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Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« on: September 07, 2019, 09:06:55 pm »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:
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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #1 on: September 07, 2019, 10:08:45 pm »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:
link to lenses :happy2:

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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #2 on: September 07, 2019, 10:14:23 pm »
On eBay  :happy2:
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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2019, 12:36:57 pm »
Hi Steve.... I would imagine that youd have to remove the clear front part of the headlight to do so.

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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #4 on: September 08, 2019, 03:40:41 pm »
You can take the whole assembly for the projector lens out the back. From what I remember it is metal tabs holding the lens into place


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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2019, 10:12:43 am »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:


Love to know who quoted you £500 each???
I got 2 genuine ones for
less than £500 from a certain main dealer trade supplier 🤔🤣

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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2019, 06:12:04 pm »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:


Love to know who quoted you £500 each???
I got 2 genuine ones for
less than £500 from a certain main dealer trade supplier 🤔🤣
Can you tell me where that is please ? Is it TPS?
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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #7 on: September 17, 2019, 09:06:52 pm »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:


Love to know who quoted you £500 each???
I got 2 genuine ones for
less than £500 from a certain main dealer trade supplier 🤔🤣

Would like to know too since they go for £400+ for a pair second hand on ebay.

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Re: Anyone replaced their Headlamp Lense before??
« Reply #8 on: September 22, 2019, 11:26:11 am »
Evening guys.
Has anyone tried replacing their headlamp lenses on the mk5 xenon lamps before?
As most of these now are getting old and starting to heat crack on the insides, there seems to be replacement lenses available online but unsure whether they fit before smashing the old lense off to find they don’t.
New Oem xenon lamp units are nearly £500 each so hense why this sounds appealing.
Cheers :smiley:


Love to know who quoted you £500 each???
I got 2 genuine ones for
less than £500 from a certain main dealer trade supplier 🤔🤣
Can you tell me where that is please ? Is it TPS?
i got 2 gen from tps which were £500