Imagine a headlight bulb pops on your car and you want it replaced. I know most people would be able to do this themselves but imagine you can't... How much would you expect to reasonably pay to have it replaced? (not including the cost of the bulb/s)
2007-11-01 02:41:04 · 16 answers · asked by Chris 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
£5, no more.
2007-11-01 02:43:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an easy job to do your self. Open the hood and locate the anchor slides (GM) cars or screws (Ford) and most off-shore cars and the whole headlight assembly slides out in your hands. The bulbs are held in the headlight assembly by 1/4 turn plastic round collars. Spin them counter clockwise and the light bulb socket is in your hand. Always handle the new bulb with a kleenex tissue in your hand. It's important not to get any human oil or grease on the outside of the glass surface. The element inside the bulb gets so hot it frys the oil and breaks the bulb.
Most auto parts stores has small packages of silicone grease. Carefully wipe it on the contact points of the bulbs to keep the contacts from oxidizing, turning green and causing the bulb and spring loaded contacts an electrical resistance.
It would cost you about 1/2 hr. of a mechanics time to do the job. I'm not sure of shop rates in your area.
2007-11-01 03:02:50 · answer #2 · answered by Country Boy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Depends on the car. Some modern cars need half the front end dismantling to get at the bulbs! The VW Golf is notorious for being really difficult in this area. I once spent almost an hour changing a sidelight bulb on my Alfa, cos it was almost impossible to get at. Later, the dealer told me they usually remove the whole headlamp unit to do it! If you're unlucky, it might cost £50!
2007-11-01 11:58:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
About £10 maximum, however if you have one of the modern cars which require the whole front end dismantled to replace the lamp then maybe £100. Probably the reason why so many new cars are seen with headlights not working.
2007-11-02 20:11:05 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My tail light was out on my solara and the oil change guy wanted to charge me 9.95 $ to replace them. The bulb, for two, was about 3 $. So I did it myself, took about 10 minutes.
But for a headlight ... if I had to pay, I wouldn't pay over 10 $ ...
they are easy to replace also.
2007-11-01 02:49:07 · answer #5 · answered by WhereTheBuffaloRoam 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It cost me only the price of the bulb at a Mercedes garage, mind you the bulb was nearly 9 pounds!
2007-11-01 02:46:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nothing I can replace the bulbs myself,get them from a reputable motorfactors and you can do a DIY for no more than say......£3 odds that`s going on it being a 472
2007-11-02 12:22:04 · answer #7 · answered by mookno1 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you're a customer of your dealer and you buy the bulb from them they'll fit it for free, to keep your business. Having said that, I do it myself, as you say, except when a headlamp went while I was on my way somewhere and didn't want to get grubby.
2007-11-01 03:03:49 · answer #8 · answered by champer 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i recently had a bulb replaced in my vw golf at the main dealer it only cost me the price of the bulb.96p
2007-11-01 02:52:25 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
a lot more than £5 i'm afraid.
you're talking about a garage doing it?
£3.50 for the bulb (plus VAT)
at the very least they'll charge you1/2 hour for labour, charged at maybe £35 per, so add about 18quid plus VAT
grand total about £26
that's if they only charge you for half an hour.
2007-11-01 02:46:31 · answer #10 · answered by paul r 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd pay nothing - I'd replace the bulb myself.
2007-11-01 05:52:37 · answer #11 · answered by top-down 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