MY FIAT SCIENTO FAILED ITS MOT TODAY DUE TO FAULTY HEADLIGHTS. GARAGE RECKONS IT WILL COST APPROX £160 TO FIX! ANYONE KNOW IF THIS IS CORRECT AS SEEMS A LOT FOR HEADLIGHTS! IS IT EASY TO BUY NEW HEADLIGHTS AND FIT THEM MYSELF?

They are easy enough to fit, but I expect they would cost a few quid from Fiat.

garage are an ass aslong as they work and are aimed right, they cant fail it

if the adjustors are totally junked and wont hold the it in allignment then they can fail it tho..

I had to change a cinq one for the MOT, the little claw bits on the adjuster go brittle and break off - especially if you have to put pressure on them, say when changing a bulb and pressing the electrical connector on. The cinq beams drop too low to be safe in the dark if this happens, how about a trip to a breakers for some 'new' ones? They ain't too hard to change but you might need them setting up properly for the MOT. A friendly tester should adjust them there and then for you.

There are online shops that sell them, if anyone has the links?

They will also fail if they dont give a correct beam pattern,are the reflectors dull/rusty?

arc said:

if the adjustors are totally junked and wont hold the it in allignment then they can fail it tho..

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you can bung bits of wood in there or a rag to push it into line, i did it on my cinq as the new headlight hadn't arrived intime

are they misted up/condensation?take bulbs out.get hair dryer and dry em out.point it throuh bulb holes?why buy new.go down your scrapy.just make sure what ever was wrong with the old uns aint wrong with them to.

I have the current problem on mine now, I did have a headlight which was cracked at the top ( the plastic bit which screws in)
but funnily enough it was't the broken one which waas scew-if, the beam on left hand side is way up north sky high, doesn't touch road even on the 3 adjustment....the broken side was fine, looks a bit weird but least it hit the road, so i went and got a new light from scrappy and put it in fine, as expected the beam was fine. so I guess im going to have to get somone to adjust them. as its pissing me off as i have no light when driving at night ( i even upgraded to 50%+ super brilliance bulbs from halfruads)