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Headlights with Xenon discharge lamps and cornering light as of MY 09 > < Removing and installing the control unit for a gas discharge lamp

Octavia Mk2

Convert headlight for left-hand / right-hand traffic
Convert headlight for left-hand / right-hand traffic
The headlight inner aperture should be switched over when driving in countries which drive on the left or the right thereby preventing blinding of the drivers travelling in the opposite direction.
Work procedure
–  Remove headlight → Chapter.
   
–  Unscrew screws -arrows- (1 Nm), release springs and remove cover -2-.
  Note
It is recommended to remove the gas discharge lamp → Chapter and to check the correct fitting of the trim after switch-over and by looking into the reflector. The upper edge of the trim -2- is flush with the upper edge of the cover -3- (see figures) after the switch-over.
Left-hand drive in left-hand traffic
The headlight on the left
  S94-0196
–  Insert a small cross-head screwdriver through the opening -arrow- into the hole in the lever -1- slighty press it forward and switch over from the basic position -B- into the position -A-.
   -2- Trim
   -3- Cover
The headlight on the right
  S94-0255
–  Insert a small cross-head screwdriver into the hole in the lever -1- slighty press it forward and switch over from the basic position -B- into the position -A-.
   -2- Trim
   -3- Cover
Right-hand drive in right-hand traffic
The headlight on the left
  S94-0256
–  Insert a small cross-head screwdriver into the hole in the lever -1- slighty press it forward and switch over from the basic position -A- into the position -B-.
   -2- Trim
   -3- Cover
The headlight on the right
  S94-0254
–  Insert a small cross-head screwdriver through the opening -arrow- into the hole in the lever -1- slighty press it forward and switch over from the basic position -A- into the position -B-.
   -2- Trim
   -3- Cover
  S94-0257

Headlights with Xenon discharge lamps and cornering light as of MY 09 > < Removing and installing the control unit for a gas discharge lamp