RS HEAD LIGHT REPLACEMENT

[SPYD3R]

i've searched this website, and utube and GOOGLE and haven't been able to locate a link on how to replace the headlight bulbs on an RS...
can anyone help...?
i'm also reading controversy about which is the correct lamp... some sites say H4 while others say H7... wha'sup'wit'dat...>? :lecturef_smilie:
Dan P
Easley, SC
SPYD3R

 

[Chupaca]

Lights..!!

To get to the headlight bulbs you have to remove the instrument cluster. Not as hard as it seems. The manual tells you how but there are two slots above where the instruction card is. Pulling on the cluster insert a thin small screw driver to release the tab then do the other side. Unplug the cluster and set it aside. Now you can work on the bulbs...the bulbs are single filament H7's because you don't use a hi low beam but a shutter system. This is why you have low light fluttering. You can get better bulbs even though the hid lovers will tell you they don't work. True not as well as hid but better than stock....:thumbup:

 

[SPYD3R]

THANX

THANX CHU'EE & BLUE KNIGHT...
ALL DONE...
BRP needs to think of maintenance during the design process of these things.... i needed a 5 yr. older to get their hands inside the console... wow... close quarters... but i got it done... 2 new Sylvania SUPER BRITES...
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R

 

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

THANX CHU'EE & BLUE KNIGHT...
ALL DONE...
BRP needs to think of maintenance during the design process of these things.... i needed a 5 yr. older to get their hands inside the console... wow... close quarters... but i got it done... 2 new Sylvania SUPER BRITES...
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R

Dan you can certainly thank BLUE KNIGHT if you want to, but I don't think He contributed to the solution ........I did "BLUEKNIGHT911" :thumbup: :roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack::roflblack:.............................................Mike :2excited::thumbup:

 

[jtpollock]

THANX CHU'EE & BLUE KNIGHT...
ALL DONE...
BRP needs to think of maintenance during the design process of these things.... i needed a 5 yr. older to get their hands inside the console... wow... close quarters... but i got it done... 2 new Sylvania SUPER BRITES...
DAN P
EASLEY, SC
SPYD3R

No one has said how you get the bulb out and back in is there any special tools involved I have tryed for 3 hr with no luck and now I have to replace the other one. does anyone have photo or anything that will help :dontknow: jtpollock

 

[Spyder ri]

Thus us how I did it. They rotate using a bayonet type clip on the bulb. You have to rotate them 1/2 turn counter clockwise (when looking at them)

1. Pop off the instrument
cluster.

2. Straddle the frunk - facing the rear of the spyder.

3. Insert your left hand into the cluster hole and grab the bulb on your right.

4, rotate It counter clockwise until it pops out. It's a good tug....

5. Repeat for other bulb with opposite hand.

Facing the rear of the bike allows you to bend your wrist in the cluster hole and grip the bulb.

 

[jtpollock]

Thus us how I did it. They rotate using a bayonet type clip on the bulb. You have to rotate them 1/2 turn counter clockwise (when looking at them)

1. Pop off the instrument
cluster.

2. Straddle the frunk - facing the rear of the spyder.

3. Insert your left hand into the cluster hole and grab the bulb on your right.

4, rotate It counter clockwise until it pops out. It's a good tug....

5. Repeat for other bulb with opposite hand.

Facing the rear of the bike allows you to bend your wrist in the cluster hole and grip the bulb.

If you unplug the cluster do you loose any information? Thanks for the replay I was close been trying to spred the retainning clips so I just seet the bulb and twist to the left to get them back in. :bowdown::bowdown: jtpollock

 

[SPYD3R]

If you unplug the cluster do you loose any information? Thanks for the replay I was close been trying to spred the retainning clips so I just seet the bulb and twist to the left to get them back in. :bowdown::bowdown: jtpollock

I CHANGED OUT BOTH BULBS WITHOUT UNPLUGING THE CLUSTER.... just moved it from side-to-side, out of the way....

 

[Tazzel]

I just purchased the HID kit from KB CarStuff for my RS SE5 will be facing the same install. I watched my friend do it on his ST so seems pretty straight forward. The hardest part seems to be finding a good ground and the clips to remove and replace rubber gourmet.

 

[Spyder ri]

Good luck with the install. If it does not go as planned afterwards. Just PM me. I put the same kit in my 2012 RS.