Changing car headlights

Why! Just why should you possibly need to remove the battery case, a selection of pipes and the battery before even being able to open the case to the headlights!

I can't drive but I feel your pain  

what car?

'52 plate Ford Focus

i cant remember them being that awkward (and i'm not a petite feller ) unless its an RS or something?

oh dear lol

Yes, but now the new ones are even worse and some require removing the bumper cover as well. So you can feel better you didn't have to disassemble the entire front end to change the bulb!

It often seems that doing these little jobs are made as awkward as possible so you have to go along to a dealership and pay through the nose for the privalige. This is why I love the Morris Minor they are so simple.

What a hassle!! Do you need to do a little dance too? Silly cars.

Everything is far too complicated these days! 

They just seem to make everything difficult dont they

Have to say I haven't done any car maintenance for about 20 years apart from filling up water and checking oil ( which I tend to wait until the lights come on to tell me  ) Reading things like this make me realise the benefits of having a company car  

My last fiesta was the same, had to take it to the garage to get it done! Annoying!

Dad to the rescue  still took us 20mins tho

jshrew wrote:Dad to the rescue  still took us 20mins tho

Yay

Ben wrote:Yes, but now the new ones are even worse and some require removing the bumper cover as well. So you can feel better you didn't have to disassemble the entire front end to change the bulb!

The newer Volvo's and Focuses are a piece of cake, pull 2 long slide clips out from the top of the light and the whole headlight comes out, makes changing the bulb a breeze