Help! I've "Jasoned" my foglamp covers!

KLB · 16-12-2003, 15:59

With hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to try and change my foglamp bulbs in the cold, with gradually numbing fingers...

Anyway, all went well until I tried to put the covers back on. One by one, they leapt out of my fingers, and are now hiding out of sight - one somewhre near the horn on the nearside, and the other somewhere down by the intercooler.

Is there any way I can retrieve them without taking the car half to bits?

spinndrift · 16-12-2003, 16:05

You need a small child to retrieve them for you.

They'll be a pig to get.

SkodiRS · 16-12-2003, 16:08

Mike,

I can't remember rightly...but do the right/left small grills pull out? If so and you have Des-esque sized (small

) hands, then you might be able to get at the errant pieces. If not you probably will have to remove the arch liners to get inside the bumpser.

HTH.
Adrian.

**TaviaRS** · 16-12-2003, 16:10

Remove the grills at the bottom of the bumper - they should just pull out. Hopefully you can then reach them. Oh if you need to remove the centre one, its push (or kick

) rather than pull.

**robmawer** · 16-12-2003, 16:12

But seriously...you need to find out where they are, and either get a long poking device, or get in front of the car and try reaching around the underside of the bumper...

Rob.

devonutopia · 16-12-2003, 16:24

Nice to see my shenanigans with headlight covers has meant my name is no longer a noun but now a verb.

To Jason, one Jasons, he Jasons, they Jason.

FTM · 16-12-2003, 16:28

I was going to ask about the lights actually, me being a newbie to the vRS

you have 3 in each front cluster? what do each of them do?

1 looks like a traditional light, the other two look more like a lens?

and generally are they ok..powerful enough?

devonutopia · 16-12-2003, 16:39

The one on it's own (inside) is the main beam bulb.

The two above each other are the sidelight bulb (below) and the dipped beam bulb (above) - at least I think so (just confirmed by looking at a piccie of mine)

The main beam is powerful enough when using non-standard bulbs.

and the dipped beam is powerful when using philips vision plus bulbs.

FTM · 16-12-2003, 16:50

hmm mine look like this I am sure (Octavia vRS)

http://news.kak.net/bilder/skoda.tes...avia_rs38s.jpg

incidentally some nice piccies on that site...cannot understand the language but the piccies are nice...I have no idea what it evens looks like lit up inside in the dark...just another thing to look forward to

http://news.kak.net/modules.php?op=m...rticle&sid=905

devonutopia · 16-12-2003, 17:05

They look like Xenon lights.

I shan't even go there because I'm not familiar with how Xenons work at all. sorry

FTM · 16-12-2003, 17:26

actually I just checked and looked closer and I am wrong...the one closest to the grille looks like a normal headlight but the light closest to the indicator looks like one of those lens types...I dont think it is split into 3 like that picture

just one of those other things that skipped my mind...I was still buzzing from the drive

oh well I will just wait and see

KLB · 16-12-2003, 17:29

Thanks, guys - problem solved

The nearside one was accessible once I removed the grille (thanks for the tip, Jon) .

The offside one was a bit more difficult - it was on a sort of "shelf" above the intercooler. I could see it, and even grab it with ine of those "long flexible grabber" things, but couldn't get a firm enough grip to retrieve it. I managed to manouevre it to a position where I could reach it with my hand, though. Didn't lose much skin

devonutopia · 16-12-2003, 17:30

Well - this is a piccie of the dipped beam / sidelight arrangement on my car - blue sidelights below, and the vision plus bulb above. The main beam bulb is out of shot though... As far as I know the vRS comes with the same arrangement, or at least very similar

Alex · 16-12-2003, 17:48

the lens in the headlamp is the fog light and the main beam bulb is comined low and high beam IIRC

**tfboy** · 16-12-2003, 19:06

I think the lights on those are Xenons as Jason suspected.
If you look at this pic: http://news.kak.net/bilder/skoda.tes...avia_rs77s.jpg

you'll notice there's only the dash brighness adjuster, and not a dipped-beam level adjuster which you only get on normal halogen bulbs.

May of course be wrong having never owned or looked at a tavia vrs in detail

Edit: having looked at more pictures, I think I've got it completely wrong

fen_l&k · 17-12-2003, 10:00

Xavier, you were right first time. Xenons indeed. Headlamp washers are also a bit of a giveaway (yes, Denis, I know you can get them on other models).

The lamp cluster looks rather different on a more common Octavia (<ducks and runs for cover>).

Leeboy · 17-12-2003, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by devonutopia

Well - this is a piccie of the dipped beam / sidelight arrangement on my car - blue sidelights below, and the vision plus bulb above.

Are blue, or for that matter any other coloured side lights (other than white) strictly legal? Not that I'm a pruddish sort, but too worried that my local plods will pull me over. I always see them having a good look at my car as it is, without wanting to draw anymore unecessary attention to myself. Yes I realise that I should have thought about that before purchasing a yellow car!!!!

