Vauxhall Vectra B facelift (1999 - 2002) - 99 1.8 headlght bulb change

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Fri 30 Oct 2009 20:39
99 1.8 headlght bulb change - ronsam
i am going to change my halogen head light bulbs for Xenon type bulbs, the driver side lokks straight forwaed but on thpassenger side there seems to be no room to get to the back of the headlight connections, there is a black box between the battery and the back of the headlight unit, can you advise me as to how i can access the back of the unit

Thanks

Edited by Dynamic Dave on 31/10/2009 at 16:16

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Fri 30 Oct 2009 22:39
99 18 headlght bulb change - topbloke
the black box slides up and over to one side allowing restricted access just give it a firm upwards tug,Regards TB
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Sat 31 Oct 2009 17:08
99 18 headlght bulb change - ronsam
Thanks topbloke, will give it a bash
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Sat 31 Oct 2009 17:39
99 18 headlght bulb change - Peter D
No, a tug not a bash. Regards Peter
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Sat 31 Oct 2009 17:49
99 18 headlght bulb change - Dynamic Dave
The bash comes later when you put the black box back onto its mounting bracket.
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