Replacing low beam and brake light bulbs for Volkswagen Polo from 2009

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Remove the headlight bulb from the headlight housing.

Attention! The headlight lamp is halogen. You should not touch its glass bulb with your fingers, as traces from them will lead to darkening of the lamp when heated. You can remove dirt from the flask with a clean rag soaked in alcohol.

We install the new H4 lamp in the reverse order.

Replacing the turn signal lamp

Replacing Volkswagen Polo lamps: restyling

When handling lighting fixtures on car models manufactured after 2015, you will have to take into account the following important points:

• A complete update of the lamps is only possible if the headlight assembly has to be removed from the car.
• The dismantling procedure itself is quite simple and will take no more than half an hour of personal time from any car enthusiast.

H7 lamp

(55W);

Low and high beam, dimensions, turn signals

Independent replacement of the low beam lamp on the restyled version is carried out in the following order:

1. Using a TORX T30 wrench, unscrew the two screws holding the headlight. They are clearly visible in the photo below.

2. Remove the power supply; to do this, you will have to press the special latch and forcefully release it.
3. At the next stage of disassembly comes the most crucial moment. It involves carefully removing the entire headlight from the housing niche.

In addition to the screws, the headlight is held in place by two latches.

1. Remove the protective cover under which the faulty lamp is located. In order to get it out of the socket, you will need to turn its base counterclockwise.

2. At the final stage of work, a previously prepared new H7 lamp is taken and installed in place of the burnt product. The procedure for assembling the headlight and returning it to its original place is carried out in reverse order.

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Remove the lamp from the socket.

We install the new W5W side light lamp in the reverse order.

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Replacing lamps in a Volkswagen Polo sedan headlight

LED lamps for low beam VW Polo

LED lamps are becoming more and more firmly integrated into everyday life every day. If previously they were installed in side lights and license plate lights, now LEDs are also installed in low beam headlights. When installing high-quality lamps, they provide bright light and good illumination of the road. According to motorists who have installed such lamps, LEDs shine better than halogen lamps.

Advantages of installed lamps:

• Less heat is generated during operation, as a result of which less dirt remains on the headlight.
• Manufacturer's warranty
• The “daw” has been preserved and therefore the correct light beam has been preserved
• Excellent customizability, the headlight range control also works on LEDs

Thus, after installing high-quality LED lamps, the illumination of the road surface has improved, while maintaining the ability to adjust the headlights and a clear light boundary. However, it should be understood that not all LED low beam lamps are capable of producing such a result.

Headlight adaptation

Dismantling the headlight may be necessary if it is replaced, or if it becomes necessary to remove the front bumper. In this case, you will need to disconnect the block with the power wire and unscrew the two fastening screws in the upper part of the headlight using a 20mm Torx wrench.

Video: removing the headlight of a VW Polo Sedan

After installing a new headlight (or an old one after repair), as a rule, it is necessary to adjust the direction of the light fluxes. At a service station, conditions for adaptation are better, but if necessary, you can adjust the headlights yourself. On the body of the headlamp, you need to find regulators that adjust the light beam in the horizontal and vertical planes. When starting the adjustment, you should make sure that the car is fueled and equipped, the air pressure in the tires is correct, and there is a load weighing 75 kg on the driver’s seat. The sequence of actions in this case is as follows:

• the light beam control switch is set to position “0” (i.e., there is only a driver in the car or a driver with a front passenger);
• low beam turns on;
• one of the headlights is covered with opaque material;
• the light beam is adjusted in the vertical plane by rotating the regulator, which is located closer to the axis of the car, with a Phillips screwdriver;
• the same manipulations are performed with the second regulator;
• the second headlight is closed and the procedure is repeated;
• PTF adjustment is performed in the same way.

It should be remembered that when adjusting the headlights, the car must be located on a strictly horizontal surface. The point of regulation is to bring the beam angle into line with the value indicated on the headlight. What does this mean? On headlights, as a rule, the standard angle of “incidence” of the light beam is indicated: as a rule, this value is expressed as a percentage with the headlight on next to it, for example, 1%. How to check if the adjustment is correct? If you park the car at a distance of 5 meters from a vertical wall and turn on the low beam, then the upper limit of the light flux reflected on the wall should be at a distance of 5 cm from the horizontal (5 cm is 1% of 5 m). The horizontal line on the wall can be set, for example, using a laser level. If the light beam is directed above a given line, it will blind oncoming drivers; if below, the illuminated road surface will be insufficient for safe driving.

Vertical and horizontal headlight adjustments are made using white controls

DRL option using LED strips

Some car owners resort to installing daytime running lights without purchasing lampshades with DRLs. LED strips are used for these purposes. The cost is much lower, and the options for tuning are expanding. One way is given below.

• Remove decorative plugs.

• Cut holes for the LED strip.

• Prepare the LED strip by cutting it into pieces of the required length.

• Insert the LED strip into its seats.

• Make electrical wiring.

• Fill everything with epoxy resin.

• Electrically connect both homemade DRL headlights.
• Install daytime running lights on the car.
• Check performance.

Sources used:

• https://polovod.com/service/9-zamena-lamp.html
• https://motyk.ru/info/zamena-lampy-hodovyh-ognej-folksvagen-polo-sedan/
• https://zapchasti.expert/volkswagen/polo/dxo-volkswagen-polo.html

Requirements for installing DRLs

Before installing daytime running lights on a Volkswagen Polo sedan, it is important to make sure that they comply with the following rules, which are enshrined in law:

• the height of the DRL from the ground is more than 25 cm;
• daytime running lights are located at a height of no more than 150 cm;
• the distance between the right and left DRL headlights must be at least 60 cm;
• the covered area is in the range of 25-250 cm2;
• The luminous intensity is in the range of 400-800 Cd.

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Comments 18

Thanks for the instructions, today it burned out on the passenger side, mileage is 10,000, I will change it.

Please). I still have the stock one on the passenger side. Mileage 45,000 km.

Same story, only changed a year later...

You won't regret it, just change the polarity.

These holes are not for removing the trim, but for adjusting the PTF, if there are any, the hook is needed to remove the caps that are placed on the wheel bolts!

Those. Is it absolutely not recommended to remove the pads this way?

They're not expensive, it's a thing