Lee

**TaviaRS** · 17-12-2003, 19:52

yes they are legal for 2 reasons:

1. They are e marked for use as sidelight bulbs
2. They illuminate white rather than blue

16-12-2003, 15:59	#1
KLB Discordian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newport, Newport - so good the Post Office named it twice Posts: 1,962 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Help! I've "Jasoned" my foglamp covers! With hindsight, it probably wasn't a good idea to try and change my foglamp bulbs in the cold, with gradually numbing fingers... Anyway, all went well until I tried to put the covers back on. One by one, they leapt out of my fingers, and are now hiding out of sight - one somewhre near the horn on the nearside, and the other somewhere down by the intercooler. Is there any way I can retrieve them without taking the car half to bits? __________________ Mike

16-12-2003, 16:05	#2
spinndrift Briskodian Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Woking Posts: 6,640 Thanks: 1 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	You need a small child to retrieve them for you. They'll be a pig to get. __________________ Rev. Andy The Rallying Reverend www.miniroadrunnerrallying.co.uk Engine data aquisition is fun

16-12-2003, 16:08	#3
SkodiRS BRISKODA Staff Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: darkest Hampshire Posts: 8,650 Thanks: 0 Thanked 17 Times in 13 Posts	Mike, I can't remember rightly...but do the right/left small grills pull out? If so and you have Des-esque sized (small) hands, then you might be able to get at the errant pieces. If not you probably will have to remove the arch liners to get inside the bumpser. HTH. Adrian. __________________ Adrian.

16-12-2003, 16:12	#5
robmawer Briskodian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Rochdale Posts: 12,476 Thanks: 2 Thanked 74 Times in 67 Posts	But seriously...you need to find out where they are, and either get a long poking device, or get in front of the car and try reaching around the underside of the bumper... Rob. __________________

16-12-2003, 16:24	#6
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,084 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 347 Times in 290 Posts	Nice to see my shenanigans with headlight covers has meant my name is no longer a noun but now a verb. To Jason, one Jasons, he Jasons, they Jason. __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

16-12-2003, 16:10	#4
TaviaRS Dinosaur Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: North of the Watford Gap Posts: 14,942 Thanks: 19 Thanked 42 Times in 38 Posts	Remove the grills at the bottom of the bumper - they should just pull out. Hopefully you can then reach them. Oh if you need to remove the centre one, its push (or kick ) rather than pull.

16-12-2003, 16:28	#7
FTM Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I was going to ask about the lights actually, me being a newbie to the vRS you have 3 in each front cluster? what do each of them do? 1 looks like a traditional light, the other two look more like a lens? and generally are they ok..powerful enough? Last edited by FTM; 16-12-2003 at 16:31.

16-12-2003, 16:39	#8
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,084 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 347 Times in 290 Posts	The one on it's own (inside) is the main beam bulb. The two above each other are the sidelight bulb (below) and the dipped beam bulb (above) - at least I think so (just confirmed by looking at a piccie of mine) The main beam is powerful enough when using non-standard bulbs. and the dipped beam is powerful when using philips vision plus bulbs. __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

16-12-2003, 16:50	#9
FTM Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	hmm mine look like this I am sure (Octavia vRS) http://news.kak.net/bilder/skoda.tes...avia_rs38s.jpg incidentally some nice piccies on that site...cannot understand the language but the piccies are nice...I have no idea what it evens looks like lit up inside in the dark...just another thing to look forward to http://news.kak.net/modules.php?op=m...rticle&sid=905

16-12-2003, 17:05	#10
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,084 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 347 Times in 290 Posts	They look like Xenon lights. I shan't even go there because I'm not familiar with how Xenons work at all. sorry __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

16-12-2003, 17:26	#11
FTM Briskodian Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 227 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	actually I just checked and looked closer and I am wrong...the one closest to the grille looks like a normal headlight but the light closest to the indicator looks like one of those lens types...I dont think it is split into 3 like that picture just one of those other things that skipped my mind...I was still buzzing from the drive oh well I will just wait and see

16-12-2003, 17:29	#12
KLB Discordian Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Newport, Newport - so good the Post Office named it twice Posts: 1,962 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Thanks, guys - problem solved The nearside one was accessible once I removed the grille (thanks for the tip, Jon) . The offside one was a bit more difficult - it was on a sort of "shelf" above the intercooler. I could see it, and even grab it with ine of those "long flexible grabber" things, but couldn't get a firm enough grip to retrieve it. I managed to manouevre it to a position where I could reach it with my hand, though. Didn't lose much skin __________________ Mike

16-12-2003, 17:30	#13
devonutopia Mongreller Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Exeter / Devon Posts: 30,084 Images: 5 Thanks: 76 Thanked 347 Times in 290 Posts	Well - this is a piccie of the dipped beam / sidelight arrangement on my car - blue sidelights below, and the vision plus bulb above. The main beam bulb is out of shot though... As far as I know the vRS comes with the same arrangement, or at least very similar __________________ Jason - Mongrel owner! WOOOOF! Grrrrr Custom Fabia Bonnet Lifter Kits - £45! Click Me. Cheesy bonnet lifter video to "raise me up" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMnGECEi5Oc See the mongrel's 260bhp Dyno Video!

16-12-2003, 17:48	#14
Alex Briskodian Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Peak District Posts: 2,733 Thanks: 1 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	the lens in the headlamp is the fog light and the main beam bulb is comined low and high beam IIRC

16-12-2003, 19:06	#15
tfboy C+ à Paris! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Tilehurst, Berkshire Posts: 6,325 Thanks: 21 Thanked 74 Times in 65 Posts	I think the lights on those are Xenons as Jason suspected. If you look at this pic: http://news.kak.net/bilder/skoda.tes...avia_rs77s.jpg you'll notice there's only the dash brighness adjuster, and not a dipped-beam level adjuster which you only get on normal halogen bulbs. May of course be wrong having never owned or looked at a tavia vrs in detail Edit: having looked at more pictures, I think I've got it completely wrong __________________ Xavier

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