to locate. However, once these are unclipped and the retaining screw removed, the unit can then be removed.

As the advert says, seeeeemples (at least when you know how)!!

Hope this may help someone in the future.

tonymc

Hmm - nearside bulb has gone (again!!). Remembered that I had posted on here, but I also found this article which is fully illustrated and may help someone in the same predicament.

Strider590

AFIAK the headlamp unit clips in and only has to be unclipped and removed to access the bulbs.... ?

cyclonebri1

You guys are missing the point, :wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

What do you do when faced with an inexplicably impossible test of dexterity?, A test of mind blowing monotonous boredom?, A fiddly halfarsed task that you really should not bother yourselves with?, Well? ;

Get the wife or girlfriend to do it, :wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::silenced:

I'm gone,

tonymc

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

You guys are missing the point, :wall::wall::wall::wall::wall:

What do you do when faced with an inexplicably impossible test of dexterity?, A test of mind blowing monotonous boredom?, A fiddly halfarsed task that you really should not bother yourselves with?, Well? ;

Get the wife or girlfriend to do it, :wave::wave::wave::wave::wave::silenced:

I'm gone,

It's easy once you have something half decent to follow, rather than Ford's mindblowingly simplified instructions which basically tells you to remove the screw and pull the unit out - they omit the small issue of the two lugs that secure the unit!!

Just tried it now and it's taken less than a minute to remove the headlight unit - however, this was just to check to see if it was that easy. Come tomorrow with replacement bulb, the area will no doubt be resounding to the sound of many, many mutterings and occasional curses